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
The A quick reminder for those who have not been on the blog lately – I’m in India doing a segment for Confluence Films next movie, “Waypoints”. I’ll be fishing with my good Indian Friend Misty Dhillon, owner of Himalayan Outback and expert on fly fishing for mahseer. We arrived at 1:30 … Read more
We are in Amsterdam for a few hours before our last eight hour flight to India. We arrive there at 1:30 AM India time – so Thursday morning. It’s a gorgeous day here and I wish we had time to hit the town but we best not. Instead we hammered down some delicious Euro … Read more
Just waiting around to fly out to India this morning here in Bozeman, Montana. To use up the time I made a visit to Simms Fishing Products. Simms is a top sponsor of Confluence Films fly fishing projects. That’s great news for me and I loaded up on great sun protective clothing, waterproof bags … Read more