The Promise of Providence
This is my second blog about Providence, the last one was April 2017. What an extraordinary amount has taken place in the past seven years for all of us, but it has been like time…
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Alphonse Island Super Villas
I have been advising clients on their choice of fishing destination for nearly 30 years. If flats fishing and/or diving is your passion, I question if the new Beach or Super-villas on Alphonse Island, along…
Alphonse comes of age…
I have a long history with Alphonse Island. I wish I had known what we have all learned over the past 20+ years about fishing the extraordinary atoll when we were bobbing about living on…
Farquhar Atoll Adventure…Seychelles April 2018
What do a couple of Lincolnshire farmers, a retired Colonel, a retired banker, a tailor, a diamond dealer, a film critic, a retirement home owner and, finally, a tackle shop owner, have in common? The…
Astove Atoll, Seychelles February 2018
How many fly-fishing spots do you know that have become mythical or legendary in the past decade? Rivers like the Ponoi in Russia have risen to greatness in the modern era but over the past…
Providence Atoll, Seychelles, 4th to 11th April 2017
Let’s get some details straight before we start this adventure. We were a party of three, all paying our way. This was a business trip for me but there was no obligation to be complimentary…
Los Roques, Venezuela – why it is so good year-round
We are so often asked about fishing the saltwater in January or February and we always try and explain to clients why Los Roques is so reliable at this time of year. The first section…
Los Roques, Venezuela with Sight Cast
Los Roques, Venezuela, has always been one of my favourite places. I love the pancakes flats and the way one has a boatman to drop you one end and pick you up the other thus…