"Updated August 12, 2008"

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August 12th, 2008

     Hello all,
         It is hard to believe, but time flies quickly and another BACSFF leader has safely completed his tour and is home with his family. Brian turned over the lead to Scott Henry, who has been helping him run things. His final report follows:

     Greetings to everyone from Baghdad! Fishing continues to grow among the troops here and the club has been getting more and more requests lately. We sponsored another tournament over the 4th of July weekend and many more smaller requests. Many of the club 'core' continue to meet and drag in tons of fish whenever we can sneak out of work for an hour or two. The heat (120+) has definitely shifted our fishing techniques to look for some shade!...but hasn't stopped us completely. Thanks again to all of the outstanding Patriots out there that continue to send us donated gear, magazines and care packages.

This month also wraps up my time as the (unelected!) president of the club here in country. My year is up and I will be rotating home soon. Leadership has been passed to the very competent hands of CW4 Scott Henry, an avid fishing buddy and friend who will continue to provide great support to our service members over here. We even had a semi-official TOA (Transfer of Authority) ceremony....and snuck into one of the Generals offices for an official "passing of the ceremonial poles"!

     Thanks again to all of you for your outstanding support to the club....keep it up. Words cannot describe the joy and excitement you bring to young warriors faces when you hand them a rod and reel and they get to spend a little time "away" from things with a line in the water.

FISH ON! Brian

     Scott sent me some recent photos from a Sunday outting, they landed a couple nice carp and an asp:

     Irene Baldwin sent in some more pictures of the Soldiers she is helping out up north. They seem to be putting the gear to good use, if not a bit confused on what to catch, but I hear frogs put up a heck of a fight!

     SFC Howard West shared these photos of fish he caught up in Tikrit back in 2005 - nice fish Howard, thanks!

Again, don't forget to checkout Project Healing Waters, it is worth your time.

Another group of Soldiers that get out on the water when they aren't wearing Army Green is Army Bass Anglers. Their website is below, see what you think.

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If you haven't seen it, the clip below from FOX news shows our guys in action.

Fox News Story on Operation Catch Fish

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