The Seychelles have become the epicentre of salt-water fly-fishing and casting your fly lines on the magnificent shallow flats of Alphonse Island will afford you the chance of landing several energetic silver bonefish to challenge the record books.

However, one of the main attractions of fishing in the Seychelles is the extraordinary variety of species that can be targeted on the fly. The guides here pioneered fishing for the enigmatic milkfish and with five different species of trevally, triggerfish and palometa to fish for this is a destination for all those wishing to expand their range of species landed on a fly.

Bluewater fly fishing is also becoming increasingly popular, providing the ultimate challenge of landing large pelagic fish on relatively light tackle.

Farquhar Atoll is the most southerly atoll in the Seychelles. It lies just over 700km to the southwest of the main island Mahe in the direction of Madagascar. This remote atoll has a total area of 170 square kilometres when you include the large lagoon which is 18km north to south and 9km east to west. The group of islands is serviced with a concrete landing strip situated on the most northerly island.