Low key, but highly respected by anyone who has ever fished or worked with him, Kyle Simpson is one of the stalwart guides of the Seychelles, a freakishly good fly tyer and a pre-eminent Indo-Pacific permit whisperer. 5 best things about where you guide with Alphonse Fishing Co.? Definitely having my family with me [...]
Think you’ve got skills? Want to see one of your patterns immortalized in South African fly tying like Herman Botes’s Papa Roach or Tony Biggs’s RAB? We’ve teamed up with Arno Laubscher of ScientificFly and Grip Hooks for a multi-issue fly tying competition where each category winner gets Grip fly tying material prizes of R500 [...]
Moustache – check Mullet – check Slight twang to the accent, as if he’s a Texan with biltong futures in Prieska or a South African guiding in Texas – check. Fishin’ ‘dungarees, big-ass truck, kick-ass boat, plus a bunch of other adjective-ass noun stuff. Check check check check. Like a caterpillar into a butterfly, the [...]
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 [...]
Are you a collector and fly tyer? The maker of arguably the world’s best fly tying vice is auctioning his 2000th vice for charity. Thank Beelzebub for cheap fly tying vices! Why you ask? Because if retired machinist Jay Smit had not attempted to tie flies on one of those, he would not have lost [...]
Ever wondered how The Mission came into existence and...why? Gordon van der Spuy did and that's why he asked editor Tudor Caradoc-Davies onto his podcast, The Feather Mechanic to give some background on how he, Brendan Body and Conrad Botes started the mag. To listen on Spotify go HERE. To listen on Apple Music, [...]
From enrolling at Pavon Campus, to signing up for Bicuda 101 and graduating in Advanced Payara, Luke Barrell visited the Orinoco River in Colombia to get an education. Full story in issue 34 of The Mission. It’s been difficult coming back to reality the last few weeks. My current home is in Northampton (UK) and, [...]
Call them ladyfish, skipjack, tenpounder, giant herring or…our favourite, springer, but whatever you do, do not neglect these high-speed tarpon cousins from your bucket list. In this excerpt from our issue 34 Wish List Fish pages, Ed Truter gives us the skinny on skippies. In terms of technique - fly tackle, favoured flies, retrieve etc, [...]
From guiding for Goliath tigerfish in the Central African Republic (CAR), to guiding in Cameroon and Tanzania with African Waters for Nile perch and tigerfish respectively, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more accomplished fly fishing guide than Greg Ghaui across Central and East Africa. For our issue 33 High Fives, We caught up with [...]
Our round-up of newly released fly-fishing gear and adjacent gadgets, as featured in The Mission Issue 33. We have reels, rods, lines, hooks, lights, pants, gloves, boats, vests, mystery beast fly tying material, and more. With stillwater troot season upon us, you might be in the market for a reel [...]
