ALL BACK ISSUES OF THE MISSION FLY MAG NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT – WE SHIP WORLDWIDE.
ALL BACK ISSUES OF THE MISSION FLY MAG NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT – WE SHIP WORLDWIDE.
FEATHERS & FLUORO
NEIL DOESN’T CARE
.He is new to both fly fishing and the land of the long white cloud. New Zealand-based Gerhard Uys gets schooled by a local veteran. This is fly fishing in New Zealand: a crash course. [...]
RATATAT
Sploosh. Another huge rat jumped off the shore into the river. Their swimming prowess underwater is unreal. The speed, agility and comfort in water was surprising. I am sure that pike are all too [...]
FANCY PANTS – Speeding up and tricking out the Flatnose Silicone Mullet
So one of the upsides of lockdown has been a lot more spare time on one's hands to fuck around at the vice. I think since March I have tied enough flies for a dozen [...]
LIFER – ALEX ATALA
The Mission Issue 22 Lifer, Brazilian icon Alex Atala, has been many things – a punk, a DJ, a boxer and, most famously, he’s arguably the world’s most influential chef. He also happens to be [...]
TAIL AND ERROR
Sizeable, visible, and seemingly impossible, there are few fish as infuriating as spotted grunter. As much as anyone can figure them out, a select few like Jannie Visser have. Listen up. From pancakes and prawns, [...]
HEART OF DARKNESS
Conrad Botes battles chaos, fatigue and demons in his return to Gabon on a quest for the Silver King - tarpon. As featured in The Mission Issue 03. I wake up some time on the [...]
THE ISLAND
Geelbek on fly, at night. In the pursuit of impossible fish Jimmy Eagleton finds both solace and success while the rest of us are sleeping. Written by Tudor Caradoc-Davies and featured in The Mission Fly [...]
GO BIG OR GO HOME…
I dig fishing big dry flies with long 'legs' or rubber appendages for extra movement. The bigger flies are more buoyant and therefore also highly visible, they float longer than tiny dries and they can [...]
