ONE of our favourite fly fishing website/blogs is Le Mouching, which is captained by Cyril Kamir. If you have not yet checked them out, we suggest you do so. Bilingual (English and French) and irreverent in both languages, Le Mouching always puts out brilliant content, whether it's from their fishing film work all over the [...]
We've done the draw for the one-of-a-kind Black Mamba rod made by Swift Fly Fishing's Trevor Bourne for issue 10 of The Mission and the lucky bastard taking home this one-of-a-kind, premium quality 6-weight carbon fibre (graphite) fly rod is Mr Gareth Cooke. Congratulations, you lucky bugger. If you are one of the billions of [...]
"Timely preparation for future eventualities" - that's the dictionary definition of "Providence" or at least one of them. The other one is "the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power." It does not matter which one talks to you, because for Warwick Leslie, a few things happened when he saw his [...]
"It soon dawns on me that this is a shit shoot, a lottery, the exact opposite of shooting fish in a barrel. We discuss flies and runs and pools and targeting the back of that rock and the next level down off that ledge and casting a little closer, a little further and trying any [...]
A few months back, Cameron Cushman won our Swift Fly Fishing Epic rod give away, which saw him receive 'The Motivational Carrot,' a pimped 476 Packlight Fastglass 5-piece smuggler rod. While stoked for him, we had no idea who he was and what he could do behind a camera. Since then, he's gone [...]
"It’s impossible to convey to somebody what the jungles of Gabon are like. I can tell you that they are endless and totally overpowering with almost no sign of human habitation, but no matter how much hyperbole I use, most people will never know what it feels like to take a boat trip down a [...]
"We’d come to target a fish that holds a much revered place in South African saltwater fly-fishing lore. The Maputaland GT (Caranx ignoblis) is something of a unicorn. To bring a good one, 100cm plus, to hand from shore in South Africa is holy grail stuff, the tales of which are whispered in hushed tones [...]
In Issue 11 of The Mission, Berg River carp whisperer Platon Trakoshis wrote about the etymology and entomology of his go-to carp pattern, The Lalu Bug. Here's the step-by-step to go with his story. https://issuu.com/themissionflymagazine/docs/the_mission_fly_fishing_magazine_is_2a90aad1da7377/102 MATERIALS: Hook – No. 8 Jig hook – Hanak H470 BL or similar but make sure it’s [...]
"Most fishing this year has been close to home in tiny creeks where I know there isn’t really a fish worthy of catching but I’ve got like two hours to go down to the river to see if they’re rising. I can do that with my son on my back in a backpack. The other [...]
FROM THE MELLOW TO THE METAL, here's what's on repeat in The Mission HQ, featuring Lou Reed to Gang of Four, Beck, Pearl Jam, Eric Burdon, Iggy Pop and much much more. Listen on YOUTUBE or SPOTIFY.
