May 15- 19, 2013 One of my favorite events of the year took place Friday and Saturday, the 2013 Blackfoot Reservoir Fin Chasers Carp Classic. (See 2010, 2011, & 2012) This was the 9th annual fly fishing for carp tournament. The event is always a fundraiser. Usually the funds go to a fishing guide in … Read more
I’d like to thank Misty Dhillon and his outstanding staff of the Himalayan Outback for taking incredible care of myself and the rest of the Confluence Film crew. They shared one of the remotest places left on earth and turned us on to some most memorable fish of our lives. If you’re looking for … Read more
I expected to sum this adventure up today with some special thanks and inform you how to do this trip. Instead we have one more laugh to mention. We had a terrible wind storm hit us around midnight this morning that devastated our camp. Bhupe (Misty’s whitewater man) and I were doing our … Read more
I’d be lying if said I didn’t think about the resident Chukka tiger last night. Luckily that’s as close as he got and we awoke this morning to the chatter of birds and the Chukka Rapid. We had till noon to fish and visit the village of Chukka so before I drank my coffee I ran … Read more
Not a wink of sleep last night. It was a full moon and I was constantly blowing my nose and coughing like a 70 year old chain smoker. I’m absolutely wrecked. I hadn’t been sick in three years but now twice in two months and both times on a killer fishing trip – really … Read more
Chris Patterson, Jim Klug, Misty Dhillon and I left our camp on the Saryu River for the last time this morning. Today we head down the raging Mahakali River no matter what. On May 5 we must be in Tanakapur to take out the rafts and begin our long journey home. It takes Misty’s crew … Read more
One memorable night on my 2008 trip to the Ramganga River in India we experienced a caddis hatch. Misty Dhillon advised I keep a sharp eye for rising golden mahseer as I was chucking sculpin patterns for big mahseer. He told me that if the rising started than to grab my 6-weight and enjoy a rare … Read more
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 and coughing like I have emphysema. It’s a … Read more
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 … Read more
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 internet. I made … Read more
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 India took hold. I … Read more
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 Himalayan foothills … Read more