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    Default Bonefish of Iraq

    Something tell me this is not a bonefish!



    So, would you plan your next fishing trip there?

    http://www.moldychum.com/home-old/20...-bonefish.html
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    Luciobarbus esocinus- cousins of our largies.... the Mangar.

    those guys have caught some BUSSES in the palace lakes. that ones still a teenager

    http://www.baghdadflyfishing.com/Ira...20Pictures.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by petercoetzee View Post
    Luciobarbus esocinus- cousins of our largies.... the Mangar.

    those guys have caught some BUSSES in the palace lakes. that ones still a teenager

    http://www.baghdadflyfishing.com/Ira...20Pictures.htm
    Dude, I cant believe this. Its insane. Imagine a mortar going off next to and missing a take. Avoiding shrapnel and burnt out tanks on the backcast.

    Not exactly a deep kloof somewhere
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    hahaha. dude i dont think that hectic over there! as they saying goes... war is 95% boredom and 5% sheer terror.

    to my knowledge the record for them is held in turkey...
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    Quote Originally Posted by petercoetzee View Post
    hahaha. dude i dont think that hectic over there! as they saying goes... war is 95% boredom and 5% sheer terror.

    to my knowledge the record for them is held in turkey...
    Yeah, I've had friends who have been over, said the downtime is immensely boring.

    There are some beasts on that link you posted. I'm amazed to be honest.

    Sheesh, I wonder what Libya offers piscatorially then . . . . ?
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    Yup...frikkin awesome stuff...


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