Kevin and his good friend Peter had a great trip with us, and they were also lucky enough to land the biggest fish of 2009 being caught by Peter on his first trip to the Mighty Himalayas. Kevin too had a Mahseer but only smaller cousins of the big 55lb Golden Mahseer caught by Peter. Kevin also caught Mulley Catfish upto 15lb from the temple pools but missed the bigger ones this time. They have both re-booked with us for the 2010 season, but this time they are heading south for the Andaman islands and saltwater fun in the sun, so we will keep you posted on their trip in 2010 and the fish they catch.

John and Colin had a great first trip with us to the Ramganga River in April – with a low river this year we had mixed results but action was steady. Colin landed his first ever Golden  Mahseer of 15lb on a small freelined Chilwa bait  and also caught a rare Mully catfish of 11lb. The last day for Colin was agony, with only 4 hours fishing left before we packed up to leave he hooked into an unseen monster – we could make out a large black shape twisting and turning in the river but after 5 minutes the hooks pulled and the fish went free.

John had a better trip, being top rod was a treat for him as this was his first trip to India although an experienced angler and traveller, and he really loved the place. John caught Goonch of 22lb on light tackle intended for Mahseer and he then caught a 20lb Mahseer on his Goonch rod. I think the one night of the trip that will stand out from the rest for John is the penultimate  night when he caught his 20lb Mahseer and the rod was nearly pulled from his hands about 4 times before the fish actually took – the bites from Mahseer are savage and John got a good feel for it that night!

Both Guys have rebooked for slightly earlier in the season for 2010 so I will keep you informed of the news and catches.

Chris Summers (India Angling)