It’s a bonanza right now for lovers of online fly-fishing magazines, with new issues of three great online publications. As someone who has edited a fly-fishing magazine, I can tell you that it takes a lot of work to put something like this together, and the quality of online offerings continues to improve. Check them out.
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The latest issue of Catch Magazine features excellent photo essays on such diverse subjects as sea-run cutthroats of Puget Sound, big muskies in the Midwest, lake trout in Canada’s Northwest Territories, and bonefish on a live-aboard yacht in the Bahamas. As usual, Todd Moen has produced some exceptional video of a young Chilean boy working to become a fly fisher.
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In the new
Patagonia Journal (about the Chilean region of Patagonia, not the sporting clothier), there’s a fine article about fishing a very remote stream in a section below a canyon called “The Gates of Hell.” Other features profile wildlife artist Diane Michelin and the amazing asado–the traditional Patagonian method for cooking meat over an open fire.
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Finally, the new issue of
Blood Knot is called “The Throwback Issue” and features a remarkable array of articles on the history of fly fishing. This is one of the more info- and entertainment-heavy online magazines ever: interviews with John Gierach and Lori-Ann Murphy, a timeline of the long history of the Orvis Company, a look at fly-fishing in Cuba yesterday and today, and a whole lot more. Women, in particular should be interested in this issue because there are several articles about the rise of female anglers.