The search for giant golden mahseer that led us down numerous Bhutanese rivers experiencing the most humbling generocity from the local villagers. Fast rivers and powerful fish made for exciting battles that were often lost.

Golden mahseer are protected and it’s illegal to fish for them in Bhutan. We had been granted special permission from his Royal Highness’ Office for monitoring purposes and on a strict fly fishing, catch and release basis.  The magnitude of…