fishing in Seychelles

This week Alphonse Island was covered by a depression bringing overcast conditions, strong winds and heavy rain at times. This poor weather brought on a discussion amongst the guides that

Of all the atolls in the Indian Ocean Providence occupies my thoughts. Why? I have not fished it. Instead I am haunted of tales from clients and guides of monster

Week 16 was met by a group of anglers hosted by the brothers Stefan and Alex Haider. The breezy North Westerly winds made for some tricky casting conditions, however it

After being stationed out on St Brandon’s Atoll over the last couple of seasons I was extremely excited to learn that I would be heading up the Farquhar operation in

Week 15 was full of variety with a number of firsts for numerous anglers! Again, like almost every week, the bonefish fishing was exceptional with over 300 fish caught during

Alphonse Island is known as a destination, which provides amazing fishing opportunities week after week and year after year. During the festive season it’s a place teeming with various activity

The Indian Ocean offers saltwater anglers bonefishing to a consistently high standard as well as a huge variety of species, not least the turbo charged milkfish and aggressive GTs. Alphonse Island combines all of that with

The light North-Westerly winds have finally arrived after a lengthy delay. The change in wind direction was met by an explosion of Milkfish feeding on the flats, in the channels

Indo Pacific Permit are without doubt one of the most difficult flats species that can be caught on fly. This week started in an incredible fashion with 2 magnificent Permit

A closed group of 10 avid fly fishermen from the US joined the FlyCastaway guide team on Farquhar this week. Being the first week of full neap tides for the

Wading and sight fishing the flats is hugely dependent on sunlight, an element which was sadly lacking for the first few days of our 5-12 Nov week on Farquhar. This

Continuing from last weeks’ great action, the first day of this week kicked off with 2 “Flats Slams”, 8 GT’s, 2 Triggers and 112 Bonefish. Arthur Wickson and Simon Dawes