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This is to bring to your notice that there are other fish than mountain gold which can be as challenging than what's already famous. Most of the fish have been called thieving, ugly, tricky, etc., but if that isn't challenging, then we don't know what is.
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For anglers who would like to retain and consume what they catch, there's nothing better than a well stocked foothills reservoir- some of the better-eating table fish are available for the catching. We are fortunate enough to know some stocked waters, essentially irrigation dams which are seeded with peninsular carps, namely the famous rohu (Labeo rohita), mrigal (Cirrhinus mirgala), catla (Catla catla) for commercial harvesting. The dams are netted biannually by contractors so the season for decent fish, and lots of them, comes very other year. The fish are in double figures, smaller ones quite fit for the table. There are also natural populations of predators- the lanchi or mulley (Wallago attu), singhara or shovelhead (Aorichthys seenghala), the lesser snakeheads (Channa spp.) and needlefish- great fun on a fly rod.

The foothill stillwaters are a great way of relaxing and enjoying a great fishing holiday instead of gunning for trophy fish in the wilds. The reservoirs are also home to many water birds making for some interesting birdwatching.

Stillwaters are not only a great place for practicing baitfishing, or, as the old hands called it 'Tank fishing'. Some of the stillwater gillies are traditional fishermen and what they don't know about the fish is not worth knowing about. They also make some of the best teachers of local fishing methods and interesting fish lore.

Carp: We are in the process of developing two locations for carp fishing. The lakes are stocked with Indian carps (rohu, mrigal, cutla) and common and mirror carps. The venues are two years old so far and fish sizes have made it to mid doubles. Given another couple of years we should see some serious fish emerging from these waters. Carp anglers who'd like to test-fish the waters are most welcome.

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Sportfishing | Species | Locations | Programmes | Conservation