From representing, captaining and coaching South African fly fishing teams all over the world, to whispering to spotted grunter on the sandbanks of the Breede river, fighting Geets in the Indian Ocean or snapper in Gabon, we know very few anglers who can match MC Coetzer for all-round skills. Massive streamers, micro-nymphs, delicate dries, salt, [...]
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 [...]
Marina Gibson joined The Fly Fishing Nation crew on their German and Austrian home waters. Big browns, barbel, grayling, brook trout ensued. As featured in The Mission Issue 23.
"Surfing and making music, along with fly fishing as a way to connect with our hearts, is the path for me. They are all endeavours of intimacy and exploration. Flying across the water on a wave that came from a storm a couple of thousand miles away with the end result of that energy collapse [...]
Photographs and text by Leonard Flemming Pacing nervously across the dirty floor I was wondering how many of the shop staff had seen me, the grumpy white guy pushing his trolley up and down the Beijing airport, searching for a comfortable spot to rest. I had suffered through two nine hour flights without sleep to [...]
