Day 4 – One Mahseer in Mind

Yesterday was a confidence crushing day.  Ten miles of hiking, at least a thousand casts, 100º temperature and I acquired some sort of respiratory issue and not a damn bite.  To make things worse, this respiratory thing advanced last night and has me gasping for air...

Day 3 – Burning up on the Saryu

Our camp is no less than spectacular here on the banks of the Saryu River. This morning I fished right in front (look very carefully you’ll see me on bottom left and tops of our tents behind).  It’s a beautiful pool but in two hours I never touched a fish.  Our...

Day 2 – Misty Dhillon, Master of the Golden Mahseer

I met Misty Dhillon back in 2006.  We’d both heard of each other prior to that day.  I learned of him when I was desperately searching for mahseer info for my first trip to India back in 2002.  I found little bleeps about mahseer and this dude named Misty on the...

Day 1 – Fly Fishing for Mahseer

  The songs from an impressive number of bird species awoke me at 5 AM.  Still tired from the grueling trip around the world I was confused.  Those weren’t the robins singing in my backyard – where the heck was I?  Then it hit me and the excitement of awaking in...

Travel to the Himalayan Foothills of India

It doesn’t matter how tired you are in India, when its time to move you do.  Despite little sleep and over 70 hours of travel, this morning I bounced from bed at 3:30 AM to depart our hotel here in Delhi, India for the chaotic train station.  We were headed for the...