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On The Hunt For Himalayan Mahseer
On The Hunt For Himalayan Mahseer
India is halfway around the world from the U.S., plenty of time to reread Jim Corbett's "Man-Eaters of Kumaon," the book that started the dream of India for me when I was a boy.
On The Hunt for Himalayan Mahseer by Keith McCafferty
Fishing for mahseer in the Himalayas doesn't begin with a cast. First, you have to hike through the cliffs of the Sarda Gorge, where the slipping of a foothold can cost you your life. Then you have to walk past the tiger in the night.
But even that's not going back far enough, for India is a land of dreams, and any trip that takes you here begins as a dream. Nearly all my life, since I first read Jim Corbett's "Man-Eaters of Kumaon," I have wanted to travel to the Himalayan foothills in northern India. As a boy, my dream was to see a tiger, nothing more. Then it was to follow Corbett's footsteps as he hunted a man-eater, to see with my own eyes the country he so vividly painted in words. Finally, my dream expanded to include fishing for India's great migratory gamefish, the golden mahseer.
Photo by Field & Stream Online Editors
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This article and the magazene writeup aboutthe Himalayan Mahseer and retracing Jim Corbetts footsteps has to be one of the best articles of all time. thank you McCafferty for sharing this with us.
awesome!this article makes me want to learn more about corbett and these killer tigers!
After reading this article I have requested Corbett's books as a Christmas present. I can hardly wait to see how many I get. What a fascinating man!
Bravo Keith. The single best article I can remember reading in F&S for a long time. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Jim Corbett is the men.I never was the same after I read "Maneaters of Kumaon" 43 years ago when I was a kid of only 10. I think I read and reread this book like 20 times since then. I even have the chance to visit Corbett grave at Nyery, Kenya in 1995, what a big emotion it was. I´m planning a visit to Chuka and Thak and to all places roammed by Corbett in the past. Thanks McCafferty for share your adventure in a so intriguing land, I hope I still can meet Ummed Singh when I get there, happy 2010 for all.
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This article and the magazene writeup aboutthe Himalayan Mahseer and retracing Jim Corbetts footsteps has to be one of the best articles of all time. thank you McCafferty for sharing this with us.
awesome!this article makes me want to learn more about corbett and these killer tigers!
After reading this article I have requested Corbett's books as a Christmas present. I can hardly wait to see how many I get. What a fascinating man!
Bravo Keith. The single best article I can remember reading in F&S for a long time. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Jim Corbett is the men.I never was the same after I read "Maneaters of Kumaon" 43 years ago when I was a kid of only 10. I think I read and reread this book like 20 times since then. I even have the chance to visit Corbett grave at Nyery, Kenya in 1995, what a big emotion it was. I´m planning a visit to Chuka and Thak and to all places roammed by Corbett in the past. Thanks McCafferty for share your adventure in a so intriguing land, I hope I still can meet Ummed Singh when I get there, happy 2010 for all.
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