The mountains of the Western Cape are home to many trout streams, both well-known and hidden, offering both rainbows and browns. But once you have quenched your thirst for salmonids, if you push deeper into the middle of nowhere as Leonard Flemming did fly fishing in the mountains of the Western Cape, you will find [...]
Marina Gibson joined The Fly Fishing Nation crew on their German and Austrian home waters. Big browns, barbel, grayling, brook trout ensued. For the first part of Marina's story, check out The Hills Are Alive, or get stuck in to issue 23 here. Marina Gibson on an Austrian stream. Photo Stephan Dombaj During [...]
Ever since we featured Riverhorse Nakadate in issue 17 of The Mission, we've been waiting with great anticipation for this short film to come out. https://youtu.be/ZR_69AnAg1Y Shot by the inimitable Tony Czech and narrated by Riverhorse, it covers his exploration of The Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota - a vast area of lakes and [...]
THIS WEEK at The Mission: We checked out this video by Aussie Fly Fisher Josh Hutchins chasing three trout species in Oz. Who knew they had Brookies? We loved The Hidden, the latest from the guys at Blue Halo. We enjoyed this clip of new ANC president (and soon to be South Africa's president) Cyril [...]
FOR Mike “Kid” Riemer, the marketing manager at Salsa Cycles, bikes are a predictable passion, but so is fly fishing the lakes and rivers of Minnesota. Bringing the two together was the next step and pimping the brand’s fabled Blackborow fat bike build was the way to do it. Mike’s goal was simple: his fishing [...]
The scene of a 'little' Grand Slam. Three of kind for an area. In the Seychelles we had an Inner Island Flats Slam - we replaced the GT with a Golden Trevally. And of course the Indian Ocean Grand Slam replaced the Tarpon with a GT and the Atlantic Permit with a [...]
