GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Part 1
For as long as South African fly fishers have been obsessed with spotted grunter, misconceptions and heresies have spread about fishing for them and what
For as long as South African fly fishers have been obsessed with spotted grunter, misconceptions and heresies have spread about fishing for them and what
We don’t waste time on carp flies, because carp aren’t exactly kings that only dine on the finest roast, right? They also thrive in mud
Big witvis (Cape whitefish), an old nemesis, have plagued my thoughts for a long time. They seemed impossible to catch on fly, which simply didn’t
Two off-duty Orange River fly fishing guides, Matt Gorlei and Luke Pannell, return to Cape Town for some off-season down-time. What does a guide do when they are not guiding? Spam Instagram with species they, “Can’t stop thinking about…”? Fall into the loving embrace of their significant others? Have a shave, a hot shower, a non-longdrop shit and put on a nice shirt? Hit a club and tear the ring out of it? Nyet. They make a quick plan to head deep into the nearby mountains for a short, two-night session spent hunting fabled brown trout.
We were floating down the lower Orange talking about fish species and fly tying while watching birds and casting streamers when we spotted a goliath
One of the main aims of the Saving Sandfish project was to find juvenile sandfish in the lower Biedouw River, catch approx. 500 or more
The Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi) is one of the most enigmatic indigenous fishes in South Africa, even more so than its river mate the Clanwilliam
Through photographer Ryan Janssens’ lens, the trout of the Elandspad river can be seen for the voracious, leaping, breaching, bug-munching, apex predators they are. Cue
The wildeperd, aka zebra fish (Diplodus curvinus hottentotus) as featured in The Mission Issue 16. What: For the benefit of our non-South African readers, the