Fishing Fury Wins A Tripbase Award

This one’s no April fools joke either, we’ve won for best fishing/angling blog! Tripbase is a great site for finding vacations when you just want to get away, it’s kind of like a good slot machine in that you giver a pull- and it will spin out great some results from all over the globe! Give it a shot, if not just to see what amazing destination you could go to if you left tomorrow. We’ve decided to display our award on the sidebar, so as you scroll down please applaude.

This awards category is for the best fishing blogs of 2011. To compile it, we scoured the Internet for the most passionate fishing and angling blogs out there which guide readers through the many types of fishing and angling vacation.

Whether you’re a newbie trying to work out how rod licences work or an accomplished fly fisherman looking for a helicopter tour of Russia’s salmon lakes, we’ve plucked only the best blogs from a very long list of possibilities.

All the blogs we encountered were brimming with enthusiasm – fishermen and anglers are devoted to their passion. We have had to select the blogs based on their ability to express this passion in a clear and educational way. We’ve given preference to blogs which provide photographs, even if they are just of men holding large fish. We’ve also given preference to the angling blogs which describe the sites and the surrounding area, ideally noting the nearby pubs and amenities available to fishermen.

Below is the final list of award winners. We hope that you’ll find them enlightening if you’re just starting out and edifying if you’ve got a few years experience under your belt. This is your first port of call on the way to angling heaven.

This Is Fly Volume 2 Issue 3

Another awesome issue of This is Fly for your viewing pleasure!

Click the image to view the latest issue!

BloodKnot Magazine Volume 1 Issue 1

The long awaited first issue of Blood Knot Magazine is here for your viewing pleasure!

Click the image to view issue one

Himalayan Golden Mahseer

The more I see of the golden Mahseer, the more impressed I am. And fishing in the Himalayas, how cool is that?

In Search of the Himalayan Golden Mahseer from Stuart Walker on Vimeo.

Check out the rest of Stuart Walker’s Fishing Channel on Vimeo.

The National Geographic Channel

Heres another great site to add to our best places to watch fishing shows online, The National Geographic Channel! If you want to see some truly out of this world fishing look no further. These guys chase the biggest most unique fresh and saltwater fish you’ll ever see!

via National Geographic’s Hooked

Golden Mahseer Fishing, India

The golden mahseer is quickly gaining the reputation as one of the toughest, most sought after fish in freshwater. The mahseer is the largest member of the carp family and is said to be extremely strong. Apart from their size and strength, the fact that they are found in one of the most beautiful parts of the world make these fish the ultimate catch.

Angling the Globe-India Trailer from Reel Escape Films on Vimeo.