"riverman" wrote in message
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Any of you more well-travelled roffians been there, and what are the
flyfishing opportunities? I got a googlepost from 1999 where someone said
that there was no freshwater fishing near there, but some pretty good
swff,
and excellent travel destinations (NZ, etc).

Its a possibility for next year, but I gotta weigh the
advantages/disadvatages. Like, I hear it gets hot there....

--riverman

I used to travel there from time to time. It's only 90 miles from the
equator and I wouldn't even have thought of flyfishing - fresh or salt.
Excellent travel destinations include NZ??!! Take a close look at the map
and measure the distance! It's probably 5,000 miles. That's farther than
from Los Angeles to Tokyo. People used to suggest to me that I stop in NZ or
in Australia on the way from STL to SIN. That'd be like going to South
Africa by way of, say, Moscow.

I'd postulate that a better choice for a fly fishing vacation from Singapore
would be India. You might also be able to get to the Seychelles or the
Maldives for some salt water fishing. I've always wanted to go to both those
places.

Charlie suggests Malaysia for flyfishing - that might be interesting. I'd
think in the mountains of Malaysia or Thailand you could find something
interesting. The Brits might have built some vacation spots high in the
mountains where you could find some streams worth the effort. Doubt if they
hold trout, though.

Bob