Fish Mongolia - Taimen Diaries

Fall 2008 Taimen Fishing Season

2008-11-09T04:45:00.009+08:00

Fishing on the Delger continued to be excellent through the summer, but changeable weather and rain made for tough conditions and slower than usual fishing in early September. Never the less most guests connected with Taimen and all had an enjoyable trip."This is a very belated note, now that you are likely to back in civilization, to tell you what a terrific time I had on the Delger with your

2008 Mongolia Taimen Fishing Season

2008-08-12T14:05:00.009+08:00

Its been a busy few months since my last post... amongst other things Amanda and I got married (twice) and I just spent nearly two months on the river. We're mid way through the 2008 season and its been one of our best to date. Our June float trip was one of the best ever with abundant taimen, taking readily on the surface. Highlights of the trip included David Frizzell landing a 130cm taimen

Dan Cook on fly fishing for Taimen in Mongolia

2008-03-31T06:54:00.006+08:00

A few more choice excerpts from Dan Cook's blog on the Mongolia section of his Fly Fishing Around the Globe odyssey. Fly fishing for taimen in the mid-summer, when water temperatures rise, and the river is low and crystal clear means a few changes in tactics.... "We had a great time and the trip was far from ordinary. It started off with a bang when I landed two Taimen before 11 o’clock on the

Dan Cook Fly Fishing Around the Globe

2008-03-31T01:41:00.006+08:00

AEG's Fish Bum's weren't our only special guests last season. In June Dan Cook and Heidi visited us at our spring Taimen camp on the Delger. Here's what Dan had to say: "The fishing has been great, by the way. We have set up camp along a picturesque section of the Delgermoron. This river rivals any of the famous blue ribbon rivers in the U.S. in both productivity and beauty. Every mile or so

Mongolia Taimen Flies Part II

2008-03-16T05:49:00.009+08:00

Back in November I asked whether or not I should publish some of our taimen fly patterns, the response was "Do it!". My reasoning behind this is in the orginial post Taimen Flies . Here's a selection of Alberto Salvini's favorite patterns for a start. Alberto Salvini's Mongolia Taimen Flies Alberto Salvini fly tying in front of his ger at our Mongolia fly fishing camp. Photo: Marica Cicoria

AEG's Fish Bum 1 - Mongolia

2008-03-15T06:21:00.008+08:00

Word is out that editing of AEG's film Fish Bum I: Mongolia is complete, and the DVD is ready for release. You can order a copy at www.aegmedia.com . AEG put together a preview of the film, which is the result of a two month expedition to Mongolia in 2007 and over 200 hours of footage, for the Fly Fishing Film Tour. I've been lucky enough to make it to a few of the shows and it certainly seems

Mongolia Taimen Fishing Permits

2008-03-02T02:35:00.008+08:00

A word about fishing licenses in Mongolia. Mongolian Sport Fishing permit (note its the same special hunting permit that you would need to hunt big game). We are often asked if it's possible to fish independently in Mongolia, and how to get fishing permits. Well the short answer is that its simply not possible. The long answer is a little more complex: for outfitters to get permits we need

Fly Fishing Film Tour

2008-02-24T08:39:00.004+08:00

AEG's Fly Fishing Film Tour rolled into Seattle on Thursday, just as I landed stateside from Mongolia. Now adjusting to the culture shock after enduring another brutal Mongolian winter. Heads up. The AEG Mongolia Taimen Film is looking awesome and is set for release on DVD early March, judging by the clap-o-meter at the show its going to be a big hit. AEG's Fish Bum 1: Mongolia, on the silver

Taimen Conservation and Buddhism

2008-01-26T15:04:00.000+08:00

The Tributary Fund presents Buddha and the Big Fish Lifeonterra.com is now showing this awesome film illustrating the link between Taimen Conservation and Buddhism, and the work of The Tributary Fund in the Eg Uur region of northern Mongolia. In linking conservation and culture, The Tributary Fund is encouraging local community members to protect their natural heritage, and is reinforcing

Mongolia River Wolf - The Trailer

2008-01-23T11:10:00.000+08:00

What we've all been waiting for. From the crew who bought you the Trout Bum Diaries: Mongolia River Wolf, will be launched at the Fly Fishing Film Tour this month. We spent three weeks sleeping in the dirt on location with the Fish Bum crew last Fall laying on local logistics including trucks, horses and camels for the Khovsgol section of the film. Here's the trailer, which includes some of

Untamed Tracks - Taimen Float Trip Photos

2008-01-02T18:40:00.000+08:00

Looking back through our photos I found a few more good ones from 2006. Here's a slideshow with photos from Mark Hutchinson of Untamed Tracks. Mark is our agent in Australia; he's also a videographer, TV presenter and producer. Try this link for Untamed Tracks Mongolia Taimen Fly Fishing page.

Contact Me

2008-01-02T17:16:00.000+08:00

This is the form you can use to contact me about a Taimen fly-fishing expedition in Mongolia, and if you are seriously considering a trip I'll be happy to call you from Mongolia: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://fishmongolia.wufoo.com/forms/quick-contact-form/" title="Quick Contact Form"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Fill out my Wufoo form!&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&

Fly Fishing for Taimen with Alberto Salvini

2007-12-27T16:46:00.000+08:00

Back in '06 we hosted our friends Alberto Salvini and Marica Cicoria, aka The Italians, at our camp in Northern Mongolia while filming two episodes of their Italian fly-fishing TV series Pescavventura. Despite Mongolia's worst summer floods for years Alberto and Marica managed to catch plenty of Taimen on film. Here's a picassa slide show with a few of their photos:

Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year

2007-12-25T10:59:00.000+08:00

Happy Holidays! We just got a nice christmas card from AEG media, and thought we would share it with you. The AEG boys are busy editing the forthcoming Mongolia Taimen film, and the Fly Fishing Film Tour marketing machine is now rolling. And a little joke at Chris Owens expense...

Mongolian Grayling Research Expedition

2007-12-09T13:53:00.000+08:00

On September 9th, a group of 3 Austrian's passed our camps on the Delgermoron. Surprised to see other anglers on the river we had a brief chat on the shore and ascertained they were fishery researchers with the correct science permits to conduct this work. We wished them well on their journey, re-assured the local community ranger that they were indeed legitimate scientists, and requested to be

Taimen flies

2007-12-04T18:18:00.000+08:00

Over the years I've developed my own taimen flies for fly-fishing in Mongolia, and I've collected and adapted fly patterns from friends and fellow taimen guides. I now have a range of flies to use in different situations; buoyant and aggressive top water patterns, prey fish imitations, smaller flies to use on lighter weight rods or for less accomplished fly-casters, huge flies to tempt big ol'

River X - The Taimen Stream of Dreams

2007-11-12T17:12:00.000+08:00

A couple of years ago we began exploring an overlooked and inaccesible river system in a remote corner of Mongolia. Two spectacularly successful exploratory expeditions, in spring and fall of 2007, exceeded our wildest hopes: abundant Taimen, big Taimen, small Taimen, Taimen in skinny streams, Taimen in big holes, Taimen eating Lenok, Taimen attacking Taimen, Taimen smashing flies! We stumbled on

Yoshinobu Toide and his 60 inch Taimen

2007-11-05T13:20:00.000+08:00

Here's the link to Yoshi's Taimen photos on picassa Yoshinobu Toide's Mongolia Taimen Fishing Photos Yoshi now holds our record for fly-caught taimen with the 150.5cm Taimen he caught this September. Thats just under 60 inches. We think the same fish had taken a look at Tom Gorman's presentation the week previously, but declined his offer. Big taimen don't get old by being stupid after all,

James' Taimen Fishing Float Trip Photos, Mongolia 2007

2007-11-05T12:15:00.001+08:00

I've posted a selection of James Schaefer's Mongolia trip photos over on picassa. Heres the link: Taimen Fly fishing Float Trip Mongolia Sep07 As I previously reported in our post on this year's taimen records , James had an outstanding week with five taimen on the first day, and a 140cm Taimen mid-trip: he also took some cool photos. Way to go James! You can view the photos in the slide

Fishing with the Trout Bums Part V- Taimen Time Again

2007-10-27T17:19:00.000+08:00

Hey isn't this supposed to be a fly-fishing film... wheres the fish? Well, theres a 50 incher sitting right there Finally the ice thaws and trout bums start catching some beefy taimen Even Thad gets one, but you'll have to wait for the film to see more Special thanks to Brunton for powering my daily espresso kick start

Fishing with the Trout Bums Part IV- Finding Thad

2007-10-27T17:06:00.000+08:00

Thawing out Patagonia wading boots. Too cold to fish, I'm off to find Thad No sign of Thad, but I find a local friend stirring a barrel of fermented yak's milk Are you trying to tell me this is a Yak milk vodka still? Yak's milk vodka... the boys are going to love this round the campfire A refreshing milk drink for anyone? And at last we find Thad 4 of 5 click here for the final post

Fishing with the Trout Bums Part III - The Big Freeze

2007-10-27T16:54:00.000+08:00

First blizzards of the winter - Wrangler Megma is undeterred The Fish Mongolia Cavalry braves the weather, while Trout Bums take shelter in a cow shed A snowy dawn And a freezing river Brian inspects his frozen taimen flies Did we loose Thad in the blizzard? 3 of 5 click here for the next instalment

Fishing with the Trout Bums Part II - The Adventure Begins

2007-10-27T16:30:00.000+08:00

The 'Loop Army' truck gets some stickers The adventure begins - this camel got sponorship from loop Justin gets friendly with his horse Fly Fishing commences; Justin gets spey casting Purev spots a pack of taimen Filming commences A sign of things to come - the foam starts to freeze But where's Thad? 2 of 5 Click here for the next Trout Bum Taimen story

Fishing with the Trout Bums Part I - Taimen Time

2007-10-27T16:03:00.000+08:00

The end of our Taimen fly fishing season, saw the arrival of the Angling Exploration Group at our camp in Northern Mongolia. AEG are the revolutionary fly-fishing film makers who produced the Trout Bum Diaries series - part one: Patagonia, and part two: New Zealand. Now time for part three - Mongolian Taimen, aka River Wolf. We assisted the crew in organizing the ultimate taimen fly-fishing

A Record Taimen Season

2007-10-21T12:19:00.000+08:00

It’s been an outstanding season for records at Fish Mongolia this year. Our previous record Taimen on the fly was caught right in front of camp in September 2006 by Sam Wakerley on his second Taimen fly-fishing trip with us; this Taimen was estimated at around 54 inches (137cm). Sam Wakerley with 54 inch Taimen, September 2006. Photo: Oliver HearseyThe first week of September 2007 saw perfect