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Last revision 4-24-13
Slides
of Iran fishing trip.
These were taken forty
years ago (1973).
My
friend, and our guide, Bashir, cleaning our catfish.
The
bazaar at Isfahan
W.T.F.???????
Pepsi
for sale here.
Showin'
off our fish to the locals.
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant, or one
of these roadside stands!
My thanks to Lance Borden for sharing these slides. That
lovely knife was a gift to Bashir.
Can't
remember his name. The big fish fry was at his house in Isfahan.
Roadside
stand “stuff”.
Giddey
up!
Near
the Caspian Sea.
The
lagoon at sunset.
A genuine look of pain. I stuck myself with a wire leader that
we used to catch Northern Pike.
A
copper smith at the bazaar.
One
of many turnouts. (vista point)
Some beautiful scenery near the Caspian Sea. A small village
on the hillside.
Rainy
season runoff
Travelers,
waiting for a ride.
Our
boat.
Cypress-like
trees line the channel to the lagoon.
I
don't have many photos of my friend, Chuck Westfall.
The
lodge at sunset.
Scary
road.
The
Lagoon. (Farsi-mordab=deadwater)
Countryside
near the Caspian Sea.
The game warden's tower. I never understood whether these
guys were military or police, or just game wardens. They always asked us for
our licenses. When they spoke with Bashir, they used the “Rashti”
dialect, which I could never understand. The words were the same as regular
Farsi, but the pronunciation was drastically different.
The river really rages during the rainy season, but the
fishing is still good.
A
snowy egret flies over the reeds.
???????????
Not sure what these are for.
The locals were curious. They asked what we
were catching. Iranians don't eat catfish. (no
scales). This river is full of crawdads, and they don't eat those, either.
What a beautiful, scenic, scary road. Looking back where we
just came from.
Powerlines
in the wilderness.
Iranian
“guard rail”.
Heavy
traffic on a rainey day.
Some
of the locals. It seems like everyone depends on the river, here.
Roadside
stand. I bought several reed mats from this guy.
Masonry
bridge.
These
reed mats were for sale everywhere.
The
lagoon
One
of the shops at the bazaar.
Rough
water on a windy day.
One of my favorite memories.
A
shop at the bazaar.
Go
Lance!
Lance's
son with houseboy. (don't remember names)
Add
Todd and Scott.
and
Lance.
Those
are some nice fish.
The
big fish fry.
The
bazaar
A
tree farm.
A
turnout.
Lance,
quit taking pictures of birds!
We follow the trail we cut coming, to go home. Those weeds are
full of Northern Pike.
One
of the most beautiful places on the planet.
Catfish
and Tuborg. YUM!
This
is the way we clean our carpets, we clean our carpets, we clean our
carpets....... This is how we make carpets look old and worn. (artificial
antiques) So early in the morning!
The
river bank. (and another bird, Lance!)
Centuries
old attire, standing beneath the power lines.
Nice
mess of catfish!
The
lagoon
Same
river? I don't know. Swollen from recent rain.
A
damn dam.
Beautiful
country.
Roadside
stand
Leaving
one tunnel and entering another.
The
channel.
Bashir
cleaning catfish.
PEPSi
a
closer look.
Beautiful
country
Lance!!!
No more birds!!!!
Muddy
river!
Lance!!!!
My favorite memory!
