Reviewing the First Issue of The Fly Fish Journal

If there are two things in my life I enjoy, it's writing and fly fishing - which is why I can appreciate The Flyfish Journal.

If you're an avid fly fisherman, who still uses that old school rod and reel your old man gave you, and still appreciate the ink on your fingers after reading the Sunday newspaper (after a long morning on the water, of course), you'll enjoy The Flyfish Journal, too.

In an era when newspapers are going belly up, and outdoors magazines are cutting back and moving their "dead-tree medium" to the Web, The Flyfish Journal is a breath of fresh air.

The Journal, which published its first issue this fall, is as fine a fly fishing publication as I've seen.

The photos are top notch. It's a great read. And the passion that goes into the journal is unparalleled.

I think Jeff Galbraith put in best in the Publisher's Notes of the first issue when he wrote: "And now this, The Flyfish Journal, at a time when the world at large would tell us we are crazy to attempt such a thing. But flyfishing, and its culture of freaks and fanatics has always provided us an island of nonsensical joy in a wolrd of over-efficiency. Nothing about it makes sense, which is perfect. And a collectible journal is the ideal way to capture this glorious nonsense."

Well said, Jeff.

Congratulations on your first issue ... and welcome to my coffee table.

Read About.com's extended review of The Fly Fish Journal.