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The Baghdad School of Flyfishing: Learning to Cast in Saddam's Back Yard
Field & Stream ^
| August 30, 2006
| Andrew Snyder
Posted on 08/30/2006 1:51:15 PM PDT by VanShuyten
When Navy Lieutenant Joel Stewart was packing for deployment to Iraq, he made sure to include his fly rod. He was hoping that the man-made ponds outside Saddam Hussein’s palaces would be full of fish so that in the middle of the war he could pretend to be back home in Montana, casting to trout. He was not disappointed.
(Excerpt) Read more at fieldandstream.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fishing; navy
This is a photo gallery article which includes good aerial photos of Saddam's palaces in addition to fun with a fly rod.
To: Oberon
ping for when I get home...
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posted on
08/30/2006 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: VanShuyten
LOL! Figures - Sadaam's ponds are full of suckers.
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posted on
08/30/2006 1:55:07 PM PDT
by
Mongeaux
(''I would sooner be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone directory," W.F. Buckley)
To: VanShuyten
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posted on
08/30/2006 1:57:31 PM PDT
by
dubie
To: VanShuyten
WOW
Super story -- well worth the time for the photos alone.
Cool stuff, fish'n on the palace....
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:00:45 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: VanShuyten
I love this!
How fun!
Our soldiers are so wonderful! They are the best!
And tying flies! Neat!
God bless our Military!
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:00:55 PM PDT
by
LadyPilgrim
(Sealed my Pardon with HIS BLOOD!!! Hallelujah!!! What a Savior)
To: dubie
That top ones a keeper! LOL!
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:01:30 PM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:02:14 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Heaven forbid the Rats get control of Congress and/or the Presidency any time soon....)
To: eureka!
That is way cool. That Saddam sure knew how to stock'em.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:07:57 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Mediacrat - A leftwing editorialist who pretends to be an objective journalist.)
To: VanShuyten
Jeez, Rumsfeld has sunk to a new low, trying to trick people into enlisting for Fly Fishing classes. What's next Caribou hunting in Afghanistan?
sorry, I couldn't resist
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:10:12 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: VanShuyten
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:21:59 PM PDT
by
JerseyDvl
("If you attack Americans, we'll defend your right to do it."- The Democrat Party)
To: ASOC
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:31:32 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
(M.I.E. Mainer In Exile I'll come back when the Massholes go home.)
To: dubie
Dude, that's just creepy.
To: dubie
Where is our buddy Looterdude?
To: VanShuyten; ohioWfan; Allegra
Considering that I saw some of the places they are pulling fish out of WITHOUT water in it, I wouldn't want to touch one of them without my MOPP gear.
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posted on
08/30/2006 3:50:34 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq - Go Bucks!!!)
To: BallyBill
What's next Caribou hunting in Afghanistan? Caribou? Probably not. Though I would expect mountain goats of various sorts, maybe some with nice sets of horns.
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posted on
08/30/2006 4:33:55 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: EQAndyBuzz
Re#9 It is way cool. For our troops now. I wish I could send Saddam the pictures for viewing after South Park. ;^)
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posted on
08/30/2006 4:40:54 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Heaven forbid the Rats get control of Congress and/or the Presidency any time soon....)
To: Uriah_lost
Yup, linked there from the article posted.
Very cool indeed
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posted on
08/30/2006 5:10:45 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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