The term 'Mighty Mahseer' first appeared in 1903 in the title of a book on angling in India written by an Englishman who used the nom de plume skene Dhu. Having learnt their fishing in the trout and salmon waters of England, these anglers learnt to prize and cover the noble mahseer, not only for the large size it attained but also for its indomitable fighting spirit. As early as 1873, H.S. Thomas the Izaac Walton of Indian angling literature had ...
