FEATHERS & FLUORO
THE CORNISHMAN
An elite fly-casting instructor, veteran guide, author, environmental activist and a man who has given a vast amount to South African fly fishing, Tim Rolston is an institution, especially in the Western Cape. If you [...]
SALMON FLIES ON THE HENRY’S FORK
? To see stoneflies on steroids getting munched by big-ass fish, you have to experience the USA’s salmonfly (Pteronarcys Californica) hatch. To find out more, we chat to former Protea fly angler Craig ‘Yeti’ Richardson [...]
EPIC FLY RODS – SITH LIGHTSABER
It’s been a while since we have done a rod collab give-away with New Zealand rod gurus Epic Fly Rods, but every time we do, it results in something really special. There was the Rasta-inspired [...]
HIGH 5S – CARL FREESE
From the trout streams of the Drakensberg to guiding for smallmouth yellows on Sterkfontein Dam or targeting Natal scalies in larger rivers, in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, fly fishing guide Carl Freese is as [...]
ECHO CHAMBER
From The Mission Issue 32: Wands. A few months back Tim Rajeff sent us a quiver of Echo Fly Fishing rods to review. From the Prime to the Boost Salt and the Streamer-X, our team [...]
YES, NO, MAYBE
From "Undercurrents" in The Mission Issue 23: When Alex McLeod of Omnispool (manufacturers of the nifty Switchbox line management system) landed on the remote Seychelles island of St Brandon’s, he found himself in bonefishers’ heaven. [...]
THEORY IN PRACTICE
So I've been dreaming about a yellowfish fly fishing mission to the tropical parts of Africa for some time now, where - as Ed Truter recommended - one may need a short, '6 ft fly [...]
THE MEXICO MIXTAPE
DIY fly fishing diehards Jeff Tyser and Ben Pellegrini had an epic trip to Chetumal Bay on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. To ease us into the weekend, here's Ben's bangin' playlist from that trip. [...]
