Have you caught a special fish on the African continent in the last 12 months? Well then you may just be a contender for The Feathers Award, our annual competition that celebrates the most remarkable catch in a calendar year. What are the criteria? What constitutes a remarkable catch? – First off, on the geographical [...]
I've been contemplating ways to alter the attack when the surface bite for Breede and Kleinbrak grunter slows down, and I think, as always with the help of mates, I've found one or two things worth trying. I've fished Karoolskraal only twice, both times the fishing was rather challenging. Which is fine because the vibes [...]
South Africa is in the midst of a freshwater fish conservation crisis, but what if there was a way for anglers to help protect our freshwater fishes and restore their river ecosystems? As fly angler Dr Jeremy Shelton of the Freshwater Research Centre writes, snapping an image of your catch with a smartphone and uploading [...]
If you book a trip to a juvenile tarpon nursery on the Mexican coastline, you might get very lucky and arrive at the same time that a swarm of hoppers descends. It’s an event that occurs every few years and it happened during the making of tarpon film Atlanticus. Filmmaker Grant Wiswell and Dylan Rose [...]
Long before Instagram and #influencers ever existed, Clem Booth was sharing the wonders of Lago Strobel (and other fisheries), raising money for the Red Cross Children’s Hospital and helping others in his own, inimitable style. From big business to big fish, Clem is a friendly force of nature. He's also our issue 35 Lifer. I [...]
Mavungana Flyfishing in association with the University of Mpumalanga, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Pongola Game Reserve launched a groundbreaking tigerfish tagging project in June. They've already started recapturing individuals and the findings are astonishing.
Josh Collins, a Canadian living in Qatar, did not hold much hope for fly fishing when he moved to Doha. Then he fell in with Fred Davis and Tim Olsen and went on a trip to Oman in search of his first permit. The story of that trip ran in issue 34 of The Mission. [...]
by Glen Stuart-Mathews PART 1 The fate of our adventure began 30 million years before the words, “ We have to go to The Maldives!” finally spilled from my mouth. Tersia wasn’t surprised, we had been ogling over this piece of paradise for the most part of lockdown and she knew that look in my [...]
How this art lure angler underwent the conversion to fly fishing in the toughest possible way - obsessing over spotted grunter... READ ON:
In case you missed it, the full version of Capetonian Si Kay's stunning short film Kristallklar is now available to view for free. Read more about the film here and watch it below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSJrQh8PEqU
