I found Homewaters to be well written and interesting. I really enjoyed every article, all the patterns that were provided, and the beautiful photography.
My subscription is in the mail. I also read, with some boredom, Fly Fisherman, and enjoy every copy of NW Fly Fishing, and I love to check out the California Fly Fisher at the magazine store, buying probably every other issue. I also check out at the magazine shop all the other fly fishing publications, but only buy the odd issue. You might say I am a magazine junkie. Rob On Wednesday 19 December 2001 11:00 am, bhtrading spoke: > 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 ----- > From: Jesse Scott > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
