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Fish Mongolia and IF Adventures just announced new Fish Bum style Mongolia fly fishing options in This is Fly edition # 22. Check out the Hucho hucho aka ‘European Taimen’ or the ‘Danube Salmon’ article in the same issue. Mongolia is an inspirational destination for many anglers who dream of hooking into a five foot long taimen on a dry fly. But is it possible to fish Mongolia on a budget, un-guided, on a DIY trip?

Mongolian Triple Crown, article by Nathan Ward in This is Fly, Issue 18. Starts on page 101. “The cool thing about fishing in Mongolia is that any cast you make could be the cast that hooks you up with the biggest fish of your lifetime.”

The March 2009 edition of Fly Rod and Reel has an excellent article on Taimen fishing in Mongolia “Taimen in the Land of Khan” by Peter Fong. “If you’ve seen the pictures, then you might already be lost. The angler kneeling in bewildered devotion, smiling with an awkward joy, behind a fish so impossibly large that two hands provide an insufficient cradle. Because as soon as you can imagine it, the dream begins.”

Sweetwater Travel and the Vermillion brothers can lay claim to being the pioneers of taimen fly fishing operations in Mongolia. This photo of Dan Vermillion fighting a 60 inch taimen on their first exploratory trip is the image that launched both Sweetwater Travel and Mongolia as a fly fishing destination.

Canoe and fly fishing expedition on Mongolia’s Eg River, report by Aishpanu in French. If you are interested in doing this trip we have canoes and rafts available for hire, and can arrange the official Taimen permits from the Ministry Of Environment for excellent sections of the Eg River. Ask about our trip planning service.

Here’s a link to an article on a Mongolia fly fishing expedition with Peter Mullet of Mongofly, amongst the team were Mikey Wier of Burl Productions, Brent Dawson of Warpath Flies, and Jeff Currier. “Our main quarry were taimen, basically the worlds largest trout. These beauties don’t come easy and we as a 6 person group landed about 45 of them in 3 weeks. Many of them topped 40″! Mikey Weir landed one of 50″!”