Thought I’d interrupt all the sailfish fishing posts with some freshwater action here – fly fishing for the golden and blue mahseer in Thailand. Dare I say this is the trout fishing equivalent of Asia? Let’s look at the similarities: Pristine rivers with clear cool waters Beautiful (mostly) undisturbed environment Big strong fish that readily
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Thanks to Yusaku-San of Drag Free Fly Fishing Shop in Osaka Japan, I get to appear for the first time in a Japanese fishing magazine. The article and photos are of our recent mahseer fly fishing trip in Thailand. The magazine is of very high-quality in both material and content as what you would expect
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Photo credit: Dennis Pat Nobody likes a sad ending, but sh*t happens. It takes a good-sized mahseer to open up a hook. Watch this short video below of Yusaku-San running down the treacherous terrain over three pools playing this thai mahseer only to have the hook open up. What a bummer but that’s fishing. It
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This is from the recent trip to Sabah with the guys from United Fly-anglers Organisation (UFO) Malaysia where we conducted a fly casting and fly tying workshop. You can see how clear the rivers is and they are absolutely teeming with fish. Mostly mahseer (pelian).
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Sport Fishing Asia is tagging along with the United Flyanglers Organisation Malaysia (UFOM) to Sabah for the 1st Borneo Fly Fishing Conclave from 23-26 January 2013. Joining us there will be the North Borneo Fly Angler (NBFA) and Jabatan Perikanan Sabah (Department of Fisheries, Sabah) officials. A fly casting and fly tying workshop will be held to
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