THE MISSION FLY MAG - ISSUE 52

ISSUE 52 JULY / AUGUST 2025

Cover: Very demure, very mindful, Seychelles milkfish legend Wayne Haselau back in the day. Photo Vaughn Driessel

28. RIGHT IN THE FEELS

How guide James Topham learned to stop worrying in Mongolia and love the bomb-ass cane rods of bamboo rod builder Brent Nickerson.

34. THE OFFICE

Invited to visit "WildFly country" (aka the Mooi River area around Nottingham Road), Tudor Caradoc-Davies goes to KwaZulu-Natal to address some unfinished business with brown trout.

44. THE MAGIC JUNGLE

When not dodging flatdogs and throwing flies at Nile perch on Lake Turkana or the Murchison Nile, Andrew Nightingale likes. to retreat to the Matthews Mountains of Samburuland where dry sand gives way to a wealth of water and waiting yellowfish around. every bend.

56. WAYNE'S WORLDS

Low-key and unassuming, you'd be forgiven for not knowing enough about Wayne Haselau, one of the Seychelles' and saltwater fly fishing's great veteran guides. To remedy that we finally pinned him down to chat (amongst other things) about milkfish, triggers and clivias.

84. WANDS - ROD REVIEWS

The Mission has had some rods come through its doors recently, so we sent them straight back out again with our crew of contributors to test and best them in a three-part rod review.

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22 High Fives
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80 Pay Day
82 The Little Guy
92 Lifer
100 Pop Quiz

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