Yup, most everyone was moving slow this morning. But no matter how slow, the smiles were gleaming over hot cups of coffee. This trip I’ve been hosting for Yellow Dog to Providence Atoll has not disappointed. In fact, it’s been one of the best saltwater trips I can remember and today was our last … Read more
One of the best parts of hosting this Yellow Dog trip to Providence Atoll is that all my guests are super fun and most have been friends for years. Furthermore, all the guides are as well. All have guided for my trips over the years and some I’ve visited in South Africa and they have … Read more
The weather changed for the good here at Providence Atoll in the Seychelles. It rained through the night and then stopped by morning. But most importantly the storms left us with wind. Wind is good for stirring things up and moving cooler water on to the flats. Just what the big fish like. I … Read more
Of all the amazing and difficult to get to faraway places around the world that I’ve been fortunate enough to fish, none were as hard to reach as here at Providence Atoll in the Seychelles. To get here took huge amounts of planning. Then we got canceled by a cyclone. There was more planning and … Read more
The wind was strong all night long. Stronger than it had been in a few nights. I laid awake most of the time waiting for the rain. But the rain never came. And when I stepped outside around 5:15 AM to see how things looked, there was hardly a cloud. Yeah, the wind was awful … Read more
We wrapped it up here at Astove Atoll last night and this morning. We had only 2.5 days fishing here – only because that’s all they had available – but we made the best of it. There were a couple yellow permit caught and two fine GT’s to go along with big bones and a … Read more
Today was our official first day of fishing here in the Seychelles with my hosted Yellow Dog Flyfishing group. Yesterday’s fishing and the yellow permit was truly a bonus. I fished with guest and friend T.J. Rung whom I met in Belize last January. Our guide was Enrico. Enrico has been guiding here on Astove … Read more
Astove Atoll is perhaps the wildest, most secluded and remarkably remote atoll on the planet. Astove is located 660 miles southwest of Mahe Seychelles. To most, Astove is known for its famed “Wall” where the ankle deep flats sheer off and drop to well over 3000 feet. Jacques Cousteau made the wall famous in 1956 … Read more
Its early. Its 4:45 AM. At 6:45 AM me and five of my guests here on Mahe Seychelles will board a charter flight and head to Astove Atoll to fish today on our own then two days of guided fishing. On Thursday I have six more guests arriving and all of us will take a … Read more
I’m in Mahe, Seychelles today and have been here as host of a Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures trip since Sunday afternoon. I came early to guarantee my arrival (winter storm flying through USA can be unpredictable) and also to be fresh when my eleven guest arrive to fish with me at Providence Atoll. The bad … Read more
What do you have cooking for Thanksgiving? Most likely it’s a turkey. Here at the Currier house I’m cooking up my fly assortment for the next three weeks. I’m hosting a Yellow Dog Seychelles trip to Providence Atoll December 3-13. Then I return to fish in Dubai and Oman with my friends Nick Bowles and … Read more
We awoke to one of the flattest, calmest days I’ve ever experienced on the ocean. The abnormal still air weather won’t break leaving us with yet another difficult day of flats fishing. But how could you complain when you’re fishing in the Seychelles while friends and family are home in the cold dark days of … Read more