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Fly Fisherman

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If you want to read about Oprah's first cast, Jimmy Carter's secrets or Obama's first fish, this is the magazine for you. If you are looking for more then 5 pages of fly fishing substance, look elsewhere. I've subscribed to this magazine the past two years as well as a few others. This is consistently the poorest of the group. Short columns and poor articles make this a disappointing magazine.

One of the endearing features of the monthly magazine FLY FISHERMAN is its tag line: 'the leading magazine of the quiet sport'.

'Not a bad moniker for the anthology of fisherman's travelogue, skills-and-techniques instruction, environmental issues, and fly fishing news (yes, there *is* such a thing) that is packed into this publication. This reviewer recently took his first steps towards fulfilling the life long dream of learning to fly fish by exploring Montana's Big Horn river with fisherman-philosopher Bob Krumm. I hooked some gorgeous trout but I'm the one who got truly hooked.

I'm already the new owner of my first fly rod and reel. There's no turning back now. FLY FISHERMAN will go with me.

The beauty of this magazine and the 'quiet' sportsmen and women whose lives it nourishes is the breadth of their appreciation for the fishing experience. It's not only about the fish. If you are one of the fortunates who knows what a midge is, you probably didn't know how *much* there is to know--and report--about midges. The same can be said for access rights to rivers, water quality, human efforts to improve streams, and the art-and-science that go into catching--and usually releasing--intelligent trout.

It's a very cool magazine and, for the price, quite a catch.

This really is the Cosmo of Fly fishing magazines. There is little content that will actually help you out on the water, and the articles are fairly boring and uninteresting. When the "Gear For The New Year" article contains just three pieces of gear that are super expensive, I knew this was a yuppie publication. When the issue comes in, I spend a few minutes reviewing it, hoping that it will be better, then it usually ends up in the magazine bin with all of the other fodder. I paid 20.00 for the subscription, and I will not renew when it expires.

Very nice magazine, if you have some cash, go on and subscribe to this one. It will easy the cabin fever off season