Everything’s moving at breakneck speed, you’ve already tied all your summer flies, watched all the films, griped about the heat waves, cursed the water levels, and you’re stuck bumper to bumper on the road to vacation — your frustration quota is about to hit the red zone! So here’s the plan: chill out for a minute, grab yourself a cold drink, throw on a solid playlist, sink into your favorite chair, and check out issue 58 of The Mission! It’s gonna blow you away, and if your English is rusty, brush up or let AI lend a hand. Just flipping through the photos alone will do the trick — suddenly everything feels a whole lot cooler! Go on, happy reading!
Graham Hayward, guide of the month! The guy guides in the Seychelles where he’ll hook you up with some absolutely massive fish — but there’s a lot more to his life than that!
Salad Daze. When you go after Yellowfish (a species found only in Southern Africa) on a dam lake and have the time of your life like a kid again!
Scenic Squats : When the Gulf War forces you to change your plans: fishing the coast of Oman, on foot, on the fly!
Nouvelle Zélande – Cloud Nine! Cloud Nine, an expression that describes a state of perfect happiness or euphoria. And catching trout like that? Yeah, that’ll definitely bring on the euphoria!
… It’s also a Temptations song! Go on, give us a dance demo!
The GRANDE ! You know GT’s? Personally, we’ve never fished for them, but I can guarantee you — once you’ve read this article, if you’re anything like us, it’s gonna give you some ideas!
LE SALAD BAR! Six pages — just looking at them, you’ll already be thinking about your Christmas list, and you’ll feel your credit card melting in your pocket all on its own! Go on, drool away!
Ozzy Boytjie. Justin Webber is a graphic designer who showed up in Queensland one day to go fishing — and ten years later, the guy’s still there. He’s built a signage business, a fly shop, and an art gallery, and he fishes nonstop!
Undercurrent River – Alex Stone tells us about his childhood and the love he still holds for the river he explored with his father — the Umzimkulu.
That’s it. Sweat dreams!