Day 8 – Last Day of Mahseer Fishing

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...

Day 5 – Mahseer on a Dry Fly

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...

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...

Email Catastrophe!

Hey Everyone, I’m trying to pack for India and tie up all loose ends before departure.   Unfortunately I live and die by email and this morning my hotmail is shut down.  Its hell and after trying everything including hours on the phone – it may be gone for...