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B U S H B R E A K S & B O O M S , S K AT E R S & S A P M O K , H Y B R I D S & H O R O S C O P ES VOLCOM X DOOBIE – LOOSE TRUCKS AND TIGHT LINES Over the last couple of years, for some reason, fly fishing has been adopted as a fashion trend by several major nonfishing brands. Bentley introduced a $100,000 fly-fishing kit upgrade by their in-house custom crew Mulliner for those customers keen on upgrading their Bentayga SUVs. Small change right? Then Gucci made some fly fishing vests for a mere $2000 (AKA, a week’s tigerfishing on the Zambezi). Stüssy, Asos, Urban Outfitters, Japanese hipsters South 2 West 8 and others have all brought out fishing-influenced ranges. Now, boardsports-titans Volcom have added their own range, ‘Loose Trucks and Tight Lines’. This feels like a decent fit, because we know a lot of skateboarders who fly fish. Hell, our art director Brendan Body was the man behind Session skateboarding magazine back in the day. Designed in collaboration with Victor Pellegrin, aka Doobie (IG: @doobieornotdoobieee) with artwork by Pentagram Pizza (IG: @pentagram_pizza), the Volcom range features Ts, hoodies, pants and a vest that looks like it might just be useable on the water. volcom.eu
TREAT… … yo’self at Tintswalo Lapalala. How does a bit of bush and barbs sound? With coastal properties (Tintswalo Atlantic and Tintswalo at Boulders), plus bush lodges and camps in the Waterberg and Lowveld, Tintswalo know exactly how to hit those R&R bliss points with a combo of nature and luxury. Now at their Tintswalo Lapalala luxury tented camp in the Waterberg, they have added catch-and-release fishing for smallscale yellows and other species to the activity options. We’ll be sending Justin Rollinson and Milan Germishuizen to fish it stukkend and review the setup for an upcoming issue, but on paper - a luxury Big-5 bush experience WITH fly fishing AND a spa (for non-fishing partners), only + - 3 hours from Pretoria/ Johannesburg – it sounds perfectly peachy. tintswalo.com
SHOUT OUT… … to the talented merch machines at Rep Your Water who have brought out a new Hybrid shirt that looks like the lovechild of a three-way between a lumberjack, a sun hoodie and a collared shirt. We have not got our hands on one to test just yet, but we like how Norway-based South African Mark Taylor of Fly Fishing Travel (flyfishingtravel.no) managed to look like a missing member of Cypress Hill in this shot from Cosmoledo. repyourwater.com
