SEYCHELLES FLY FISHING CHARTER

Departure to Paris CDG on Tuesday April 10, April 3, 2007 at 10.00 hrs. Arrival in Paris CDG same day at 17.30 hrs. SAME PROGRAMME FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK: APRIL 9 TO APRIL 16, 2007. Budget: Exclusive international flights: 3,040.00 euro per person, per week. Payment: 50% upon booking, balance 2 months before charter date.
Refunds: sorry, NO refunds can be made, unless a replacement angler can be provided.
INCLUDED: Boat & crew, guide services, 3 dinghies engines & petrol, 3 meals per day, water and soft drinks, transfers, 2 hotel nights B&B.

NOT INCLUDED:
International flights, airport taxes, taxi transfers other than hotel – airport, meals on Mahe,
alcoholic beverages, tips for the crew, fishing tackle, flies, leader material.
Activities onboard: diving, wind-surf, waterski…
Return flight Paris �" Mahe island airport taxes: approx. 900 euro per person
You can bring your own wine and liquor. You are allowed two liters of alcohol, so you can buy a bottle in Paris upon departure and another one in Mahe upon arrival.

Sailing Vessel Sea Pearl: The Sea Pearl offers 8 fully air-conditioned cabins each with wash basin. There are 3 showers and 4 toilets on board. On deck, the Sea Pearl provides spacious areas for sunbathing and relaxing. The vessel also offers a large range of water sports activities and diving. The Sea Pearl boasts a powerful rig and large sail area, enabling good speeds in most weather conditions. TV, DVD, stereo CD player, Ice machine, washing machine, dryer. Teak deck, upper sun deck, 1 deck shower
2 double-seater canoes, snorkeling equipment, water ski, tube ride, windsurfing, fishing equipment Cuisine : Mix of Creole and international food Diving : Sea Pearl is a PADI Dive resort – 18 dive tanks – 7 full sets of dive equipment for rent Dive compressor
Crew : 1 Captain, 1 Chef, 1 Mechanic, 1 Dive instructor, 2 Deckhands, 2 guides

WHAT TO BRING ALONG_:
1 Clothing and personal effects
Two or three fishing outfits: lightweight shorts or pants (recommended) and preferably longsleeved shirts.
Good quality wading booties (NO flats or reef fishing possible without proper footwear).
Two or three pairs of sport socks to wear with your wading booties.
Long bill hat, prefer for-and-aft type or large brimmed hat (bring spare one).
Two or three bandanas.
Sun gloves or fishing gloves with stripping fingers.
Polarizing sunglasses (bring spare one).
One sweatshirt or lightweight polar fiber sweater.
One lightweight rainjacket.
Bathing suit.
One or two T-shirts, pair of shorts for evenings on the boat.
Non-marking thongs or slippers to wear on the boat (optional, barefoot works well too). For fishing from the boat, I personally prefer to wear boat shoes, it gives better footing and avoids possible injuries.
10 clothes pegs (you always lose the darn things!)
A few straps to secure rods onboard
At least 30 SPF sun cream and lip balm (VERY IMPORTANT).
Camera, camcorder, film or memory sticks, batteries, battery charging is possible on board (220 V AC) European standard round pin.
Waterproof bag for camera, like the SIMMS DRY CREEK, a few ziplock bags.
A good book and some CDs.
It is possible to tie flies onboard.
Medication: MOTION SICKNESS pills for those who are sensitive to seasickness, after-sun cream, aspirin or paracetamol, anti-acid, nasal congestion spray, antiseptic, a few band-aids, personal medication.
VERY IMPORTANT: If you take some personal medication, make sure to bring TWICE the quantity required for the trip. Put one set in your carry-on bag and the other in your checked luggage. In case of baggage loss, you will always have what you need.
REMEMBER WE WILL BE AT LEAST 24 HOURS AWAY FROM MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR EVERYBODY ONBOARD.

FISHING EQUIPMENT
We will be doing a mix of flats and bluewater fishing, but of course I will try to accommodate everybody’s wishes in terms of targeted fish and favoured technique(s).
On the flats: Fish species encountered: bonefish, pompano (indo-pacific permit), queenfish, yellow-spotted trevally, bluefin trevally, giant trevally, barracuda (some huge specimen), groupers, snappers, triggerfish. For bonefish and most smaller species_: 8 or 9 weight outfit, floating line, 9 to 14 ft leader (knotless or home tied) 12 or 16 Lbs. To fish the deeper spots near coral heads, a sinktip or full sink line. Flies_: generally light coloured flies (white, tan, chartreuse, pale pink)_: gotcha, minipuff, crazy charlie, epoxy flies, crabs, … Size 4 mainly and orange color, but also a few size 2 (heavier weighted).
For trevally, pompano and smaller barracuda_: 9 or 10 weight outfit, floating line, 7 to 12 ft leader, 16 to 20 Lbs. Shock tippet (60 Lbs) required for trevally, grouper, etc and wire for barracuda. Deceivers, poppers and clousers for trevally & queenfish. Mostly crab and shrimp patterns for pompano. WARNING: Farquhar is the home of HUGE GIANT TREVALLY (50 to 80 Lbs ). Record hunters will have the possibility to put their name in the IGFA record book, but they have to come prepared: 14 weight rod, large reel with STRONG drag, 42 Lb Scientific Anglers fly line, at least 300 meters of 40 to 50 Lbs dacron backing and suitable leader material. These huge fish will only eat BIG flies: tie big streamers on hook size 4/0 to 7/0. CHECK YOUR KNOTS!!!!

Bluewater fly fishing_: Drifting and chumming method. Targeted fish_: virtually anything, coral fish like groupers, snappers, green jobfish, triggerfish, … and pelagics like bonito, dorado, rainbow runner, tuna, wahoo etc… 10, 11 or even 12 weight outfit with a full sink 400 to 6OO grain fly line or shooting head. At LEAST 250 m. 30 Lbs backing. Leader 4 to 7 ft. 16, 20 or even 30 Lbs with 60 or 80 Lbs shock tippet. For
barracuda and dogtooth tuna, wire is required. Flies_: mainly clouser minnow (chartreuse/white) size 1 to 4/0. Bring also some UNweighted deceivers, squid patterns and large crabs. Teasing method. 11, 12 or 13 weight outfit. Targeted fish_: sailfish, wahoo, tuna, dorado, rainbow runner,… Intermediate or sinking fly line at LEAST 300 m. 30 Lbs backing. Off-shore leader with 80 to 100 Lbs shocktippet. Wire required for wahoo. Flies_: 20 to 35 cm long. Colours_: pink, pink/white, yellow/blue (fuselier fish), yellow/green, white/green, white/blue, black/purple, preferably mounted on tubes. Hook size 6/0, single or tandem rig. Take weightless, some with weighted heads and a few popperheads.