Jeff Currier's Fly Fishing Presentations
"Hunt for the Mighty Mahseer – A Fly Fishing Adventure from Nepal and India"
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PowerPoint Based Presentation |
 “Hunt for the Mighty Mahseer – A Fly Fishing Adventure from Nepal and
India” – The mahseer is considered one of the toughest game fish on
earth! However, few anglers are aware of this incredible fish and almost
none have caught them. Join Jeff Currier as he breaks out his rod along the
glacial streams below Mt Everest and fishes his way to the southern
reaches of India’s wildest jungles in search of the world’s rarest game
fish and more.
The undisputed king of the Himalayan rivers is the Mahseer. A large,
powerful fish, it is the largest member of the carp family in the world.
Mahseer means Great Mouth in India, an apt name for the long slim
creature known to be the toughest fighter amongst fresh water sports
fish.
Ranging across vast territories, Mahseer exhibits an astonishing range
of habitats all across Asia, from the Himlayan highlands to the tropical
forests of Thailand.
Various sub species have evolved to deal with the climatic differences.
The Himalayan Mahseer or Barbus tor pututora as it is known, is found
from the waters of the Beas, in the west, all the way to the Brahmaputra
river system in the east. Some of the Rivers frequented by this very
powerful fish include the Indus, Shyok, Beas, Ravi, Ganga, Yamuna,
Mahakali, Teesta, Luhit, and the Dihang as the Brahmaputra is known in
Assam.
 Like all other wild creatures, the Mahseer has suffered the effects of
environmental degradation and river pollution for decades now and the
result has been not only a drastic decline in numbers, but in average
size as well. As late as the 1930's, Mahseer as big as 100lbs were,
though not exactly common, not rare either, especially in the
Brahmaputra river system. Nowadays, 35lbs is a record catch!. The
situation is better in the rivers of peninsular India due to eco
conservation measures and habitat protection.
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