Category: Did you know
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Bumphead Parrotfish on the Fly: The Complete Guide to Targeting Bumpies in the Seychelles
Fly fishing for Bumphead Parrotfish in the Seychelles is a bucket-list experience for saltwater fly anglers worldwide. The turtle grass flats of Farquhar and Providence Atolls are among the only places on earth where these prehistoric giants can be targeted tailing on the flats. Although Bumphead Parrotfish exist elsewhere in the Seychelles, they are typically only encountered by scuba divers and snorkellers in deeper offshore waters, inaccessible to…
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Trigger Pisces: How to catch a Triggerfish
If you’ve ever fished for triggerfish, you would have quickly realised that it’s a love/hate relationship. Not many fish can be quite as infuriating as triggers, but it’s their character and their honey badger like attitude that keeps us coming back for more. In the Seychelles the trigger fishing can be otherworldly or terrible and knowing a few…
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Respect the Catch: Best Practices for Sustainable Fish Handling
Every fish landed deserves the very best handling practices, giving it the greatest possible chance of survival. Working alongside fishery scientists and respected campaigns such as Keep Fish Wet, we have helped develop clear and practical guidelines that promote responsible fish handling. These practices are implemented across our destinations and are designed to be adopted…
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A New Name for Alphonse Fishing Company: Introducing Blue Safari Fly Fishing
Blue Safari Fly Fishing is a household brand in the worlds fly fishing community, most of you would be thinking why on earth would you change such an iconic brand. Well, it is quite simple, this rebrand is not a change in identity, but rather a clearer expression of who we have always been and…
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Saltwater Fly Fishing
Where it all began, the History of Fly Fishing… In the early days of angling, freshwater fly fishing couldn’t satiate the hunger for greater challenges. Adventurous spirits were drawn to the untamed depths of the ocean, where saltwater fly fishing was born. Armed with their finely crafted rods, these audacious anglers set out to conquer…
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The Top Saltwater Fish to Fly Fish
Best fish to fly fish in the Seychelles Islands The remote islands of the Alphonse Group in the Seychelles, off the East Coast of Africa, is both isolated and teeming with extraordinary pelagic species. A worthy challenge for any fly fisherman worth his or her salt. Established on Alphonse Island, the Blue Safari Fly…
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Shilton Reels – Top saltwater fly reels
Any fly fisherman worth their salt has dreamed about tackling the remote waters of the Seychelles islands and has his/her eye on one of the 39 most legendary fish to catch on the fly. A number of these saltwater devils can be found in the isolated waters of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, and…
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The Best Flies to Land Giant Trevally
Targeting giant trevallies on the fly is not for the faint-hearted angler. They are fierce, big, aggressive and incredibly powerful, all of which are quite often completely underestimated by new anglers, but respected by novice and seasoned fishermen alike. Due to GTs being 100% carnivorous and even cannibalistic at times, they are prime targets with…
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Fly Fishing Napoleon Wrasse at Cosmoledo
By head guide – Cameron Musgrave We all come to fish the Islands in the hope of landing either a monster GT, Permit, Milkfish etc… but there are some species that are lesser known about to the average angler but highly sort after by the veterans that come year after year. One of those species…
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Milkfish – Chanos Chanos – Bangus
Milkfish – An Algae Feeding Fish by Sam Balderson Milkfish (Chanos Chanos) are one of the dream or perhaps nightmare fish for fly fishermen visiting Alphonse Island. Known as the fish of a thousand casts, just hooking a Milkfish is a major undertaking. Combine that with the incredible power to size ratio and spectacular aerial leaps…