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34. COULD HAVES DON’T COUNT

Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. Jazz Kuschke grapples with questions of mortality and priorities. If you take anything from this issue, make it this: Take every opportunity you get to go fishing with good people – because you never know which cast will be your last.

38. THE EPIPHANY

Seeking something – a change, distraction, connection, relief –some might say Nick Ferreira came to fly fishing late. But, as he describes the impact fly fishing has made on his life through the filter of a Lesotho trout trip, you could argue it found him at just the right time.

48. TOPWATER TIGER KINGS

Party in the front, party at the back. Guide and fly-tyer Richard Wale explains how two saltwater semi-surface patterns unlocked the topwater bite at Pongola and unleashed his moustache and mullet upon the world.

62. THE CHRONICLES OF LOSS – STURM UND DRANG

We asked several very accomplished anglers about the lost fish that keep them up at night. Amid tears, rage, sorrow and vendettas (against inanimate objects and pizza grease), they bared the dark side of their souls.

76. THE RAY RIDERS OF TAURANGA

“In Tauranga, the kingies behave very differently.” Marine biologist and guide Gian Booysen explains the science and the tactics behind a unique fishery in New Zealand where the kingfish (yellowtail) think they are giant trevally.

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