Adventure Fishing

Even before we saw the fish, we knew it was huge from the hard pull on the line and the bow in the heavy rod.  “It feels huge!” yelled Andrea as the reel drag squealed.  Little by little she brought the big Lenok Trout to the shore and looked at it in amazement.  “That is the biggest fish I’ve ever caught,” she said as our Mongolian guide reached down to grab the fish by the tail.

Fish grow big in the remote wilds of Mongolia and this was why we were here, to catch monster fish and create a feature story for a fishing magazine in the USA.  It takes a long time, 8-10 years, for a Lenok to grow to the size of the one Andrea caught.  That means surviving the -50ºF winters, rogue net fishermen, wild animals and floods for a decade.  Then we come along with a little artificial fly and catch them for fun.

As I ran to get a photo before we released the fish back in the river, the Mongolian had a whole different idea and smacked the beautiful fish on the head [Read more →]

No tourists had visited this part of western Nepal in years - it was the birthplace of the Maoist movement.  Both the Army and the police pulled out long ago, leaving just the locals to govern themselves.  On the map, it looked wild and remote.  It looked like the perfect place to fly fish for the elusive Himalayan Mahseer. [Read more →]

Winding among the steppes and mountains of Mongolia lie some of best fly fishing rivers in the world.  In these rivers, you’ll find massive trophy taimen who strike like monsters, hard fighting big grayling and impressive lennok.  [Read more →]