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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: Trout fishing guide in Korea |
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Fly Fishing The South Korean Backcountry South Korean, Gyeongnam — Package: 46001037
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James pursues two species of wild native trout: the Masou trout and the Manchurian trout. For the experienced fly angler looking to add an exotic species to a trout "life-list," or for beginners looking for a new outdoor experience, James is your guide.
The full day guided wading and walking trip is 7-10 hours of stream time (depending on the time the sun rises and sets). Lunch along with transportation to and from the stream is provided. This trip is for all experience levels of fly fisherman and can be customized to your preference and skill level. Expect to walk and wade two to four miles.
The Species
Manchurian trout is also known as lenok from its taxonomical name, Brachymystax lenok.
It is called yeolmokeo in Korean and its name translates to "fish with heated eyes." Indeed, its eyes are a yellowish crimson color and its body is olive colored and speckled with small dark spots. They grow to a maximum size of seventy centimeters (twenty-eight inches), with an average size of about thirty-five centimeters (fourteen inches).
They are an ancient species of trout and considered to be the oldest member of the trout family. It is distributed throughout the coldwater rivers of Siberia, Mongolia, the Korean peninsula and northern China. The South Korean streams are its southernmost population in the world.
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: |
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That sounds pretty cool. So they fish these trout with flies? Wow. They sound pretty huge.
It might be worth looking into, but I just wonder if these companies rip you off. I wonder just how many fish there are in these "streams".
I'd just find out where they are and go by myself. Screw the tour. |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| You just need to go there once, after that you go without the guide. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| You just need to go there once, after that you go without the guide. |
Sounds like they might stock the brooks or rivers rather than them coming naturally from the sea or whatever.
I wonder if fly fishing is the law. I'd like to go out with a hooks, spinners, and worms. |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| Fly fishing gets really involved and expensive. I went fishing with cowboys in Montana, they used salmon eggs. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea, I know James, the trout fishing guide, and live near him. It would be very fun to go out with him to Gangwando of a weekend, but he is fully booked and recently had a baby so he is a very busy man these days. I asked if he would take me, offering money, but he declined. I think his clients are wealthy guys who visit Korea for a very short time. Too bad, I am looking for a someone to go fishing with. Not being able to fish is one thing that makes me homesick here. Fishing is available here if you know where to go and have transportation. Buses won't cut it, but when riding the KTX 2 weeks ago, I noticed that near the Milyang train station is a river and a few ponds where people fish so I am going to try that on a nice Saturday or Sunday in September. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| Yea, I know James, the trout fishing guide, and live near him. It would be very fun to go out with him to Gangwando of a weekend, but he is fully booked and recently had a baby so he is a very busy man these days. I asked if he would take me, offering money, but he declined. I think his clients are wealthy guys who visit Korea for a very short time. Too bad, I am looking for a someone to go fishing with. Not being able to fish is one thing that makes me homesick here. Fishing is available here if you know where to go and have transportation. Buses won't cut it, but when riding the KTX 2 weeks ago, I noticed that near the Milyang train station is a river and a few ponds where people fish so I am going to try that on a nice Saturday or Sunday in September. |
Well James sounds like an arsehole. Don't need him to fish.
If you have a car, or a friend's car, you should follow him to one of his excursions. Find out when they go and from where. Start asking him questions, but be discreet.
I'd like to catch a few of those big trouts. |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I'll bet you don't even need a fishing license here. Bet there's no daily catch limit either.
Bet I don't care. September sounds like a good month, but it's probably getting near the end now. Korea's pretty warm though. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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If you want definitive answers on this subject, PM Dr. Buck. He's been in Korea almost ten years and fishing is his hobby. Good stuff.
My brother in-law does a lot of bass fishing, but I can't give you specifics like Dr. Buck can. If you don't have a car, it'll be very hard to find the good spots. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: |
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James is a nice guy, he just has allot of irons in the fire with bigger priorities. Being 30 something year old, it is tough to even have friends or find people do anything with as most are raising kids, working allot, establishing a business, etc. which are big priorities. This makes the 30's the most lonesome time in life for us who stayed single. I suspect that when we reach our 40's, then there will once again, be people right and left to hang out with, do things with, and be friends with since their kids will be teens or young adults and their parents being well established into a career. I just hope I am one of the 40 something year olds with a career to prosper on.
No you don't need a fishing license in Korea and laws are few, but some places do not allow fishing. I think I could find all the places James go if I had something to drive. They are in Gangwando near and in the national parks area and some around Jirisen near Jinju. You look for rivers on the map and drive around just the same as you would exploring any where else for fishing and camping places away from lots of people. Also, I understand that Koreans are NOT picky about people walking around on land and along rivers like Americans are so you can go anywhere without fear of confrontations and threats of shot gun shootings for trespassing.
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
James is a nice guy, he just has allot of irons in the fire with bigger priorities. Being 30 something year old, it is tough to even have friends or find people do anything with as most are raising kids, working allot, establishing a business, etc. which are big priorities. This makes the 30's the most lonesome time in life for us who stayed single. I suspect that when we reach our 40's, then there will once again, be people right and left to hang out with, do things with, and be friends with since their kids will be teens or young adults and their parents being well established into a career. I just hope I am one of the ones with a career to prosper on.
No you don't need a fishing license in Korea and laws are few, but some places do not allow fishing. I think I could find all the places James go if I had something to drive. They are in Gangwando near and in the national parks area and some around Jirisen near Jinju. You look for rivers on the map and drive around just the same as you would exploring any where else for fishing and camping places away from lots of people. Also, I understand that Koreans are NOT picky about people walking around on land and along rivers like Americans are so you can go anywhere without fear of confrontations and threats of shot gun shootings for trespassing. |
Don't know why he couldn't invite you along as one of his "helpers" or something. But anyway, I don't know. Know what I mean?
It's just that those fish sound really good.
I kind of figured that about the fishing license and not needing to worry about fishing on someone's land. I might try around there next month.
Do you know what the seasons are like? Like when it's useless to fish anymore?
I have an adult student in a few minutes and I'm going to talk to him about this. Don't think he's a fisherman, but he can show me the where it is, etc. |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: |
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I was told by my student tonight that that particular fish may be protected. Maybe it's catch and release? I don't know. He wasn't sure though. He's going to do some looking into it for me.
Maybe I can find out exactly where to go. |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| Couldn't pay me to eat fish caught in Korean rivers. I have been fishing in Korea and the fish were really small. It sucked bad. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| If you can fish trout, which means that trout is available, then how come I can't buy it from either the supermarket or the fish market?! |
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