Anglers use Swedish fishing rods to reel in 25-Kg plus catches

Anglers arrive from different corners and sit down with their fishing tackle to reel in the huge fish of the Brahmaputra River - they have to, at times, brave the bone-chilling cold on the bank of the Brahmaputra in the wee hours on Sundays and wait to bag the biggest catch the "red river" has to offer.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 5 March 2016.

A die hard angler had hooked a 15-Kg catfish earlier and had come back for an even bigger one because the Brahmaputra has many of those. Most of the anglers occupy the locations near the Neemati ferry ghat and it has gradually become an angler's paradise.
As a local fisherman observed, anglers from the city have been coming to fish in the Brahmaputra for the past several years but nowadays there is a noticeable change because, while earlier, they used to bring with them hand-made fishing rods, the trend now is to use modern fishing rods fitted with wheels.
The anglers jostle for space along the riverbank on Sundays and, as one of them has admitted, he has procured at least three fishing rods, all made in Sweden - these are strong and robust and can catch fish weighing more than 25-Kg. Thanks to exposures to various TV channels like Discovery and Animal Planet the demand for sophistication is on the rise.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Some more interesting links -

Didi knows that ghosts have their uses (satire)

‘Make in India’ concept to market Ganga water (satire)

Moody throws light on conversion and smartness (satire)


Loss of bees and butterflies is disturbing the ecological balance

Madhya Pradesh to promote tiger tourism

China wants to fight terrorism in Xinjiang with entertainment, singing and dancing


Quantum jump for Priyanka Chopra from Quantico to Baywatch

Kissing scenes in movies – why this fad has never caught on in Bollywood

British actor Tom Hardy could become the new face of James Bond after Daniel Craig


Airstrikes in Syria target schools and hospitals - nearly 50 children killed

F-22 Stealth Bombers of the US fly low over South Korea skies

North Korea plans to carry out terror attacks on South Korea