Eastern Flyfishing Magazine - Opinions?

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My 1 year free subscription of Eastern Flyfishing is up… and I’m torn about renewing it. Seems like it’s has some pretty relevant articles (I do live in the East)… but a lot of it seems to glorify the rivers a bit much.

What are other people’s opinions on this magazine?

(fwiw, I’m a subscriber to Flyfishing and Tying Journal (which I really like), and Fly Rod and Reel. I signed up for the 5 year deal with FFTJ and got the FRR as a gift (groomsman gift… and I’ll let that subscription lapse). I also subscribe to Rodmaker. Just to give an idea of what I already subscribe to).

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I keep getting the advertisements but have never seen an actual magazine. I love rivers, so it sounds intriguing. As a warmwater devotee I’ve also noticed in their fliers some pictures of my kind of fish, so that is also interesting. Outside of Fly Tyer, the rest are of no interest except for the last two stories in each, Tapley and Geriesch. It’s cheaper to buy their books. JGW

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Hey Hex,

Don’t all the mags glorify the rivers and steams to a degree. I like what I have seen so far and really like to get info on places in our region or within a days drive. Then I can go there and see if what they write is true.

Jerry

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Hextall,

I don’t subscribe to Eastern Flyfishing, but I do to Southwest and Northwest Flyfishing and have since their inception, and I absolutely love those magazines.

Great Articles relevant to where “I” fish, or travel to fish, and specifically about some of the waters I fish.

I don’t know about you, but when I read the other rags that I get that are about places I may never fish, I quickly peruse the article’s and finish the mag,then just throw it on the pile, but when it’s about home waters or area’s close by, or stuff I actually fish or want to fish, I read with a heightened interest.

When we are preparing to go on a trip, all of us try and get as much information as we can so we can be prepared.

Just because a magazine “Pimps” out a stream (Vocelli, I mean no disrespect, I hope I’m interpreting pimp the way you meant it) doesn’t mean that it’s going to ruin your favorite fishin hole.

When you inquire or share about a place on this board or any board on the intranet, how many people do you think read the replies, or permanently placed articles? You can literally find out information on just about any place on earth you want to fish from your computer, it’s truly a small world today!.

If your stream or lake is a featured location in a magazine, it may see some increased pressure for a while, usually it’s more from locals that didn’t know about the place, than from people flying in from all over the country to fish your “Secret” place.

I know when I see that they are featuring a location I fish or have been wanting to go to, I get really excited and can’t wait to read about it. You never know I just might learn something I didn’t know about the place , or that helps me plan for a future trip. It might actually convince me to quit putting off that trip I’ve been saying I’d like to do there.

I read for both knowledge and entertainment purposes, I get both from these two magazines. High quality magazine, appeasing layout, great article’s relevant to “MY” part of the country and some pretty fantastic photography to boot.

What’s our other choice, “Field & Stream” Hahahahaha!!!

Just my .02 worth!!!

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IT reads as passionate about the rivers as the people that they interview talk about the rivers. I think that magazine is a very classy publication!!!

I have also been very impressed lately with the quality of articles in Fish and Fly magazine, excellent photography too.

john ridderbos

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Took the free issue and personally didn’t like it. Seems to be way to much advertising, my money would be better spent on materials.

Fatman

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I am also suscribed to the magazine and I really like it. Good articles and very good picture quality. Overall I like it a lot! I’m alsosuscribed to American Angler, Fly tying Journal, Fly Fisherman, and 3 or 4 more of the kind
Malevo

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Thanks for all you guys’ opinions… Like many, I like fish porn just as much as the next guy.

I’ll take a look at the issues again I have (I think I have some time to re-up my subscription).

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I like the magazine a lot. I wonder how much it would cost if there were no advertising. Remember GSJ in the beginning?

Bob

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Vocelli,

I agree with your comments, and NEVER like to see fisheries Management dump a truck load of fish into a Wild Fish Stream to appease the masses, that’s just “WRONG”, Period!!!

I believe that many anglers get all excited when they hear about a “Hot” new place to fish, they travel there, “Spend Money” (Hint, Hint), catch very few fish if any, and then say the place “sucks”.

We all have favorite fishing waters we’ve come to know only through years and years of fishing them, through thick and thin times. A magazine writes about it and we worry about the abuse it’s going to get.

How many times have you taken someone to a special fishin place and you just wack em and they only catch a few if any.

Most of the time it’s due to you having an intimate relationship with that water. This cannot be garnered through any magazine article nor on-line musings, just years and years of trial and error.

My hope is that Fisheries Management doesn’t do this kind of thing on any kind of large scale, that would definately be detrimental to the right way of doing things and is extremely hazardous fish management with the already threatened Wild Fish populations.

Maybe one day I’ll get to venture and fish the beautiful streams of Pennsylvania that I read and hear so much about. When I do, just maybe we will bump into each other and can start a friendship “The Old Fashion Way”, by shaking hands and introducing ourselves.

Terry

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I think the lack of imagination for cover art is right up there with the way too many number of articles on exotic destinations for most magazines. At least this one presents reachable destinations. My trips out West are far and few between and Argentina, Iceland, Russia etc…Not even if I hit the lotto! I just get sick of way too many articles on these places that I am sure the writer or editor was comped a trip to write it. The only things I read in most of them are: the editorial and the letters to the editor and the back pages by John and Tap The rest of the back page writers aren’t even close to the great stuff Nick Lyons used to write. I do like the occasional fiction piece. I have noticed lately a big increase in the number of mystery FF books and paperbacks. Casting articles in a magazine? … Nobody learns casting from a magazine…
As far as the cover art goes, I am so sick of seeing someone holding a fish, or a fish and the rod is lying along side of it, or the rod is held in the fisherman’s mouth…Tacky! Check some of the covers on the very early Fly Fisherman Magazines… What a difference.!!! GREAT old covers! And worse yet… the writing all over the cover about what is instde. We know what should be inside, we can read the index…Put a beautiful cover on a magazine and watch it fly off the stands. Those of us that subscribe certainly don’t need the writing all over the cover to temp us to buy it. Just my .03 cents…Bob

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I’ll put in a plug for American Angler. It was mentioned briefly in a previous post. I subscribe to several, and enjoy AA the most. No connections or relatives working there. Seems to connect with my tastes both in informative articles, and great patterns with tying directions. MY 2 cents.

Lew

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It’s a ‘kiss and tell’ rag! I cancelled it after the first issue arrived.

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I have subscribed to it for the past year and have generally liked it. I received my final issue yesterday. An article about the Letort upset me somewhat. The author suggested that they should stop managing it as a wild trout fishery and go back to stocking. I think it’s a real sin that we cannot maintain wild trout rivers and I don’t think we should just throw in the towel. I’m not renewing my subscription.

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I usually try to stay out of something like this - . However, here goes.

I found the magazine to be a travelogue for “pay to play” venues during the first several issues. Nothing else in it. All glowing reports. My guess is that the “day tickets” were freebees and the magazine was pay-back for the free ride. The last coupla of issues [or one - can’t remember] did have some public water articles in it.

I won’t re-subscribe. A local book store is carring it on their shelves. I’ll probably continue watching it and see what happens. The first years are all due to re-up now. We’ll see if the mag is changing direction or if they go back to travelogue.

Just my opinings of course.

Donald

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I tried it for a year … I will not get it again .I’m not sure how most people feel and I’m not knocking our western brothers but when I read the tittle, “East” I guess it meant east coast or at least east of the Mississippi ,not east of the west coast or rockies.Guess I was looking for something a little more hometown .Appalachian, Catskills ,Poconos, Adirondacks, Ontario Erie tribs and such.And there was alot of adds … Dissapointment at best .I guess my money will be better spent on a tank of gas to go fishing… or a half a tank anyhow.