The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine

You never go to a saltwater destination without Clousers, ever! Clouser minnows may work better in some places than others, and the African coastline is a great example where Clousers in various colour combinations excel as search patterns, to the extent that they’ve become the

Having lived and fished in the Cape peninsula for a while now, I like to think that I know my neighbourhood fishery pretty well, spending a lot of time scratching around its shoreline, on foot or on a kayak, for resident reef species. What ...

If you didn’t know by now, RAUFFFF (pronounced ‘rough’) is The Mission’s Raw African Unfiltered Fly Fishing Film Festival (sponsored by Epi-Max Man). Touring South Africa in August 2026, The Mission will be holding screenings in Cape Town, Durban, Hilton, Johannesbu...

In this biographical short story, New Zealand-based author Alex Stone writes about his youth and time spent fly fishing on the Umzimkulu with his father.

The river bank rises steeply from a dusty green fragrant fringe of tchi-tchi bush.

Two figures, a boy of about ten, and a tall, stooped man clamber upwards, to afford thems...

It’s a special kind of madness. This season of our discontent. Crazy, but not… Tying boxes (and boxes!) of candies and synthetic baitfish patterns for a fish that will not show up for another three months, on a coastline you can’t currently feel your fingers on. A place (currently) of step-up surfboards, 4/3 wetsuits, beanies and bomber jackets. You know they vibe. That is wh...