On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief