THE STATE OF THE SPORT


We get a number of fly fishing type magazines and periodicals and I peruse several online publications each month. One of the magazines that come in the mail is Angling Trade? ? the buzz on the fly-fishing biz. The editor, Kirk Deeter, is a well-known editor and author and his name graces the masthead of many fly fishing publications. This magazine is published four times a year and also has an online edition. Since it's a magazine that is slanted toward the business end of fly fishing it's not a magazine that most anglers would find to be of interest since it does not contain "how to" articles directed at anglers but "how to" articles directed at fly shops and other business that are trying to get the angler's dollars.