THE MISSION ISSUE 41

What’s going on in your dreams then? Poons on the periphery? Recurring nightmares of middle-fin permit? Pike ambushes, trout acrobatics, grayling swirls and surface bass action? Like the man behind our dreamy cover art, Christophe Chabouté fly fishing, we all dream of fish. We chat to the celebrated French graphic novelist about his art, solitude, fly tying, his fly fishing van and why he never takes hero shots with fish.

Then, we have an interview with Lords of the Fly author, Monte Burke, about his writing, the sex, drugs and tarpon scene of Florida in the 70s (RIP Jimmy Buffett), his own fishing and more. We’ve got an adventure for Stuart Webb and two friends in Cape York Australia involving anak permit, golden trevally and GTs in Dingo’s Revenge; Matthew Kennedy’s Troubled Waters on the mining pollution that devastated the Wilge River in 2022; a What’s In My Bag with Cape streams fundi Stanton Bevan Hector, Yamame trout as a Wish List Fish with the Shaku Hunter crew, a High Fives with Moroccan guide Karim Boutellaka, a Lifer with Jannie Visser (the J in JAM flies), a Fluff book excerpt with Gordon Van Der Spuy, midnight sunshine and ice cream cravings for Jess McGlothlin in Lapland, a BAJÍO Sunglasses review, storm kettles, books, cars, beer, beats and more.

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