{"id":16,"date":"2010-10-03T11:19:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T18:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/?p=16"},"modified":"2011-12-07T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T19:19:38","slug":"2010-mongolia-taimen-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/2010-mongolia-taimen-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Mongolia Taimen Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m back stateside after a 5-week tour of duty in Mongolia, the land of the Giants. It was a great season and fishing for taimen was good throughout. Top fish of the year honors went to Sydney-based “Taimen Freak,” Charles Barrett Jnr, who returned for a second crack at landing a true giant taimen.<\/p>\n

After the previous full day’s skunking in Bayaraa’s boat, Charles got his fish on the first cast of the next day. I saw the beast from the boat as I was driving upriver, killed the motor, dropped the anchor, handed rods to Charles and his mate, Ron, and they started chucking. Charles instantly had a tangled knot of running line to deal with but as soon as he straightened it out and made one strip, he was on!<\/p>\n

After a powerful tug of war, punctuated by breathtaking wallows and thrashings at the surface. We finally got the great fish into the net.<\/p>\n

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Just one of the many incredible experiences, fishing and otherwise, that defined the 2010 season (my 13th tour!).<\/p>\n

Now it’s back to earth and steelhead season is in full swing around here. Guided a two boater yesterday on the Willamette and we landed 3 in my boat, while Ethan landed 4 in his. A few dates are still available for some of the great fall steelhead action. Hope to see you out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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