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Fish
Master Trip Reports - India, Date: 31.10-11.11.2006
Ramganga River
Fishing
trip to one of Fishmaster travel destinations; Ramganga
River in India with Fishmaster guide Ilkka Lehtinen. We had
booked a 10 days/11
nights Mahseer tour on the Ramganga River in three different
places. The river runs through the Corbett National Park
approx 300 km North-West from Delhi. We fished for 8 days
and had an exellent fishing for Golden Mahseer. We caught
approx total 20 mahseer, the biggest was 10 kg. Mr Lehtinen
hooked and lost after short fight approx 20 kg monster
Mahseer.The
fishing was done both from riverbank and also some of it by
wading. We used varied fishing techiniques between Fly,
Spinner, Wobbler and Ragi Paste. The bottom of river was
mostly hard stones and not too deep and thus suited well for
wading.
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In
some places we could cross the river by wading and thus
reach the better side of the river for fishing. The water
was very clear and had a beautiful greenish colour. The
Ramganga river and the valley were very beautiful and a lot
of different animals and birds could be seen during our
trip. The water temperature must have been over 20 degrees
because the water didn't feel cold at all. There was some
excellent fishing very close the camps but we also fished
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The
weather during our trip was fine and sunny almost every day,
daytime temperatures varied round 30 degrees celsius and
night time temperatures round 10 degrees. The wind was calm
or moderate so there was no trouble with hard wind and
fishing was easy.The
accomodation varied between Hotel and two different tent
camps. The hotel was very nice and stylish. Tent camps were
a bit primitiv but cosy anyway and were located in
excellent, beautiful places close the best fishing places. .
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The tents were by the riverside and we had an excellent view
over Ramganga river and valley. In the tents there were good
beds with sleeping bags or blankets with sheets. The
food in Corbett Suman Grand Hotel and tent camps was
delicious and was a mixture between local Indian and
continental food including for example chicken, lamb,
sausages, vegetables, rice, potatoes and fruits. Special
thanks for our cook Sharma, who proved to be the 'master of
the food'.
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The
personal and guides were friendly and willing to help in all
matters. Special thanks for Mr Gaurav Kataria who was in
charge of arrangements of this trip. All transports booked
in advance were well in time and schedule. The fishing guide
was local called Ashram and proved to be very skillful and
he knew the water of the long Ramganga River and all
different fishing techniques very well.
Written
by: Jouni Rauha, Fish Master, Finland
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