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I got a free copy of the first issue of homewaters
mag & found it to be very pretty with almost no content. the writing
& info was very poor. If you go to BC or like to read about it, my
favorite mag is BC Outdoors sport fishing. Brian Chan is a regular
contributor & even though it's not all flyfishing it has some good stuff
& good info about where to go
http//:www.oppublishing.com Bill
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:41
PM
Subject: Re: Flyfishing magazines
There is a relatively new magazine featuring fly fishing in Western
Canada. Their web site is www.homewatersonline.com .
I haven't seen a copy yet, but I understand it is quite good. At least
it should have a Western orientation.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Kent Lufkin
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:33
PM
Subject: Flyfishing magazines
Seems like I'm noticing more and more flyfishing magazines
these
days. I picked up a couple last night I wasn't familiar
with,
although the names on their masthead read like a who's who of
the
sport.
Now that I've read Fly Fisherman, Fly Fishing &
Tying Journal, Fish &
Fly, and Northwest Fly Fishing, it occurred to
me this might be
another interesting list topic. Since, as usual, I've
got a couple of
opinions, I'll get things started with my 2�
worth.
Seems like most of the current crop of flyfishing magazines
have a
national focus. While there are wonderful opportunities to fish
for
Great Lakes steelhead, midwest bass, Pennsylvania trout,
Atlantic
salmon in Quebec or bones in Florida, the reality is that I will
most
likely never do so. However, it is entirely probably that I
will
continue to explore waters within a 4-6 hour radius of Seattle or
in
Alaska.
I was amazed that Fish & Fly chose to focus on the
Southern
Hemisphere for their current issue, adorning their cover with
a
busty, barely-clad babe fishing for bonefish in the Seychelles.
There
were some nice photos of fish in it too as I recall
;-)
Frank Amato's Flyfishing & Tying Journal seems to me like one
big ad
and catalog for his publishing house. The list of names on
its
masthead reads like an invitation list to an Amato family
reunion.
I've got to say my favorite magazine so far is Steve
Probasco's
Northwesy Fly Fisherman. In additional to locally-relevant
content, I
find the overall design and writing quality to be top-notch
and not
nearly as corporate-looking as its nationally-focused
competitors.
In the current issue, Probasco describes in painfully
vivid detail
how he impaled a streamer in his nose while casting in the
wind. Not
only does he have the ego strength to come clean with his
audience,
he demonstrates bowling-ball sized cojones by including a photo
of
the thing lodged in his schnoz, taken right before his guide
removed
it, discovering in the process that the barb had not been
crimped.
Probasco artfully turned the narrative into an object lesson
on
checking and double checking ones equipment before using it.
It
strikes me that the other mags mentioned above seem a tad too
corporate
to print a story like that. But then that's my 2� worth.
What other
magazines are out there that I've overlooked? Do any print
more
frequently than every other month? Which ones do you subscribe
to and
why?
Kent Lufkin
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