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
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
The journey to India started at 3:30 PM today with a drive up to Bozeman, Montana to meet the Confluence Film team. We actually fly out tomorrow afternoon from Bozo to Minneapolis than take the redeye to Amsterdam. Then on Wednesday we fly from Amsterdam to Delhi, India. I should check back in then – … Read more
Tomorrow afternoon I leave for India. I’m packed and ready. This will be my third trip to India. This trip is special because we are making a segment for Confluence Films next movie, “Waypoints” with one of my great Indian friends, Misty Dhillon. Misty is the owner and founder of the Himalayan Outback. … Read more