The Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal is also an appealing place for anglers. Different game fish species found in the rivers draining the Himalaya are a pleasant surprise for sportsmen looking for fishing or fly fishing tours.
The most sought after sport fish in these rivers is called "The Himalayan Mahseer", a species not a lot of us are familiar with. It is a species indigenous to the Indian Sub-continent and to one's pleasant surprise it does take very well to artificial baits, and can grow to weights in excess of 55 kg. Furthermore, the Mahseer are a species that have always been regarded as one of the hardest fighting freshwater species of fish.
"The Goonch" is another indigenous catfish species that is to be found in the same waters as the Mahseer. This illusive catfish is perhaps one of the only catfish species in the world with teeth and can grow to 400 lbs! The Himalayan streams are also host to the Trout, which were introduced in the rivers of Kashmir in the turn of the twentieth century. Over the years the fish have been introduced in many high altitude streams and lakes throughout the Himalayas - both Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout are to be found there.
A week's trip could be planned for individual or small groups with camping in the national park or a stay in a safari lodge in Bardia National park.
Two week's Fishing expedition with white water rafting in Seti Karnali River gives ample opportunities of fishing in the more pristine part of the Himalayan rivers.
The Golden Mahseer (Barbus tor putitora), was once found in high numbers ranging from Afganistan in the west, through India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Burma (Myanmar). Years of dynamiting, netting, poisoning and hydroelectric plants have put this big-scaled cyprinid on the verge of extinction limiting it to certain rivers in the Indian sub-continent, mainly along the Nepalese Himalaya, and a few in southern India.
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Details >Bardia National Park
The Bardia National Park is the largest and most undisturbed protected area in the terai and is home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and Nepal's famous one horned rhinoceros. The National Park is nourished by river karnali making it equally rich for Himalayan aquatic life.
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