The Mission: Issue #43

January 16, 2024January 20, 2024moldychum

Read The Feathers Award entries, and then catch your own Dorado off the beach in Gqeberha or toss dry flies to Mola Mola (not joking). …

Legal Aliens | Rolf Nylinder and Lemmel Kaffe fly fishing in South Africa

November 24, 2023November 29, 2023moldychum

Courtesy of The Mission and friends, Scandinavian fly fishing trio Håvard Stubø, Markus Lemke, and Rolf Nylinder got a taste of Western Cape fly fishing. …

Issue #42

November 8, 2023November 10, 2023moldychum

The end is nigh! We’re not entirely sure if that means the end of the world with the floods, fires, melting ice caps, and unprecedented …

Issue #41

September 5, 2023September 10, 2023moldychum

We’ve got Matt Kennedy’s Troubled Waters on the mining pollution that devastated the Wilge River in 2022 and what’s been done about it since then; …

CNN Inside Africa and The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine

August 23, 2023August 28, 2023moldychum

Fly fishing is rapidly growing in Southern Africa, both as a leisure activity and sport, with beginner and experienced anglers venturing further out of their …

Issue #40

July 4, 2023July 9, 2023moldychum

When he’s not catching large sharks, rays, and geelbek on fly, saltwater fly fishing maverick Jimmy Eagleton climbs for a living on offshore oil rigs. So, …

Issue #39

May 17, 2023May 23, 2023moldychum

“Dirty, dogged, bullet-shaped fighters that have a lot of stamina” was how Jako Lucas described trachinotus africanus, aka “the 4th permit”. In the lead-up to the …

The Mission Issue #38

March 9, 2023March 13, 2023moldychum

HERO SHOTS AND HERO STORIES ARE A DIME A DOZEN, SO TO MIX IT UP; WE ASKED A FEW TALENTED ANGLERS TO TELL US ABOUT …

The Mission Issue 37

January 18, 2023January 23, 2023moldychum

Coolest cover ever. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU, RIGHT? OR… THE SAME OLD SAME OLD FOR ANOTHER 365 DAYS? INVOKING THE SPIRIT OF THE HARDY …

The Mission Issue #36

November 15, 2022November 20, 2022moldychum

Tackle advice, tips to improve yer fishing and yer mind, a deep dive into Italy, wild fish from Borneo, clobber for the Vaal, Insta-Famous flies, …