American Angler

American Angler: Magazine for the Fishing Enthusiasts

A lot of Americans are very much fascinated with fish flying. This is practically the reason why American Angler was published. American angler is a famous magazine that primarily dedicated for those that are passionate about fish flying, most especially for the cold-water fisheries. This magazine is published about six times in every year. The American Angler magazine is billed as that "how to, where to" publication that focuses more on the technical aspects of fly-fishing, plus giving some new information about the latest of fly-fishing locations. The publication is owned by the Morris Communications group, the same firm the owns other publications like the Gray's Sporting journal, the Fly Tyer, and the Saltwater Fly Fishing. At present, the American Angler is the third largest magazine that deals with fly-fishing, following the publication of Fly Fisherman and the Fly Rod and Reel. The said publication is considered the only magazine that use "perfect bindings" instead of the traditional stapled pages.

Regular features of the American Angler magazine include "The Rant", a column that is reader-contributed and is primarily intended for the readers' opinions that deal about fly-fishing and the likes. Past subjects are also included, as well as some other conservation issues, all of which are coming from the magazine's readers. The column that is called the "Natural Reflections", a column that is all about insect photography that is edited by Ted Fauceglia. This column mostly features varied photos of fly-fishing related insects. Other minor columns are the "For your Information" column, the column about some news and some information about fly-fishing; the "Expeditions" column, featuring articles that highlight fly-fishing related trips as well as other exotic locations; the "Casting" column that features Macauley Lord and discussed some helpful improvements and techniques with regards to the art of fly fishing and fly casting. This column actually is intended for the more advanced and intermediate readers. On the other hand, the "quick fly" column describes some methods of tying varied fly in every issue, and it normally published with its sister-publication called the Fly Tyer that is edited by its very author Dave Klausmeyer. Finally, the "Gear I love" column is a reader-penned column that highlights a certain writers' favorite gear for flyfishing.

American Angler magazine is greatly a helpful publication not only for the amateurs and the beginners, but also the professionals as well. You can go over the Internet if you wish to subscribe their publication. Since they only publish six copies in a year, the price of the American Angler magazine is not really that expensive.