THE MISSION ISSUE 52

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Hurtling towards you across time and space like a digital carrier pigeon (that also happens to exist in print), we present to you, the 52nd issue of The Mission. What can you expect? How about deep dive profiles, awesome destination pieces, a motley crew of misfits, a classy collection of clobber, booze, beats, munchies and so much more? Frothing? We are, so without further ado, it’s time to get stuck in at the link in bio.

We kick things off with our cover story, a long-awaited profile of Seychelles fly fishing guide, Wayne Haselau. From setting the story straight on how the milkfish breakthrough went down to his second career as a clivia expert, Wayne lifts the lid on a life extremely well-fished.

Then our editor Tudor sets off to Nottingham Road for beeeg business with the browns of the Mooi (plus the bonus of watching blokes from the TOPS Corporate Challenge headbutt brass pots in the Notties Pub). That’s followed up by Andrew Nightingale taking us down the elephant paths of the Kitich Valley in northern Samburuland, Kenya where a cut-off population of mystery yellowfish thrive in the forests.

What else? We’ve got an Undercurrents set in Mongolia as James Topham runs us through his (initial) scorn and subsequent conversion to the touchy-feely wonder of Brent Nickerson’s bamboo rods. We’ve also got a Lifer with Sterkfontein Dam expert David Weaver, a High Fives with African Waters guide David Taylor, a Little Guy with Andre van Wyk of Bucktail Flies, a triple-whammy Wands rod review, the verdict on the Walt Otter 30 waterproof pack, mackerel tacos for munchies, knobheads in a creek for booze, beats from Brett Bellairs of punk band LLSO and more.

Read The Mission Issue 52 online for free, or, buy the the real paper-deal here.