GABON PREP
Gabon; I just can’t help myself from returning to this place time and time again to chase tarpon off the beaches. Sure, the snapper, threadies
Conrad Botes
HUMPBACK BREAM – WISHLIST FISH
Meet the Humpback bream, the big-mouthed, baitfish-smashing Quasimodo lurker of the Southern African floodplains. In Issue 12 of The Mission, Leonard Flemming weighs in on
7 HACKS FROM LEFTY KREH
LEFTY KREH, the man behind the Deceiver, the man who revolutionised casting, the man who went everywhere and caught everything with everyone. It’s hard to
JUNGLE JUVIES
The one where Conrad Botes catches his first juvenile tarpon, with the African Waters’ Sette Cama crew in Gabon. It often occurs to me that
New York Diaries 1. Blue In The Face
I arrived in New York City three days ago. I can see the Manhattan skyline from the window of my apartment in Red Hook. Two
Return to Gabon
After an epic trip to Gabon in 2016, our group of South African fly fishermen will be returning to the land of giants in two
Jig hook evolution
A few years ago, I tied a fly for kob called the Lead Ass Mullet, and was based on a pattern that I saw in
Tagging recapture
A dusky kob that I tagged on the 28th of August 2015 has been recaptured on the 15th of November 2016. It was recaptured in
The Mission
I’ve been flirting with the idea of putting together a fly fishing magazine for quite a while. About a year ago I got talking to
A GRUNTER ON THE SAND
Although my fishing mates and I have managed to catch grunter throughout the year in the Western Cape, it’s the early season grunts that I