SALTWATER SURF FISHING GABON

There is a reason why the Loango National Park in Gabon is called the Last Eden of Africa. Expansive and pristine tropical rainforest meets miles of untouched coastline. Bordering the second largest lagoon in Africa, Sette Cama is a glimpse of how wild Africa used to be.

The fly fishing at Sette Cama can be argued to be some of the most chaotic and wild saltwater fly fishing on the planet. The protected coastline is a bounty of fish, most of which grow to massive sizes. To see shoals of Longfin Jacks marauding baitfish up to your feet, followed by West African Cubera Snapper and Tarpon breaking the silence of night with their furious eats is a spectacle which can’t be replicated anywhere else. One is but a spectator in how the natural world works while casting a line at Sette Cama.

This Eden runs by the natural clock of the tides. We have selected weeks where the tidal cycles and potential of rainfall are at their best for fly fishing. Mornings are spent chasing Longfin Jacks and small Snapper on the lagoon, while the evenings and nights are spent fishing the lagoon mouth for the true giants like Tarpon, Otolithe, Cubera Snapper and West African Giant Threadfin. This is not an easy fishery on the fly, requiring long hours of casting 12wt rods in the dark, but no trophy fish should ever come easy.

The Sette Cama lodge is comfortable and rustic, supplying all the comfort one requires in the humid jungle