A FLY ROD IN MY SEA BAG: FISHING ADVENTURES IN BAGHDAD DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2005-2011. By Joel G. Stewart.
Language: English
Published by The Whitefish Press. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2012, 2012
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2012). 2012 1st edition, paperback issue. 8vo paperback (150 x 158mm). Ppvi,ii,198. B/w photographs, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Water-stained, creased and used but text unaffected. Some pages loose, paperback working copy. Commander Joel G. Stewart, USN, recounts his discovery of angling in Iraq in the early years of this century. Mangar, shaboot, Tigris barbel, asp, grass carp, common carp and others, all on the fly, and mainly in lakes. Chapters include: Developing a passion; Becoming a sailor; Camp Victory; Fishology and geography; On the water; Combat Zone fishing; Fishing partners; Baghdad School of fly Fishing; Operation Catch Fish; Fish tails; Post-Iraq adventures; Fly box in my sea bag. .
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- Title
- A FLY ROD IN MY SEA BAG: FISHING ADVENTURES IN BAGHDAD DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2005-2011. By Joel G. Stewart.
- Author
- Stewart (Joel G.).
- Publisher
- The Whitefish Press. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2012
- Publication year
- 2012
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 193670224X
- ISBN 13
- 9781936702244
- Edition
- 1st Edition
6" x 9" Paperback 210 Total Pages Color & B&W Illustrations
PLEASE NOTE 25% OF ROYALTIES WILL BE DONATED TO PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING
On May 1st, 2005, a Montana fly angler-turned-sailor arrived in the desert nation of Iraq as part of a coalition of forces working to bring peace to a war-torn countryside. A naval officer assigned to the Multi-National Corps Iraq, Joel Stewart found himself based in Camp Victory on the grounds of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's former Al Faw Palace. With numerous man-made lakes stocked by the former dictator with a variety of sport fish, in the down hours from a stressful job in a war zone, Commander Stewart did what any good fisherman would do -- he went fishing. With the foresight to have packed a fly rod in his sea bag, in a desert oasis built by a brutal dictator, Stewart began an odyssey unparalleled in the history of fishing. As he discovered the strange fish inhabiting the lakes in the Camp Victory compound, he began to share his catches with friends via the internet. Others, fascinated by Commander Stewart's catches, began to join him, and soon he was teaching numerous others how to fly fish. Thus, the Baghdad School of Fly Fishing was born, an angling club that remained in existence for the remainder of the time American troops were in Iraq.
From the many tales of fish caught and released and hooked and lost, to the struggles of finding fishing equipment and how numerous individuals and companies stepped up to the plate, to the growth of the Baghdad Angler's Club, the story of fly fishing in Iraq will fascinate fishermen and non-anglers alike.
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