{"id":3116,"date":"2025-10-18T10:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:27:45","slug":"mongolia-taimen-fishing-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/mongolia-taimen-fishing-fall-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mongolia Taimen Fishing Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-1024x807.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-1024x807.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-300x236.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-768x605.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-1536x1210.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-2048x1614.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3676-381x300.jpeg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After an 11-year hiatus from working in the Taimen mine, I&#8217;d recently been missing all my old friends and the amazing countryside of Northern Mongolia.  That&#8217;s when Tom Darga called to see if I was interested in doing a one-week guiding cameo back in the old squirrel-chugging fields. I jumped at the opportunity.  It was a sweet and emotional tour, and I savored every moment of the journey.  Now home and back in the rower&#8217;s seat on the local waters, here is a quick window into yet another trip of a lifetime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/isabella.lqhome.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_3247-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, 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