Indians For Guns

Dev and I broke our jinx.
At 2-10 pm today, he landed a 1 1/2 kg Cat fish on a worm-hook-lead shot weigh and a few min later I landed my first catch in 30 years-a previously discussed and predestinated 6 incher , again on the same formula.
The secret weapon was -dev's father-I guess
The location was the Hindon barrage, about 6-7km from Noida and the exact spot was our favourite ' Toxic greens' The fish seemed to have a normal appearance and visible organs-exact degree of mutation was not recognisable
A jolly good time was had by all, included in the guest list were several local fishing stalwarts, whose technique consists of using old oil cans as a spool and huge hook loaded with a single lead shot for weight and about a dozen worms on each hook, hand cast.They have about 3-4 lines each and sit contentedly in the shade.
My tackle box with its assorted lures/spoons/homebrewed bucktails etc was star attractant-however, noticing my plight, one of the locals immediately dug out and donated a huge hook (a 2/0 atleast!) tied it onto my line and made me cast-few min later, strike-a perfect, much vaunted 6 incher!
The brotherhood is alive everywhere in the world-Last trip with Mack The Knife made my tackle box a couple of kgs heavier with stuff he loaded on, now these guys...I'm glad I didnt let them down!
The local contractor issues fishing licences for 10 rupees a day and unlimited catch.
I have snaps of Dev and his catch on my phone-am yet to get around to downloading with Bluetooth.Shall post fortwith, as a technology demonstrator.
Inder?
Axx

Good show, Asif and here's to many more.

Did you guys move along the bank or cast from one place only?

I have noticed that cats seem have their favourite places and usually not to far from the bank and if you find it you could be guaranteed non-stop action....say, a catch every 5 minutes or so.

Look forward to the pic. Pity you did not get one of yours. Incidentally, I trust you did not release the cat back into the water?

Mack The Knife

The location was the Hindon barrage, about 6-7km from Noida and the exact spot was our favourite ' Toxic greens' The fish seemed to have a normal appearance and visible organs-exact degree of mutation was not recognisable

"Catfish soup for the desperate soul" Yuuuck!

Jonah

You`re fishing a place called `Toxic Green` and checking the fish over for mutations ? !!!
`Yuck` doesn`t begin to describe what I`m thinking !
Mind you, I once fished the Blackwater in Fermoy, Republic of Ireland, a well known Salmon River; Chucked the ledger in about 60 yards and, when I raised the rod to check the tautness of the line, discovered that it was covered in tissue paper streamers - pink, yellow, green and white ! I don`t think I`ll explain any further........................!

Reading the posts after a 4 day hiatus...
Yes Mack The Knife-back it went ASAP.
We were on a spit of land projecting into the water and didnt do too much for waxing forth-probably about 10m for me, 50m for Dev.
Spent 3 hours casting on the ganga near a place called Pratapgarh-160km from Lucknow yesterday.Water level was 5-7 feet and had to do some frantic reeling to stop from foul hooking these droves of turtles-6-8inches in dia.
Not a nibble-but got the wife and daughter onto a country boat and gave them a glimpse of my madness.Wife, being an ex yank, commented about "all the hi fundu Yank lures wont work" and bang went a bite-reeled in another 8 incher-dont know what-it wasnt a chilwa-the boatman had a local name for it which I couldnt pronounce then and wont attempt now.guess I had time of my life.
Daughter was frantic that I dont catch a whale-she's onto "Jonah the moaner" bedtime stories...
Its happening folks...
Grumpy,
Why do you think its called "Backwaters"
Naaw, There must be more toxic areas-We call our fav spot toxic greens-the line and hook stay intact most times but the lead SG shot i use as weight does come out lighter after a session of casting...
Best
Axx

My wife Kulsum,daughter Mehr and a cousin yasmin on the roll -sharing in the madness! Mehr's on the look out for her fav whale...

Hey Gr888 Pic Asif,

Nice to see family sharing the interest. Nice to hear about your exploits. I am yet to inaugurate my fishing rod. Will do that when I ll be back in INDIA and I think I also need those Rusty's fishing lessons ...

Keep up the fun work m8

Inder

Your daughter obviously gets her good looks from her mother - great looking family altogether.

Hey Inder,
good to have you back
You were right, Mehr grabbed the frog lures you gave me and I got them back only a few days ago-her fav 'scare people' toys!
Hows the US? strip searched yet;)
Sure, go down to Shiva with King Rusty and 500 casts later , your cast will be better-and if you catch some fish incidently, smile-you went there to learn!
No great exploits-been on the run so long, could not resist joining the family for Eid-They had gone to lucknow and then when i landed there as a surprise for Eid, we decided to go to the ancestral village-what the 'ell, air deccan broke the lock ring of my flambeau tube -after putting a 'delicate' sticker on it!
Hearing all my moaning, wife decides to spring me for a new one-with a new rod- as the old one may compress and break the rod etc ...sounds good, eh? next thing, I'll have to pass on my rod to the daughter and look for a bamboo 'charri'
Best, have a great time
Axx

Grumpy,
Have heard that one before
Guys-Please keep the adulations going-I will have to justify that cp88 CO2 pistol I saw and have developed a sudden urge for...

Told you sir,

You know I always check where my daughter is before opening my tackle box. She just love them. .

Yep, Joining WASI is the first thing I am going to do after coming back and regarding Strip searches none yet but the gentleman at the immigration counter at Chicago asked me "Can you please remove that hat" when I asked him Is that necessary. He just said "Not really, but do you ever remove it ". I think he was curious than anything else..

Don’t tell me about “Air Dhakkan”. Bu$$ers lost my luggage two times. Now I made it a point not to travel with them again .

Inder

I once flew London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, New York with just a couple of days in each place ( until New York ) and my baggage took two weeks to catch up ! Every place I landed I rang to enquire where my luggage was and it was always one airport behind.......until I got to New York when it decided to go off on a completely different trip. I`d ring every day and be told it was on its` way.......except that `on its way` included Rome, Berlin, Paris ( again ) and LA !
Good old BA. ( ! )
Having watched baggage falling off the elevators as it was being put on planes at La Guardia and O`Hare this summer I`m not surprised that things get damaged although I`m sure that the worse damage occurs `behind the scenes` before it gets on the carousel.

Axx
Great picture...BTW do you have any life jackets?
All the best

NG

Asif,

Superb picture. Now we're going to be pestering you for pics of the ladies shooting and fishing as well.

Cheers, buddy!

Mehul

Mehul,
Will post soon, sure!
Navdeep,
Mamma was Mehr's life jacket, We left 6 mo old Ameer at home, I had 3 boatmen for the 3 pax!