THE MISSION ISSUE 47

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Far from a guided operation in a low-pressure paradise, this is solo, needle-in-a-haystack DIY stuff. The unicorns (GTs) are there, but with the pressure of heavy industry under the guise of progress, how much longer they, the local community, and anglers like Pete have, remains to be seen.

Our next unicorn is the incredible blue mpifu yellowfish of the Congo River system in northern Zambia. This is a species many of us have lusted after for so long, but Leonard Flemming and Ben Pellegrini actually did something about it.

There’s a Fluff with African Waters guide David Taylor featuring two flies that are getting it done in Cameroon – The Peanut and the PAW. This is followed by a change of pace with a little lap of luxury Dullies session at Walkersons where Matt Kennedy gets performance anxiety amid comp anglers and noobs alike.

What else? Leonard Flemming has his mind blown by Solid Octagon’s solid graphite rods. There’s a Lifer with carp-on-fly character Corsican Dave, a High Fives with Mavungana Flyfishing’s Nathan Pahl, Vallon sunnies put to the test, a review and excerpt from Steve Duda’s phenomenal new book, “River Songs”, Mike Dames’s take on our Wish List Fish the Senegalese kob (aka otolithe), plus curated beats, upcoming fests, tons of clobber and plenty more.

ON THE COVER: Fat biking along Mozambique’s remote coastline in search of giant trevally, Peter Coetzee snaps a selfie of his smooth, moisturised legs at 5km/h.