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Fly Fishing
Mauritius
I was fly
fishing Mauritius in autumn 2006. That is usually the time when the GT move in
at the east coast. Mauritius is difficult to fish with the fly if you have no
boat. The island is surrounded by a completely closed reef. Only in the south it
is open at a spot but there the waves are that strong that it would be
absolutely deadly to swim there. You would be smashed on the rocks within
seconds.
Inside the
reef the fishing is quite poor because the locals(and there are lots of them)
fish a lot with nets and bait. You can of course catch garfish or coral fish but
the really good fishing take s place outside the reef. There are two good spots
to fish Mauritius but to get to these places you definitely need to hire a boat.
One of these spots is in the east and one is in the south west. Outside the reef
on the east coast there are tremendous GTs with more than 120 lbs. . When I was
fishing out there we had strong west winds so it was impossible to get onto the
other side of the reef. The waves were just to high. I could spot schools of
good GTs when fishing from a little island close to the reef but in their first
run(during which you cannot stop them) they would have gone directly over the
reef which would have lead to a destroyed fly line. So It was better not
to try.
bone fish
on Mauritius?
There is only one spot where you will find bone fish on the main island of
Mauritius but this little lagoon belongs to a hotel and the fish cannot move out
into open water because iron bars make an escape of them impossible. Fishing
there is only possible for guests and requires a special permission. All around
the main island of Mauritius the bone fish disappeared due to overfishing. You
will find them at little outer islands but you need a boat to get there.
guided
fly fishing
There is one guide on Mauritius which I can recommend. I was fishing with
Dominique Thévenau.
He really knows the waters very well. He will pick you up at the hotel and will
bring you back there in the evening. Lunch and drinks are included in the
service, too. His boat is perfect for fly fishing and although Dominique usually
prefers the spinning reel he also knows how to handle the fly. He is after the
really big GTs and if they exceed 120 lbs. in weight they are indeed much more
difficult to land on a fly rod.
contact Dominique
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