BREVIS & BUTTHEAD
It's rare for fly anglers to focus on something else at the expense of three species of tigerfish and 8lb yellowfish, but on recent exploratories to Tourette Fishing's new fishery [...]
THE BAUER FLATS CRAB SBS
If you search for this SBS you'll quickly discover that the internet sometimes isn't forever. Dead links, media servers that have vanished or migrated, the Bauer Flats Crab SBS practically [...]
LAND OF FIRE
"On a daytime drive through the pampas one would be forgiven for thinking that the wind- blown surroundings look harsh and dull, all but featureless and monotonously brown, but there [...]
STEP BY STEP: THE GINGER NINJA
A staple for many South African fly fisherman is the yellowfish. They are indigenous, eager to take a fly and accessible to most people. There are clear differences in tactics and techniques when fishing different [...]
STUCK IN THE MUD – WHERE DO THE GRUNTER GO?
If you enjoy wetting a line in the estuaries that abound along South Africa's east coast, then you have undoubtedly spent some time trying get your paws on a spotted grunter. And when success alludes [...]
DO YOU EVEN BEAST, BRO?
*** EDIT - Since writing the below, I took my own advice and spent even MORE time on tying a pair of BEASTS, attempting to build a matching pair of BEAST Mullets... I kinda almost [...]
NUCLEAR HARE’S EAR
This post links up to a series of my favourite flies and the fish I catch with them. As mentioned in the previous post, The Natural Look, these flies are not necessarily new or spectacular [...]
FRIDAY PIC DUMP
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HIGH 5s – MARK MURRAY
A rapid fire catch-up with Tourette Fishing head guide Mark Murray first published in Issue 1 of The Mission. 5 FISHING ITEMS YOU DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT BEFORE MAKING A MISSION? My Patagonia Fly [...]
WORDS FROM THE BATTLE HARDENED: A MESSAGE TO FRED FROM PAUL WEINGARTZ
The late Paul Weingartz holds a special place in South African Saltwater Flyfishing lore. He spent more time than most chasing GTs along the Zululand coast and is part of a very elite club of [...]
THE BEAUTY OF FLY FISHING
Brad Morgan has, like many of us, a love affair with fly fishing. And if he had to pick one place in the world to go fishing, it'd be New Zealand. On his last trip, [...]
FROM DAWN TILL DUSK AND FINDING GLORY IN HELL
Rex Fey contacted me about the Twenty-Four Rivers post and questioned the presence of trout in the gorge where a pool called ‘Die Hel’ is situated. He had spoken to a trusty source that told [...]
PRAWNS IN TANDEM
Neil Rowe and I were discussing grunter at dinner on Alphonse Island when he mentioned that he’d (for many years) had quite good success fishing tandem prawn fly rigs in the Breede River. He described [...]