Having completed its first full season, Astove atoll had a pretty successful season overall. The original coral house has now been fully renovated into a very comfortable lodge to house six anglers in
As the season draws to an end and the South-Easterly winds start to blow in a light fashion. This change in direction reverses the currents bringing cooler tides to the
Sadly our time on the atoll for the initial half of 2015 was drawing to a close, but with ten excited guests arriving on the atoll, we were determined to
The FlyCastaway guide team welcomed some fresh as well as some familiar faces for the first trip in April 2015. Calm clear conditions were enjoyed by all during the first
It was a first time experience for most of the team this week with 4 first timers to Seychelles and 1 “soon to become angler” casting his first fly. John
We welcomed 10 very enthusiastic anglers onto Farquhar this week, at least half of which were friends from past seasons. It was made clear from the get go that the
The run of flat calm weather continued on from last week and so did the great fishing. The GT’s were around in good numbers with fish being caught both on
With Farquhar hosting one of the healthiest GT populations in the Indian Ocean it’s quite uncommon for clients to request bonefish as their primary target species. Nevertheless, the inside sand
Nine long years I have waited to return to one of the most out of the way places I have ever been. Nine long years left wondering if I would
In recent weeks the milkfish have been threatening to feed in a consistent pattern that would allow anglers sufficient shots and chances of hooking these high flying speedsters. This week
The week kicked off with great weather and great shallow water flats fishing with most anglers catching over 20 bonefish each as well as a bunch of other species. The
The week started off like a dream with Grant Mackenzie winning the tussle against a 109 cm GT early on the first morning. As the week progressed the big GTs