You couldn’t ask for a prettier day to start fishing on Providence Atoll in the Seychelles. I fished with Sammy and Randy and with guide Brendan. This was the second day with all these guys. One of the many fantastic things about a nine day trip is that you get opportunities to enjoy fishing time … Read more
In my last post I mentioned to stay tuned for the biggest adventure of the year, well tomorrow night I should be on the way to the Seychelles to host back to back Yellow Dog Flyfishing trips followed by some vacation time in Dubai and Oman with my friend Nick Bowles of Ocean Active. It’s … Read more
When a long-awaited trip comes to an end its sad. I booked this Yellow Dog Hosted trip to Farquhar in the Seychelles back in October 2015. Seems like yesterday and now it’s over. Life is passing way too fast. Which is exactly why I’ll keep doing as many of these trips as my time allows. … Read more
I was giving my presentation “Fly Fishing the World’s Best Flats” in Bozeman, MT this day last year and had computer problems. Luckily there’s always someone in the crowd to help. On this night was Darrel DeLeon. Darrel got my pics up on the big screen and everything ran smooth. In my presentation I … Read more
I had a mediocre sleep in cabin 4 of the Maya’s Dugong. I’m a poor sleeper in life and especially when there are fish to catch. At 4:50 AM I couldn’t toss anymore. I headed upstairs to the back of the boat with my 12-weight Winston and fed out a huge Clouser on my 700 … 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
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