Flyfish Magazine

[flyfishingdoc]

I am looking to subscribe to a fly fishing magazine for leisure reading. What would anyone recommend?

[trailhead]

I like Fly Fusion Magazine, they are a site sponsor and feature local waters, guides and personalities. A bit of a left coast bent at times but still a good read and of high publishing standards.

[Current]

Flyfishing and Tying Journal is a pretty classy read.

[seanbritt]

Its hard not to recommend the Drake. Great articles and good sense of humor. Also, Flyfish Journal is nice if you like photography.

[darrinhurst]

X2 on Fly Fusion.

[Toirtis]

X2 on Fly Fusion.

 

x3 ...I like "Hatches", too.

[Jayhad]

The Drake.... but it's not for everyone... If you get a copy be sure to sign up to the forum

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

(not trying to hate) I personal will not buy a fly fusion!! the articles are not well writen and its a photo porn spread thats it! Lots of times they will have a title on the cover and not have it in the mag. Dont much care if they are sponcers but i feal that the "birds" mag has a TON of improvement to do before i buy into it.

 

 

Fly tyer, hatches, drake, field and stream are much better for info/tips/destinations and all around layout.

[jasonvilly]

Couple of online magazines I like. More picture orientated but there are a few articles. No how to articles.

 

Catch magazine

This is fly

 

I have the last couple fly fusion mags if you would like them to see if they are your cup of tea. PM me to set up a handover if you want them.

[tgo]

Not a fan of Fly Fusion, no substance IMHO

 

For pure reading enjoyment: the Drake

 

For techniques and fly tying: Fly Fishing and Tying Journal

[Jayhad]

I will say this Fly Fusion has stepped up the content considerably in the last few issues, I feel their photos are the best in a fishing rag and even rival NatGeo.

 

I can only imagine how hard it is to run a sucessful fishing magazine, print media and the advertising behind it has tanked since the dawn of DSLRs. But this new mag that is starting to really pick up steam here and internationally was started by a Canadian family operating in our backyard.

 

The family that runs the mag does so much more than most people see for our sport.

[Harps]

Get a TU membership- you then get the Fly Fusion mag.

 

If you want "how to's" go to the typical drugstore FF mags (Flyfisherman, Fly Fishing and Tying Journal). American Angler is also picking up its game and has good content.

 

All of the above get old- stale content that is recycled in different forms every few years.

I still buy them when I see an article that I'm interested in, but I don't have a subscription anymore.

I have never missed an issue of Fly Fusion, but to be honest, I rarely read the whole thing as I don't find them relevant to local fishing nor cutting edge, nor creative enough. They do have good pictures though!

 

 

If you want great writing and photos that are fresh, get the Drake and FlyFish Journal.

These are the only two that I pay for a subscription for, but don't expect too much for techniques- and you get twitchy wishing you could go fishing every time you open one. Grays and Field & Stream also have good FF articles, but not enough to pay for a subscription.

[johnnyboy12]

anyone know where to get American Angler in town?

 

My favorites are Total Flyfisher and "Flyfishing and Flytying" both are from Europe and can be found in smoke shops. I like them because you don't have to "flip to page 77" to finish an article, you just turn the page.

 

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

Billy's news down town has Amer.Ang. They are downtown on 7th

[dekkard2019]

If you don't mind paying the extra cash, the Flyfish Journal has very well written stories and the photos are good. My favourite mag by far.

[kentan]

Fly Fishing And Tying juournal & Fly Tyer

[jksnijders]

I will say this Fly Fusion has stepped up the content considerably in the last few issues, I feel their photos are the best in a fishing rag and even rival NatGeo.

 

 

 

Pretty bold statement.

[bbhill]

I personally enjoy Catch magazine. Cool online media that I can enjoy the online media entertainment but not a ton on technique and such.