Fly Fishing Asia

Fly Fishing in Asia

Sweet Child of Mine: Part 1

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Every fly fisher’s favourite is dry-fly fishing. When you fish with big “dry-flies” such as popper fly, hoppers, gurglers and other terrestrials, the take is often explosive!

That’s one of the elements that make fly fishing for mahseer in Thailand so much fun.

PART 1

In Part 1, Juan Wei travels to Thailand with some friends and as nearly always, there are some hits and misses – including one big fish that came off after a brief fight.

Juan’s approach to any of his own fishing trip is to go with full of anticipation to have a good time, but without any expectations. This way, no matter what the outcome he will always enjoy the trip as a whole.

Having said that, being a fishing trip, you will want to hopefully catch something and his target is always one (1) memorable fish. It can be a big fish but not necessarily as it can also be the manner the fish was caught.

Will there be a memorable catch this trip?

Watch the Part 1 video

Enjoy The Trip Pictorial

Packing list – Can you identify everything in the picture?
Sea of clouds. I prefer sitting in the aisles seat when in a plane. Easier to move in and out. But then I’ll miss the view out of the window. How about you? Aisle or window seating?
NO-FLY ZONE! Thailand has strict drone flying laws
NO-FLY ZONE! Thailand has strict drone flying laws
A warm sunset greeted us upon arrival at our rustic lodging
Our twin-water bungalow. May not look like much but here in the jungle it's awesome!
Our twin-water bungalow. May not look like much but here in the jungle it’s awesome!
Morning view from the "bungalow"
Morning view from the “bungalow”
Trying out the Fishpond roll-top back pack and its suitability in this jungle fishing scenario
Trying out the Fishpond roll-top back pack and its suitability in this jungle fishing scenario
The Orvis Ultralight wading boots are some of the most comfortable I've had but sadly there are some durability issues as you can see in the picture above.
The Orvis Ultralight wading boots are some of the most comfortable I’ve had but sadly there are some durability issues as you can see in the picture above.
Not bad for the very first fish of the trip!
Not bad for the very first fish of the trip! Watch the catch in the part 1 video shared above.

Look out for Part 2!

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