What to pack for this trip?

An old timer once said “If you don’t pack it, you absolutely won’t have it at camp” We’ve compiled an abbreviated but essential packlist that will provide for a comfortable and successful flyfishing expedition.

Taimen Fly Fishing Rods

• Rod 9wt – 10wt single handed
• Rod 7wt – 8wt spey, Rio Outbound short 
• Lines Float / Intermediate / Sink Tips

Amur Pike & Trout Rods 

• Rod #4 to #5 Trout– Float
• Rod #7 to #8  Pike – Float / Sing 

What to pack for this trip?

Fly fishing in Mongolia and wondering what to bring? To maximize your days afield in Mongolia, we suggest the following gear – We provide a comprehensive list of items to pack in our pre-trip planner after you book your trip. Below is an abbreviated version of essential gear and tackle for your Fly fishing trip to Mongolia.

Must have tools  

• Line Cutter “nips”
• Forceps + barb crusher
• Amadou Drying patch (Orvis)
• Hook Sharpening Hone

Wearables  

• Seasonal Appropriate
• Polarized Glasses
• Cap or Hat (Drab color)
• Warm hat “beanie”
• Rain Jacket
• Running leggings or shorts
• Fleece Jacket
• 2 pair of socks per day
• Camp shoes or slippers

Wading Gear

• Chest wader – Spring / Fall
• Wet Wader Socks (Summer)
• Studded Boots – Felt OK
• Staff – Optional

Camp Supplies

• Sleeping Bag rated to 32F / Zero C
• Camp Pillow
• Headlamp or Torch “Flashlight”
• Multi-tool / Knife
• Waterproof Bag or Pack
• Toilet Paper, Personal Kit

Float, Camp & Fly Fish

Taimen Float – Canyon Taimen Camps

After a full day of flyfishing, you’ll float into a stunning camp where the drinks are cold, the fires are warm, and the camp meals are hot & delicious. The next day, you wake up to hot teas or coffee, sit down at the table for a hearty breakfast, wader up, board the boats, to chase more lenok, grayling, and those big burly taimen. 

Before fly fishing season gets underway, we establish eight fully outfitted “ger” campsites along the banks of the river. Each campsite is well-appointed and extremely comfortable with real beds, linens, and wood burning stoves in each angler’s tent.

Fly fish and float downstream towards the next camp with professional guides without ever having to shuttle or transfer. to a vehicle. Hot lunches are served streamside with tea,  coffee, or sometimes a beer to finish.

Sleep & Shower

Get a good nights rest in a small but cozy bed in your private ger (tent) that has a water reservoir for washing up and a small storage area for your personal items. There are two beds per tent.

Hot water is boiled at camp and tranfered to a field shower (walled tent) on your request. There is also a private and hygenic toilet at every camp with a screen for privacy.

Camp Menu

Western & Mongolian fare are served three times daily and include fresh vegetables, meats, breads, cheeses, wines, beers with the recipes at camp blending the best of Mongolian dishes with  classic American and European favorites. We pack perishable items with dry ice providing great food through from the start to the end of your trip.

Evening Drinks

Beer & Wine are complimentary for our guests and vodka is also a camp treat at no additional cost to you. Ice is not available once we arrive at the river. Enjoy cocktails at room temp or wait until we return back to UB “Ulanbataar” for a celebratory evening on the town with guides and crew.

Weather – What to Expect

Mongolia generally has good weather with mostly dry and sunny summer days and strikingly beautiful autumn weather. The sunshine in autumn is intense.

Pack your rods,  sunglasses, camera and hat. Warm, sunny temperatures usually extend through September with cool evenings and warm days to make for an amazing fly fishing experience. 

Canyons Taimen Camps – Fly Fishing Mongolia

Prime Fly Fishing 

Fly fishing for taimen in early summer hosts the most productive taimen action with water levels stable and clear. Late August through September is another prime to time to be flyfishing in Mongolia. Trees and grasslands explode into a splendor of red, green,and gold. The drop in temperature triggers larger fish to feed voraciously. First snows can come as early as mid September with some of the best fly fishing all year coming at the cusp of autumn in late August. 

The Fly Fishing

Taimen are predators & renowned for their greedy appetites and explosive strikes both on the surface & beneath. Their main diet is other fish including smaller taimen. In low light especially, taimen patrol the surface, stalking out small mammals, ducklings and hopefully your gurgling surface flies. Mongolia’s taimen provide absolutely explode on the fly, sometimes leaping completely out of the water on the 1st strike. If the fish misses on the first strike, expect and be ready for a 2nd assault.  Some taimen will hammer your fly over and over so be ready to drive the hook home. 

“This was my third trip to Mongolia: the scenery was spectacular, with fall colors showing in the larch forests lining the rocky hills along the way; and the fishing was the best ever. In a word, it was exceptional. Our group caught countless lenok, numerous grayling, and 23 taimen up to 55 inches in length. The biggest taimen were caught in white water rapids where the water temperature was cooler and oxygen levels higher than the surrounding water; and the gurgler was again by far and away the winning fly pattern. Five to six-inch long streamers imitating lenok also produced well, but gurglers caught everything from big taimen to average-sized” Tom G.

Lenok (Manchurian trout) grow often around the 20″ range and  are often mistaken for small taimen and will provide an intense bulldog fight on streamers and dry flies.

Grayling – offer great action on traditional dry flies for when anglers opt for a “lighter load” to these mighty Mongolian grayling best taken on a 5wt. Fishing foam flies can be a great deal of of fun for begginer or seasoned flyfishing anglers.

Drift Boats & Wading 

For this flyfishing trip in Northern Mongolia, travel in stable and comfortable  NRS made drift boats & framed rafts. The boats are quiet and stable. Each boat can easily accommodate two anglers and a professional guide (up to  900lbs) Boats have comfy swivel seats and large, secure casting platforms.  These drift boats have plenty of storage space for extra rods, camera gear, drinks & other fly fishing gear you need on board. 

Guide to Client ratio is 2:1 on every trip

As we row downstream, your guide will position the boat to deliver the fly. The expert guides at Fish Mongolia will coach you to sink the fly, strip the fly, and get the perfect drift to connect with a taimen heavyweight. Canyon taimen are big, beautiful and opportunistic hunters. We pair no more than 2 clients per guide. That means dedicated guide support tailored to the way you fish. Fly fishing guides are rotated each day to allow everyone on the trip to gaint the best tactics of every fly fishing guide at camp.

Upfront Rate Guarantee

Save time & book directly with our guide & outfitter network. Your reservation comes with a comprehensive PDF planner designed to make your travel to and from the destination as easy as possible plus support from our team in Seoul, Korea.

Mongolia – Lower River Float
All Inclusive Package Rates

Rates & Pricing

2023 Per Angler $ 6,950
2023 Per Angler $ 7,500
Partner Outfitter – Fish Mongolia / MRO

(9) Nights (7) Full Days  Fishing
(9) Total Days of Travel

Included

• Overland 4X4 Transfer to Camp
• Includes transport fuel fees & taxes
• Hotel Rooms on 1st & last night
• Flies + Tippet /Terminal Tackle
• Boats & Rafts – 2 Anglers Per Boat
• Guide Service x 7 Days
• Room & Board x 7 Nights
• All Meals (3) Per Day X 7
• Complimentary Beer,Wine, Soda
• Conservation Area Taimen Permit
• Airport VIP Welcome & Shuttle to hotel
• Morning coffee, tea, snacks
• Emergency Travel Support 24/7
• 50% off any guided trip in S. Korea
• Interpreter / Translation service while inside S. Korea

Not Included

• International Airfares to Mongolia
• Meals & Drinks in UB
• Other personal travel expenses
• Rods & Reels – Add to packlist
• Waders – Add to packlist
• Wader Boots – Add to packlist
• Crew & Guide Gratuitities
• Evacation Insurance – Required
• Travel Insurance CFAR recommended

Booking & Deposits

Our clients have (5) five calendar days to secure dates with a 50% deposit after confirming your dates. Trip dates will not be confirmed if payments are not completed within 5 days (Mongolia)

Full payment for trip is due (6 Months)  from the confirmed start date of the trip to finalize the booking. If the client (s) are booking inside of 6 Months, the total balance of the trip is due at the time of booking excluding rental gear or tackle.

After invoice is emailed to client, client has (5) five calendar days to complete payment. Trip dates will not be confirmed if payments are not completed within 5 days

The following terms and conditions apply to all offers or trips organized or operated by Far East Outfitters, LLC (“Far East”) We encourage you to read through all terms and conditions carefully before sending deposits or making the final payment.Clients who book trips, send deposits, or send final payments shall be considered acknowledged and aware that all clients involved have read and accepted and agreed to all the terms and conditions contained herein.

 Cancellations & Refunds  

Mongolia fishing packages, both deposits and final payments received are non-refundable, regardless of the reason. Because of the operator’s no refund and no credit policy, we highly recommend the purchase of trip cancellation insurance. In no event will the operator’s be responsible for any cancellation of services or operations due to inclement weather, any event of force majeure, airline delays, missed travel connections, or any other reason beyond the control of the lodge. If your flights are late and connections are missed, operators are not responsible for alternative travel arrangements including flights, hotels, meals and any other expenses incurred. If a cancelled package is resold by either the outfitter or by Far East Fly Fishing Co , then a full refund will be sent minus a $100.00 per person cancellation fee charged by Far East Flyfishing. Receipt of deposit and/or final payment is acknowledgment that registrant has read and accepts the deposit, cancellation, refund and responsibility clauses for these packages.

Far East shall not be liable for any nonperformance or delay in performance caused by any act or event beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts or omissions of Third Parties, unavailability of supplies or labor, equipment failure, war, protests, lock-outs, fire, flood, COVID-19 restrictions, earthquake, poor flight conditions (helicopter delays) hurricane, disease, epidemic, pandemic, plague, quarantine, any other Act of God, any law, regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any court, government, or governmental agency. Should the client choose to completely cancel the trip and forfeit a one-time, no cost complimentary date chance, refunds will be issued according to the table below

Far East nor the operator is responsible for client (s) missed flights or transportation connections nor meal, hotel or travel expenses incurred due to missed or delayed transport connections. We strongly suggest protecting your investment with travel insurance in the event of a sudden cancellation or date change. –

Cancellations Notification  – Clients are asked notify Far East their intent to cancel the trip in writing by email or call during business hours to start the reimbursement process

 Payment Options 

All Prices are USD (United States Dollar)

All deposits and payments are arranged by AHC Payment, bank transfer or credit card

The following terms and conditions apply to all offers or trips organized or operated by Far East Outfitters, LLC (“Far East”) We encourage you to read through all terms and conditions carefully before sending deposits or making the final payment.

Clients who book trips, send deposits, or send final payments shall be considered acknowledged and aware that all clients involved have read and accepted and agreed to all the terms and conditions contained herein.

Cancellations & Refunds  

Far East Reserves the right to cancel trips due to extreme weather events and will offer to reschedule the trip or offer a full or partial refund pro-rated for time and services provided.

• Far East shall not be liable for any nonperformance or delay in performance caused by any act or event beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts or omissions of Third Parties, unavailability of supplies or labor, equipment failure, war, protests, lock-outs, fire, flood, COVID-19 restrictions, earthquake, poor flight conditions (helicopter delays) hurricane, disease, epidemic, pandemic, plague, quarantine, any other Act of God, any law, regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any court, government, or governmental agency.