Another day another guide another fishing companion here in the Seychelles. This is heaven. Today I fished with FlyCastaway guide Pete from Mahe, Seychelles and guest Bill Huffman (Huff) of Colorado. Bills goal of the week is to catch a giant trevally (GT) and Pete specializes in spending entire days on a particular island where … Read more
I slept well and woke up feeling strong today. The full moon was setting. The seas were calm and skies clear. As the sun rose every bird on Farquhar sang which always makes me dread the cold I return to next week at home. I fished with FlyCastaway guide Wesley De Klerk and my … Read more
I had a rough night of no sleep. It was a mix of excitement of being here in the Seychelles, adjusting to a twelve hour time change and a big time congestion deal moving in my head. I got up a 4:30 and slipped out on the porch to work on the blog. I was … Read more
Today fly fishing on Farquhar in the Seychelles truly began. I fished with my cabin mate Rich Cambria and today’s guide was Matthieu Cosson from France. Matthieu is an experienced FlyCastaway guide who’s fished nearly all the waters of the Seychelles. Matthieu gave us an in depth rundown of our fishing plans for the day … Read more
6 AM couldn’t come soon enough. That’s when our taxi to the LDC airport here in Mahe, Seychelles for our charter flight to Farquhar Island picked us up. I’ve been waiting years for this dream to come true. Not only I, but the six Yellow Dog guests that I’m hosting on the trip, Rich Cambria, … Read more
I’m in a time warp after what has already been 45 hours of travel to the complete other side of the world. I’m exactly twelve time zones ahead of Idaho here in Mahe, Seychelles. I’m jetlagged and my bio clock is completely upside down. But I’m here and so are all the other guys … Read more
Travel was hard yesterday. The stress of flight cancellation fear from Jackson Hole to Salt Lake City from the terrible storm we were having kept me awake for 36 hours from Friday afternoon till Sunday morning. I couldn’t even drive to Salt Lake City to by pass my JAC to SLC connection because of a … Read more
I’ve always dreamt of fishing the Seychelles but the cost of the amazing trip has left me wondering if I’d ever set foot there. But there’s been a lot of these places and somehow I always manage. Well, patience prevails and either today or tomorrow I’ll be on my way. I’m not sure when only … Read more
After the car ordeal Friday, Granny and I bee lined for our friends Cinda Howard and Steve Berry’s house down near Phoenix. They have a nice place in Mesa with a comfy guest room, even nicer than the back of our Explorer. Each morning we sipped coffee on their back porch watching humming birds work … Read more
It’s hard to find anything good when you’re broke down on the highway 1,500 miles from home. But then my phone rang. It was Jim Klug, longtime friend and owner of Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures. Jim was supposed to host a trip to the Seychelles departing this Sunday. He can’t make it and he … Read more
This trip has been rocking. Granny and I have enjoyed some nice desert camping and last night we finally indulged the comforts of a hotel and a night on Flagstaff, Arizona. But today, on the way to Show Low, Arizona where we intended on catching Granny her first Apache trout, things went south. Our … Read more
Granny and I were headed for Utah over the weekend. Instead we spent the weekend shoveling 17” of snow off the driveway. First it was the brutal cold now the snow. It’s too dang early for this in my book. The answer to such brutal weather is head south. Starting Monday afternoon Granny and … Read more