Alphonse Island news – 14 December 2013 – 4 January 2014, the Festive Season
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
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
Week 7 started in true North-Easterly fashion, no wind, flat calm seas and extremely hot weather. The full moon was waning, which meant that day 1 would feel the effects
It’s the end of week 5 on Farquhar and morale amongst the guide team is high. The boys have worked hard to produce great fishing for our guests and this
Heading to the Seychelles for his trip to the Indian Ocean, Alex Jardine left the office followed by cries of ‘catch something big’. He did. He landed the first “Bills
The Indian Ocean reports continue to brighten up an autumnal UK, St Brandon’s in Mauritius seems to be firing on all cylinders with another multi-species success story, starring a substantial amount
There is no greater feeling of excitement and in truth relief for a guide than an abundance of fish. After having to work a bit for the fish last week,
The reports from the Indian Ocean continue to flow in …. Repetitive sounding fishing reports are indicative of how constant this seasons good fortunes have been on a weekly basis.
Another week at Farquhar has come and gone in a flash and what a trip it proved to be. Admittedly the GT fishing on the flats was tough by Farquhar’s
Rates for Alphonse Island, Seychelles for the 2014/2015 season have been released so please let us know if you would like space held as it is likely to be at
My thanks to Alphonse and Mark Hatter in particular for the fantastic images below taken recently on Alphonse and St Francois. Sit back and enjoy …. If you would like
The guides on Alphonse Island, Seychelles pioneered milkfishing on fly and it remains ‘the’ place to go in the Indian Ocean if you want to target these incredibly challenging fish