One of our guests, Chad Williams, recently shared his fishing adventure experience with us by creating an incredible video of their time fishing the flats of Cosmoledo. Cosmoledo Atoll is part of the Aldabra Group, located on the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, and offers anglers an outstanding saltwater fly fishing experience. Before getting into epic footage, we wanted to know a little bit more about their trip:
I decided on Cosmoledo because my dad and his best friend had been at eight years before with Alphonse Fishing Company (AFC) and fished with Keith (the Managing Director of Alphonse Fishing Company). He wanted to take my brother and I ever since, and we booked the trip a year before. I got even more excited about the trip when I saw the YETI Cosmo video featuring Alex’s story.
My favorite moment was the last day of our trip, floating along the edge of the mangroves with my brother and Dave, our guide. My brother and I both got back-to-back giant trevallies, and they were the biggest we caught on the entire trip. My brother’s fly line wrapped around his reel, and the fish retreated back into the mangroves trying to break him off. Dave jumped out of the boat, grabbed the line, and held the tension preventing it from going deeper into the mangrove. It was chaotic and hilarious; the ultimate reward was when we landed the fish.
My favorite catch was when I was fishing with Dave in the surf earlier in the day. I said to Dave, “Look how close this ray is getting to my feet!” as a ray was about 5 feet away and heading right at us. Dave yelled, “CAST!” and I dropped a fly a foot in front of me, and in an instant, a giant trevally came off the back of the ray and hit the fly, and took off. We landed the fish and laughed from the moment we hooked up until about 30 minutes after we got a photo. It was the ultimate reminder to cast at every ray you see.
Our guides, the crew, the captain, and the boat were incredible and exceeded every expectation I came in with. It was the trip of a lifetime, and I can’t wait to go back one day.
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