THE MISSION
THE MISSION FLY MAG - ISSUE 52
THE MISSION FLY MAG - ISSUE 52
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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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100 Pop Quiz
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