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Read our blog articles covering all the latest fly fishing and deep sea fishing reports at our destinations. Eager anglers get valuable tips on which rods, reels, tackle, and gear to use when heading onto the flats and deeper to the blue waters. You can also learn more about the difference Alphonse Fishing Company, its partners, and the Alphonse Foundation is making in conserving the this Indian Ocean Archipelago’s flora, fauna, and marine life.

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Alphonse Fishing Co. 5 January 2017
Alphonse Island Fishing News 10 – 17 December 2016 – Milks,Permit, Triggers and GT’s

An Alphonse sunrise is one of the most spectacular sightings behold as the sun rises above an endless horizon, split by a white haze of surf, sand and blue ocean. The weather was mostly stable and the tides immense with some of the lowest drops this year. ...
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Alphonse Fishing Co. 5 January 2017
Alphonse Island Fishing News 17-24 December 2016

The Alphonse festive season began with the run-up to Christmas, a packed house at the hotel and a full complement of anglers out on the flats. The entire extended family was together, big ‘flats lunches’, mega snorkels and beach rugby. This is what makes the festive season ...
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Alphonse Fishing Co. 5 January 2017
Astove Fishing News 21 – 28 November 2016 – Three Grand Slams

This week saw Arno M from The Guides Company host a full group of experienced flats fly fisherman from South African. The week started off with slower neap tides and although there was minimal water movement the lagoon mouth produced some great sight fishing opportunities to GT’s ...
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Alphonse Fishing Co. 19 December 2016
Astove Atoll Fishing News 14 – 21 November 2016

The Astove team were thrilled to welcome some of our more regular fishing friends. A formidable team full of good spirits and great fun, to say the least! Unfortunately, the first morning saw a large low-pressure system advance in from the East to make fishing extremely difficult for the first ...
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Alphonse Fishing Co. 19 December 2016
Cosmoledo Atoll Fishing News 1 – 8 December 2016

The last week of 2016 at Cosmoledo could not have gone any better with flat calm seas and cloudless sky to start the week. It was smooth sailing for the group consisting of father and son team Toby and Gannon R hosted by Arno M, David H, Bill R, ...
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Alphonse Fishing Co. 19 December 2016
Alphonse Island Fishing News 3 – 10 December 2016

Seeing St Francois atoll for the first time usually makes a profound impression on all of our guests. As you enter the lagoon a vast array of sand and seagrass flats open up before you each one as enticing as the other. The unparalleled beauty of this ...
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