AEG’s Fish Bum 1 – Mongolia

Word is out that editing of AEG’s film Fish Bum I: Mongolia is complete, and the DVD is ready for release. You can order a copy at www.aegmedia.com . AEG put together a preview of the film, which is the result of a two month expedition to Mongolia in 2007 and over 200 hours of footage, for the Fly Fishing Film Tour. I’ve been lucky enough to make it to a few of the shows and it certainly seems that the Mongolia Taimen film is the biggest hit.

Along with Mongolia River Outfitters, Fish Mongolia helped to organize permits, logistics and river access for the Fish Bum crew. Mongolia simply isn’t the kind of place you can turn up and expect to be able to organize permits and local logistics yourself, more on that on my previous post about Mongolia Fishing licences.

There’s been a conservation theme to the film tour this year, with several films about the proposed Bristol Bay mine, and its fair to say that Mongolia is faced with many of the same conservation issues as Mongolians are now trying to work out how to develop their rich gold deposits and at the same time protect their pristine rivers. If you like what you see in the film and want to see and Fish Mongolia yourself; supporting responsible outfitters such as Fish Mongolia, Sweetwater Travel or Mongolia River Outfitters will also be supporting the conservation of these amazing taimen fisheries.