THE BEAUTIFUL BURMESE TROUT!

Short of heading to Burma to fulfil the dream of finding monster size Burmese Trout, we find ourselves in the highlands of Northern Thailand in search for these unique fish.

The Burmese Trout is the South East Asian equivalent to the Salmonoids which inhabit temperate waters. They live in pristine highland streams which flow clean and fast. They lay in ambush behind rocks and in eddies created by diversions in the swift flow. Fishing these areas mean awesome scenery and a magical experience...

We start our journey upstream on foot and with heavy anticipation. The stream narrows with the altitude...

Fortunately the biggest fish lay in the larger downstream pools, and they are the first fish we encounter. The DUO Spearhead Ryuki in 50S guise is usually the first lure we have on and it seldom fails...

This is a huge specimen for the species and instantly makes the trip for us...

Hard not to study the intricacies which make these fish so special. Note the girth of the head and the super wide mouth which betray the slender body shape. An awesome fish in an awesome place...

After that gigantic first fish the rest are smaller but are no less beautiful. As the stream narrows the fish are naturally littler...

The DUO Spearhead Ryuki 50S continues on its stellar romp...

They display the same amazing markings as their true Trout cousins. Coupled with their delicate fins they look like a proper ornamental fish...

The brassy gold sheen is beautifully displayed on this fish which went for the DUO Ryuki 50S hard...

We swap lures and continue our upstream trek. And are not entirely surprised when the next hit turns up fanatic fighting Blue Mahseer...

This beautiful Mahseer, indigenous to Thailand, liked the smaller DUO Ryuki 45S...

But its the Ryuki 50S that finds another good sized Burmese Trout...

It is an amazing sight to see Burmese Trout and Blue Mahseer shoulder each other out of the way to get to the lure. This nice Blue Mahseer won the race and showed what it was made out of. An awesome fight on the Major Craft Finetail Travel Trout rod..

The DUO Spearhead Ryuki 45S does the job once again...

And the larger Ryuki 50S accounts for another nice Burmese Trout...

On this day we found the Finetail Travel Trout rod by Major Craft to be the perfect tool for this type of work. We end the day with another Blue Mahseer on the DUO Ryuki 45S...

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PEACOCK BASS ON TOPWATER AND JERKBAITS!

One of the best way to spend a day, is to get wet casting for the ferocious Peacock Bass in the jungle. With trusty DUO lures in the bag the day is almost guaranteed...

We went fishless for a long part of the day but eventually we got one to hit after many topwater misses. And it was a good fish...

The topwater DUO Realis Pencil popper 110 represents the best way to catch these fish...

As the day wore on we had to cover much ground to find feeding fish. It was a tough day but we kept casting with the Jackson Super Trickster spin rod and was rewarded eventually...

The DUO Realis Jerkbait 110SP is one of the top lures for these fish, and are a natural go-to for us...

The search continued for good Bass and we eventually found this beautifully marked specimen which went ballistic with the topwater strike...

The OSP Yamato is one of the hottest topwater pencils and it certainly showed its versatility with this capture...

Meanwhile the DUO Realis Jerkbait produces on cue...

This time it is the 120SP version of the Realis Jerkbait which scores...

Last fish of the day is a nice one which gave a good account of itself. Kudos to the Evergreen Kaleido Spin Cobra Q7 for taming this nice fish...

The OSP Varuna 110 cast along the weeds did the trick...

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