SPECIAL EDITION 5 YEARS!

Wow, it’s been five years of bliss already?! It’s been five years that everytime there is a new issue from THE MISSION on our screens, we’ve been hiding at work or laying on the sofa to read it, and it’s always been the same, awesome! Everytime we read the mag, we are transported, we loose comon sense, we are somewhere else than we really are. And that is probably one of the best gifts from this magazine. The Mission is probably, with SCOF and This Is Fly (if they ever come back), the closest we get to Le Mouching way of life! Enjoy #30 and sweet dreams! 

To start, this amazing cover from artist Conrad Botes!

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Now, let’s get busy!

FIrst of all the Gundu ! The waht?! The Gundu, one of the weirdest fish from Tanzania, with it’s eye lower than its mouth level, and you can catch it on the fly!Capture d’écran 2021-11-06 à 10.25.05

Booze, Beats & Munchies! Before it was only Booze et Beats, but you need to eat if you drink, otherwise, you get drink! So Munchies are waelcome!So now you have a Cocktail recipe the African Sidecar, beer brands such as the Take your pill, a sandwich, the Boerie Roll and TWO Mixtapes ! 1/ Okavango Goodness Playlist  et la Orange River Playlist! GO easy on the drinks, loud on the mixtapes!Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.45.07

Nic Isabelle! Portrait and advise from a guide who started fishing Indian Masheer as a kid and who is now one of the best guides from Fly Castaway, in the Seychelles.Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.45.39

Golden Threads: a mix of advertisement and adventure, The Mission goes on an expedition along Orange River in a Jeep.Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.46.11

No time to die,  yes fly fishing can be dangerous, from insect bites to broken ankle or worst. But we never think about it, do we? Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.46.40

The Expedition Doctor! Since we talk about dangers of fly fishing we might as well go fishing with Doctor Patrick Avery, the guy who goes on expeditions and only catches BIG fish (and takes wild pictures!)Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.47.00

Okavango Housebond, our friend Tudor leaves rainy Captown to go fishing Tiger FIsh with his friends on the Okavongo! Let’s go meet them!  Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.47.15

Drop the Mouse ! Mice, flies that are like mice but big as a squirrel! And it catches fish!Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.47.53

Salad Bar! This time you’ll get 6 pages of shopping, remeber Xmas is a month away, so you might pick some ideas!Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.48.34

The RockStar : Dave Pool from DJ duo Goldfish, tours the world with it’s South African techno dance but he’s also a hell of a fly fisher! Capture d’écran 2021-11-02 à 18.49.01

It’s over, you can go to bed.