Fish Mongolia

Fly-fishing eco-tourism and community-based taimen conservation

We are wholeheartedly committed to Taimen conservation.   In the five years since we began operations we have pioneered new approaches to community-based conservation of Taimen fisheries, including the establishment of a ‘Taimen Sanctuary’ and the first community fly-fishing tourism partnerships in Mongolia.  

To us eco-tourism means both being actively involved in conservation and working with local communities to improve their livelihoods and give them an incentive to protect their natural resources.  We don’t use jet boats as most of the rivers we are fishing are mostly unsuitable for motorized boats. Without this option we have to work harder to distribute anglers on the river and can’t fish as much water from one camp; but this gives us the opportunity to interact with the local people, by hiring horses, yaks and camels for local transport.

Community and volunteer rangers actively patrol the Taimen rivers that we fish, and we support these local community initiatives.    Our conservation and community projects have included assistance to local villages to provide fresh drinking water for their citizens; contributing to ranger salaries and the donation of two motorbikes for rangers; environmental education events; and support to local community-based conservation initiatives. 

We are dedicated to the cause of taimen conservation and consider ourselves to be  amongst the most ethical and responsible outfitters in Mongolia