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 has stood still at Providence or has it? Last time, I travelled on the MV Dugong, it was an altogether different experience on a bigger …
Salivating Salvelinus – wild trout in the Spanish Pyrenees
Let us get the monkey out of the room now. Salvelinus (named after a genus of Salmonidae distinguished chiefly by their small scales. These include the brook trout, lake trout, Dolly Varden, bull trout, and Arctic char) are the more expensive fishing operation in Pyrenees. But let’s look at the details. Who else pays its guides all expenses to go and scout and …
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 20+ years. Lake Thingvallavatn in Iceland has had a meteoric rise to fame for its extraordinary trout but there are not many… however Astove is …
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 of this piece explains why this is the case compared to destinations further north. I will then explain what takes place at Los Roques in …
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 wasting no time; the variety of fishing for bones with baitfish patterns which slam the fly rather that the shrimp pick-up take; the ever-present, characterful …