My Uttaranchal trip

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My Uttaranchal trip

Post by Yaj » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:37 pm

Some of you guys who are already on IA may have already seen this since it's a clone of my post there,but for those who are'nt here goes.---

Well guys i'm back from my trip to Uttaranchal.Spent two weeks in the most amazing places, covered almost 4000 km,encountered 7 rivers and am dog tired but happy as hell :-).
Fishing wise not too much luck but it was a pilgrimage to some great fishing locales!
The catch was an Indian trout at Beas Ghat and two small mahseer (estimated by the ghillie at 1.5 kg and 300-400 gm respectively) at Marchula.

To do real justice to these spots i probably should have given 3-4 days to each and not the few hours i could manage but then thats always a good excuse to go back ;-)

Got to meet up with Asif at Delhi and was treated to some cold ones and a sumptuous meal at a gourmet joint called Ploof at Lodhi market..Really needed the dose of red meat after 12 days of mostly veg food and i really
tucked in! Thanks Asif!
Would like to share some of the pics from the trip with you guys.
So here goes!

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Yamuna at Dadupur

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The river Giri on the way to Renukaji


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Murrel at Renukaji


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Mahseer at Renukaji

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Ghat at Rishikesh


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The Ganga at Shivpuri

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Crab from the Ganga at Shivpuri


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View from above at Beas Ghat


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Confluence of Nayyar and Ganga at Beas Ghat


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Barilus at Beas ghat

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Indian trout at Beas ghat

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Small mahseer at Marchula

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Small mahseer at Ramganga

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Smaller mahseer at Marchula

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Confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi at Devprayag.Notice the difference in colour between the two rivers.

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View ahead of Devprayag.

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The Alaknanda near Chamoli

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Snow clad peaks from Joshimath.


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Yaj.
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Post by hellfire_m16 » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:41 pm

vow great pics yaj and i bet u must have had a heck of a time
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Post by Mack The Knife » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:27 pm

Thanks, Yaj.

What rod and reel were you using?

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Post by Vikram » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:35 pm

Fantastic pictures Yaj.Reminds us what great fortunes are still left there and the need to preserve them.Thanks for sharing and congrats on such a good trip.

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Re: My Uttaranchal trip

Post by biking3819 » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:37 am

yaj,those pics are a delight,
i for sure know the pleasure u must have tasted out of your trip, i did the trip last year,surprisingly some of the pics are too similar.wud post the funniest and the nicest from that album,have no intention to jack the beautiful post of yours :D ,need to believe i did that trip on a borrowed bajaj classic sl from rishikesh to gangotri and spotted some nice nature,infact all over the route,finally i cud just manage the hike to gaumukh.
thanx for sharing your trip pictures ,awesome,reminds me to make it again.

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cheers sanjiv

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Re: My Uttaranchal trip

Post by Yaj » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:16 am

Thanks guys.
Mack The Knife I was using the chinese Powerstick 11 ft telescopic with the Lineaffe B-king (baitrunner) when I caugt the trout and a Daiwa triforce 6'6" with a Abu Garcia 5700 when I caught the Mahseer.

Sanjiv I would love to see your pics too.
Regards,
Yaj.
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