Trip Report – Alphonse Island, March 2012, by Charlotte Chilcott
Heading back to Alphonse, the group was once again travelling to Dubai for the flight to Mahé, coming in from Birmingham, New York, Heathrow and Hamburg. The London flight was
	
		
	Heading back to Alphonse, the group was once again travelling to Dubai for the flight to Mahé, coming in from Birmingham, New York, Heathrow and Hamburg. The London flight was
	
		
	We recently received this trip report from the manager at Paradise Lodge in Mexico and would like to share it with you. ‘It was a fantastic week at Paradise Lodge
	
		
	Mike Timms, from Alphonse Island, Seychelles Now I hope I am not going to belittle the power, sport and speed of ”The Bonios of Alphonse Island” but I got to
	
		
	SATURDAY Finding kit, trying to decide what to take and what to leave behind and hoping the weather wasn’t going to affect my trip up to Heathrow, I finally zipped
	
		
	We have just finished our Spring newsletter which should be landing on everyone’s doorsteps as we speak. If you would like to see an online version then please click here.
	
		
	Sebastian Hope recently had a fantastic adventure exploring the trout fishing that Chile has to offer. He wrote a superb article recently published in the Financial Times – How to
	
		
	A nice little compilation of GT fishing on the fly on Farquhar:
	
		
	It was absolutely fantastic to be back on Farquhar for the start of our 2011/2012 season. Expectations were high to say the least after the fantastic fishing we experienced
	
		
	After a truly memorable first week of the season on Farquhar, we were super keen to get our second group of clients into some big fish. The group
	
		
	After the past three magical seasons on this remarkable Indian Ocean Atoll, there is no doubt in our minds that St Brandon’s offers some of the finest shallow water fishing
	
		
	Steelhead are a fish that get under your skin. There is no other migratory fish that fights like a fresh steelhead and can leave you so feeling utterly out of