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This was a coomon carp @ Mangla Dam built on the river Jehlum

Hi Shaphan

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Bopanna

Hi Sam,

Nice pis. All for the pot or for release?

Hi Bops,
Thanks for the Good work. Was waiting to see pics of Pakistan.

Cheers,
Apoo

Hi Sam,

Could you post more pics? I would like to see nice outdoor pics like rivers, mountains, sceneries etc from your place. The size of the previous pics were quite small to study the places around you.

Cheers,
Apoo

Will post more pics.

I actually resized the pics thats why they are bit small LOL

Will post the pics of the scenery as well

Once I learn the process of Uploading the pics


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Resize pictures to 800*600 (Medium size)

Agree with Owen, the pictures are far too small to properly apprecate

Phew, finally managed to upload the pics. I hope they pose a better viewing



This was a 15 Kg Common Carp @ Mangla (29 Jan 07)



2.5 Kg Common Carp @ Mangla Dam (29 Dec 2006)



3 Kg Singhara @ Mangla ( 29 Jan 07)



Mangla Dam View



Carp @ Tarbella



In the Launch at Tarbela going to the inlet of the river sirin



Friend (Ishrat) with singhara @ Mangla



Masheer @ Tarbela



View of Mangla

Nice Pics Shaphan...Keep them coming....!!!

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Nice pics.

We want more

Cheers,
Apoo

Nice pics!

Can you describe the techniques you use for carping? How long do you groundbait?

What happened to the mahseer in the pic? Do you guys kill all the mahseer you catch?

Bopanna

Stunning pictures mate.

Great pictures, now i can see why some guys are happy to hang out there!
Cheers!
Peter.

Great pics, Shaphan,

Man, that's a good carp!

What's with the fishing in the NOrthern areas? Trout around the Wakhan corridor, Chitral, Hunza?
Been there yet?

Cheers

Vedan

Looks like youguys have a great thing going Shaphan,
Nice catch keep on doing it .What about the rigs/tackle/bait used?Pl give us more details
Best
Axx

Vedan,

You're practically family! I'll certainly let you know if Im ever headed your way.

The Chitral Scouts are still around and serve as the major institution in the district after Chitral State was merged into NWFP in 1969.

The Markhor and Ibex are not as plentiful as they were in your Grandfather's day but they're still around and a few foreign hunters come to shoot Markhor for about $40,000 a head each winter and this provides an incentive for conservation.

Polo is as strong as it ever was and the annual Shandur tournament between Gilgit and Chitral is the highlight of the year.

The streams running along the Shandur plateau also have some great trout fishing, although due to the altitude the fish do not grow very big, but catches of upto thirty fish a day are still not uncommon. The main reason why these streams still hold such vast numbers of trout is because the pass is blocked for over half the year, so the stocks recover from the meat fishermen armed with No.1 Mepps and the Pathan shopkeepers with their cast nets who frequent the plateau during the polo tournament.

Things are getting better though and the NA fisheries department now has an anuual crackdown on the netters during the tournament each year.

The Oxus Trout, Salmo Trutta Oxenesus, is quite common in Badakhshan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It looks just like a Brown Trout but rarely acquires a dark brown colouration and is usually silver.

If the Geo-Political reality in our part of the world were different today one could fish for Loch Levens in the Lot-Kuh in Chitral in the morning and camp by the Aab-e-Dorah in Badakhshan catching Oxus Trout in the evening.

Luckily I was able to experience this before things got mucked up. We had to bribe a few Northern Alliance Commanders though...with tinned Banaspati Ghee and Punjabi Atta.

Regards,

Ali A.K.A Fateh

Ali

You've got a pm...

cheers

V.