Canter Bridge

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.