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I have to agree with the gentelman that
thought HomeWaters had great layout and photography but poor content and thus
have to disagree with Rob.
I found the photography to be excellent which
in turn made the the very little content (which had much to be desired) even
that much more dissapointing.
Ryan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:15
PM
Subject: Re: Flyfishing magazines
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
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