Desroches Island: flats fly fishing news, March 2014
Often overshadowed by its better known neighbours Alphonse and Farquhar, Desroches is one of those very rare gems … a beautiful island surrounded by seemingly endless sandy beaches and azure
Often overshadowed by its better known neighbours Alphonse and Farquhar, Desroches is one of those very rare gems … a beautiful island surrounded by seemingly endless sandy beaches and azure
Alphonse and St Francois atolls continue to produce amazing catches on a daily basis and it is this consistency, coupled with the comfortable accommodation, fantastic food and friendly staff that
We have been waiting … and waiting ….. for the first Cosmoledo team to get back on to terra firma and send us their report. Getting back to Cosmoledo has been
The memories of my first trip to Cosmoledo remain fresh and vibrant and I am looking forward to getting back out there. The team is getting ready for their first guests, the
The team is hard at work preparing for another bumper saltwater season in the Indian Ocean. A big part of their preparation includes going through all the daily catch reports, as well
3 GT’s over a meter and a very big hand to Michael, Matthias and Ron who kept me on tenderhooks all week waiting to hear how their trip went, and
Good to have the Alphonse blogs coming in to relieve yet another grey and gloomy day. As always, fantastic to see the variety of species that this fishery can offer.
I have missed the Alphonse blogs, pure escapism from this prolonged grey and wet period in the UK. I felt from the last blog report that there was an image
Although Alphonse is almost fully booked for the 2013/2014 season for rods fishing St Francois, there is space on some of the weeks to accommodate couples on a combination fishing/non-fishing
“Permit, Grand Slam and Super Grand Slam” Angler lands a Sailfish, Milkfish, GT and Bonefish in one day. The mix of fishing, non-fishing, families and couples has added a new
Below is the latest news from Alphonse, covering the last four weeks. It has been a rather different festive season on the island to those of recent years, with fewer
The week started with sunny clear weather, 3 GT’s, a nice yellow dot trevally, some bluefin trevally a pile of bonefish and an Alphonse caught permit. As the week progressed