The Alphonse Crab - Olive comes from a pattern with proper Seychelles pedigree. Its original design was the Flexo Crab, modified first by James Christmas, a guide on Alphonse Island, then further developed by Alec Gerber into the fly offered here.
For fly fishing in the Seychelles, it is one of the patterns to have in the box. The product history credits the Alphonse Crab with accounting for more permit and tigerfish on Alphonse than any other fly—useful context when you are narrowing down the crab patterns for a trip.
This listing is for the Olive colourway. The Alphonse Crab has been tied in numerous colours for the varying conditions encountered around Alphonse; This particular fly is tied on a #6 hook.
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