http://gonefishingindia.com/journal Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:25:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Southern break every December makes the Delhi winter more bearable. The December fishing at the Kaveri has become an annual pilgrimage which is so pleasurable. The mint fresh Bangalore airport was, at least for now, far removed from the chaos that the Delhi airport has become. Sunday traffic allowed us ... http://gonefishingindia.com/journal/42/ For a major part of my life, I have been a carp angler. Lakes, ponds, tanks, dams had plenty of large sized carps to keep the occasional angler more than interested. In and around Kolkata, Calcutta then, had some great fishing spots. That weekend we were set to fish in ... http://gonefishingindia.com/journal/chapter-4/ It was a lazy October day. The sun shone bright and crisp but the ferocity of summer was gone, replaced by a soft warm glow of early winter. I was out fishing with my two uncles on a lake. Actually they were fishing and I was around. I was always ... http://gonefishingindia.com/journal/chapter-3/ A mild jerk and the train came to a halt. I saw the time on my cell phone, it was 5.00 am. One back pack, one lumbar pack, the camera bag and the rod tube slung from my shoulder did not make climbing down to the low platform any easier. A ... http://gonefishingindia.com/journal/chapter-2/ I could hear the sound of rain! Monsoon rain! Somewhere from a distance someone called, checking for me, I called back. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Lake Fishing at Bhimtaal"][/caption] The "bata's" (labio bata) were on a feeding frenzy and my bucket already held over a score and a few carp brats. The water ... http://gonefishingindia.com/journal/chapter-1/