Alphonse Fishing Company

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Giant Trevally on Fly

Targeting giant trevally on fly is not for the faint-hearted, they are fierce, big, aggressive, and incredibly powerful. They are also often completely underestimated by new anglers but are respected by new and seasoned anglers alike. You need more than the best giant trevally flies, the best fly rod, and ideal conditions to catch giant trevally – they have earned their name as ‘the gangsta’s of the flats’ for a good reason!

Tips & Tricks

The Search

Giant trevally have an extremely varied habitat range and occupy almost every habitat available to them. Ranging from the shallowest waters to depths of 80m. Our expert team of guides use years worth of knowledge and exploration, to locate these apex predators, providing our guests with the best possible opportunities to target them.

Tides

Giant Trevally can be caught throughout the tidal cycle. They are commonly targeted in the surf during low and pushing tides, once high they can be found hunting beaches and or cliffs in search of baitfish to ambush.

Tackle

Everything about GTs screams ‘big’. Big flies, big fish, so naturally, you need a big rod too, therefore 11 and 12 weight fly rods paired with equivalent reels are used. The reel should be loaded with 300 yards of 80 lbs braid and a floating tropical fly line with 80lb core.

Giant Trevally Flies

Black Brush Fly

The black brush fly is quite easily one of the most successful GT flies and has probably tricked more GT’s than any other fly. The addition of colour can also work well with combinations of purple, red and olive all proving to be very effective additions. Keith often gets asked “What fly works the best for geets?” and more often than not he’ll point to one of these

Olive & Red Semper

The olive and red semper fly, like most semper patterns, has an incredible movement in the water. The thin hackles in the tail, the marabou collar, and the EP brush head provide this fly with incredible action in the water mimicking something delicious for a GT. These flies are irresistible to any cruising giant trevally.

Surface Popper

Traditional popper patterns are becoming popular as they create a greater disturbance on the water. Poppers are generally fished over deeper waters, such as drifting on the skiff in the lagoons, casting into the channels, and floating on the shallow outer reef of the atolls. Be sure to have this one ready too.

Giant Trevally Caught On A Fly

Packages

Our packages are tailored to each destination and every guest, whether you fishing alone, with a friend or have the family join you, we have you covered.

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