By Heather Hansman for GrindTV
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]icture the most pristine fishing experience you can think of: crystal clear water, thousands of rare fun-to-catch fish species, and no one else around?
That saltwater fly-fishing paradise exists … in the Seychelles, 1,000 miles off the coast of East Africa. But the isolation comes with its own obstacles.
It’s very difficult to get to, pirates and sharks swarm its waters, and if something goes wrong you’re not really close to anything.
Providence atoll is the largest, most remote and least-visited island in the Seychelles.
People had never fished there, and the ecosystem was basically untouched by man.
But that kind of isolation can come with a price. In 2009, the atoll was closed due to traffic and attacks from Somali pirates. No one could be there, much less fish there.
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