The Mission Fly Fishing Magazine

Excerpted from Water Lines: A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Seas and in the Rain by 

Having caught an Atlantic salmon just hours before the race, Daniel Osmond took on the Salmon Run, a 43-mile (69km) ultra marathon along the River Exe in south-west England. The race pays tribute to and raises awareness of ...

After being introduced to the popular stillwater fly in Tasmania during the Fly Fishing World Championships a few years ago, Dan Factor (South African Protea angler and of X-Factor Angling) was inspired to edit the “Shrek” into a modernised version which suits his needs. F...

In 2023, my mate Jurg and I realised that, while winter fishing for grunter can be really good, the hours of standing still and waiting for shots can be a painfully cold experience. There had to be a better way to freeze our asses off. We decided the perfect way to keep the blood pumping was to go on long, long walks by the sea in search of something else that will take a fly...

There are fish that mark you, there are fish that scar you and there are fish you can never forget. Then there are the fish that turn you into a fisherman. Ed Stoddard reconnects with a childhood friend in the Canadian Rockies and m...