As a departure from the usual format of me gloating about what I've caught I am proud to present an article by my friend Pete Carroll. Regular readers will recognise Pete from the Indian mahseer fishing articles. Pete is based in India and, with Joe, has been pioneering fishing in the vast Krishna Raja Sagara dam at Mysore. I've never caught a rohu but I have enjoyed eating one that someone else caught at Kabini. Over to you Peter.
Let me start these tales of worldwide ‘derring
do’ by telling you of my humble angling background. I have fished for longer
than I can remember, my father was a fanatical angler and he gave me no choice,
I was always going to be a fisherman whether I liked it or not. My earliest
fishing memory is as a four year old, I was left standing, holding a rod, on a
rock in the middle of Rydal Water and was literally nearly dragged into the
depths by a vicious toothy pike that probably weighed in at a massive 5
pounds. After this traumatic event if my
father and Uncle Vic announced they were going pike fishing I would decline the
invitation to join them.
Rohu fishing at KRS
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| Joe with a good rohu |
