DAVID TAYLOR: HIGH FIVES
Soft spoken yet armed with a 12-weight for big fish, a beard trimmer for shaving flies and a macro lens for small critters, African Waters
African Waters
Blogs, videos and articles about fly fishing outfit African Waters who operate in Africa including Gabon (Sette Cama) and Lesotho (Bokong River). Brought to you by The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine and the guys from Feathers & Fluoro.
GREG MAXWELL: HIGH FIVES
From captaining boats in the cliff wash off the Omani coast while targeting africanus permit to tickling behemoth nighttime Nile perch in Cameroon and playing
MEETING THE KING
We sometimes tell ourselves that we have no expectations from a trip and that, whatever happens, we will be happy just to be there. That
OTOLITHE – WISH LIST FISH
Drumming a similar beat to its cousin the kabeljou, the Senegalese kob can be heard all along the West African coast. Mike Dames of African
PERCH PEANUT: STEP-BY-STEP FLY TYING
How do you catch Africa’s largest freshwater fish? If you answered “using a pink and red Peanut” then you’d be spot on. The Peanut, a huge streamer that
DISTRACTIONS | WINTER 2024
Dear winter, we’re battling to get to grips with you; you may have taken (most of) our fishing, but you will never take our freedom
PAW: NYMPH FOR NIGER BARBS – STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
Originally design by Blaede Russell, and tied by David Taylor here, The PAW (Pink And Wet) nymph is a simple beadhead fly built specifically to
SETTE CAMA FILM: GABON’S PREMIER FLY FISHING CAMP
Gabriel Botha’s new film Sette Cama features Gabon’s premier fly fishing destination camp run by African Waters. This close to untouched, wild fishery is home
THE LEGEND OF FUCK YOU VALLEY
This is an excerpt from The Mission Fly Mag Issue 04 cover story, The Legend of Fuck you Valley, which covers fly fishing in the
AFRICAN PATAGONIA
Fly fishing for trout and yellowfish in Africa finds its perfect expression in the Lesotho highlands with African Waters, says Leonard Flemming. Freshwater bonefish: yellowfish
