CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT The vastly underrated bohar snapper is one of the Red Sea’s most explosive species. Hooking one in close quarters is nothing short of hand-to-hand combat. Here, Josh Gallivan prepares to send one back to the reef. Though diminutive in stature, the Picasso triggerfish makes up for its size with its brilliant appearance. It is one of the few species we encountered that is endemic only to the Red Sea. After we had a couple of uncomfortably close calls with aggressive sharks, Sudanese boat hand Mahmoud recounted his own tale of a 13-foot tiger shark and produced the teeth to prove it. THE FLYFISH JOURNAL 049