Flyfish, I can understand why you and the rest of the twead wearing fly fishing community would be nervous regarding a magizine that thinks outside of the box and presents things from a different perspective.
If TIF is a stoner mag, could you please pass the bong this way?
The magazine is creative but caters to a cult audience. If the magazine aims to "think outside the box" then why does the first page clearly state "Defining The Fly Fishing Culture"? Isn't that lumping all fly-casters into a general category? Maybe we should all fish in skinny jeans wearing $80.00 designer t-shirts with rope knots and listen to punk-rock each time we go fishing. I wonder how my pops is gonna feel about that. This magazine has the potential to be great if its primary content concentrated on angling. TIF is not a fishing magazine, but instead a blurry collection of obscure art, urban fashion trends, and occasionally a redundant fish story with sparse narratives. I am certainly not defined by the "fly-fishing-culture" in this issue.. This is Fly has yet to define itself.
Big Dookey- Fly fishing is changing whether you like it or not. Maybe your old man should stick to fishing dries on the Henry's Fork. You’d be better off reading Orvis catalog, doesn’t your dog need a new bed. TIF isn’t always about punk rock. Check some of the back issues usually there is a different music theme to each issue. I’d never be caught dead wearing skinny jeans or a designer shirt. The magazine realizes that there are a bunch of fly fisherman that live in the city. The beauty of fly fishing is there ISN’T one way to define the fly fishing culture. Unlike society where we are taught to be like everyone else and to strive to work 9-5 jobs, get a big house, wife, 2 kids, and a couple of SUVs. TIF is doing it’s own thing and presenting a fresh look on a sport that was once defined by old men wearing vests, only fishing dries on bamboo rods. To me there are some many exciting things going on in fly fishing today and I’m stoked for the direction it is heading.
Brent- Passed. Just don’t spill the bong water. That’s a tough smell to get out of carpet.
**OH MAN, IF ONLY THE FISH KNEW HOW TROUBLED THIS SPORT / CULTURE IS HAVING, TRYING TO IDENTIFY ITSELF** -Here's the problem, anyone can catch fish and anyone can type. PASS IT!
Ok Big Dookey apologizes for scaring any customers. The T-shirt is $20.00 and it looks good. As far as this magazine goes, It should change its motto to "Redefining the stereotype of flyfishing"
The experts above pointed out their own attempts and defining/stereotyping a group " tossing dry flies on the Henrys" "buying Orvis products" "tweed-is-here-to-stay" ideas are you're own attempts to generalize and categorize a group of people. You are not wrong, a lot of people that fish do enjoy dry-flies, Orvis products, own dogs, and might wear vest or tweeds. So I assume that dry flies, Orvis products ,fishing vests, and dog ownership is bad?
Is there some sort of class warfare happening here? Tweeds vs. Hipsters? Well I belong in neither camp. Me in pops fish in cut-off jeans and throw pass-poppin bugs from a john boat. We also live in the city and buy products for our pets from mail-order catalogs. I guess we are bad and realize things are changing and become like the cool people here.
Like I said before, this magazine has potential. There are a dozen of fly-fishing e-zines out there and TIF has utilized this platform in a creative and viable way to attract advertisers and to offer some interesting concepts with mixed media. As a reader, I'd like to see it stop straying into a hybrid fishing/fashion magazine and concentrate heavily on the angling experience.
Fly fishing "culture?" whatever the fuck that is. Some of us live to fish, guide, put 200 days in or just warrior on the weekends and think the Orvis fucks and the hipster TIF fucks are both different versions of the same prepackaged bullshit that in no way informs or describes how, where or why we fish.
Chris, Very valid points. I was trying to point out that people fish for various reasons. To make a living, escape reality, etc... I'm not sure why our mini-society of fly fisherman feels the need to stereotype within the friendly confines of the fly fishing community. The most important thing is we all fish and the reason the sport is diversifying is because there are some many different avenues and approaches to the sport. TIF has taken a pretty hipster stance and is maybe more targeted towards the urban angler.
I have yet to find a magazine that encompasses every aspect of why, where, and how I fish. I instead choose to take the bits and pieces that are applicable to me and move on. My original annoyance with the statement is someone stereotyping it as a stoner mag. Maybe if they had called it an Arcade Fire, fixie riding, pbr drinking hipster mag. I could have left it alone. TIF has opened the doors for more e-zings in the future and I look forward to reading other like it with different stances on fly fishing.
Dookey, Sounds like maybe you need to be shopping at Bass Pro.
Gents, might I remind you that we live on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old that spins on its axis at about 1,000 miles per hour. There are 50 billion other planets in our galaxy...and there are countless billions of galaxies in our universe.
In other words, skinny jeans and Orvis dog beds aren't worth arguing over.
I hope every one of you gets out soon and catches the fish of a lifetime. I am leaving in a few days to go stalk bonefish on a remote island...and THAT, my friends, is what matters. Get out and fish. Travel the world with a fly rod. Create some amazing relationships and memories. Nothing else matters.
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:01AM
Reader Comments (16)
This is becoming a stoner fish bum mag.
Flyfish, I can understand why you and the rest of the twead wearing fly fishing community would be nervous regarding a magizine that thinks outside of the box and presents things from a different perspective.
If TIF is a stoner mag, could you please pass the bong this way?
Eeeerrrre!
The magazine is creative but caters to a cult audience. If the magazine aims to "think outside the box" then why does the first page clearly state "Defining The Fly Fishing Culture"? Isn't that lumping all fly-casters into a general category? Maybe we should all fish in skinny jeans wearing $80.00 designer t-shirts with rope knots and listen to punk-rock each time we go fishing. I wonder how my pops is gonna feel about that. This magazine has the potential to be great if its primary content concentrated on angling. TIF is not a fishing magazine, but instead a blurry collection of obscure art, urban fashion trends, and occasionally a redundant fish story with sparse narratives. I am certainly not defined by the "fly-fishing-culture" in this issue.. This is Fly has yet to define itself.
I'll take "This Is Fly" over any of the grocery shelf fly fishing mags any day of the week. "Stoner fish bum mag?" That's a good thing IMHO.
Are you offended by the terms "Sex Dungeon" and "Two Bit Hooker?" Perhaps you should read Golf Digest instead.
Silly J - don't bogart, man. Pass the bong.
Brent
Big Dookey- Fly fishing is changing whether you like it or not. Maybe your old man should stick to fishing dries on the Henry's Fork. You’d be better off reading Orvis catalog, doesn’t your dog need a new bed. TIF isn’t always about punk rock. Check some of the back issues usually there is a different music theme to each issue. I’d never be caught dead wearing skinny jeans or a designer shirt. The magazine realizes that there are a bunch of fly fisherman that live in the city.
The beauty of fly fishing is there ISN’T one way to define the fly fishing culture. Unlike society where we are taught to be like everyone else and to strive to work 9-5 jobs, get a big house, wife, 2 kids, and a couple of SUVs. TIF is doing it’s own thing and presenting a fresh look on a sport that was once defined by old men wearing vests, only fishing dries on bamboo rods.
To me there are some many exciting things going on in fly fishing today and I’m stoked for the direction it is heading.
Brent- Passed. Just don’t spill the bong water. That’s a tough smell to get out of carpet.
Well said Silly J. This blog is full of people who are in search of the perfect dog bed.
Or full of jaded morons.
There's nothing worse than an upset idiot.
I enjoyed the article on tarpon, but the mag seems a bit hipster.....
**OH MAN, IF ONLY THE FISH KNEW HOW TROUBLED THIS SPORT / CULTURE IS HAVING, TRYING TO IDENTIFY ITSELF**
-Here's the problem, anyone can catch fish and anyone can type.
PASS IT!
The rope knot t-shirt is only like $20. available at thisisfly.com.
Big dookey, why do you care what your pop thinks so much? Daddy issues?
Ok Big Dookey apologizes for scaring any customers. The T-shirt is $20.00 and it looks good.
As far as this magazine goes, It should change its motto to "Redefining the stereotype of flyfishing"
The experts above pointed out their own attempts and defining/stereotyping a group
" tossing dry flies on the Henrys" "buying Orvis products" "tweed-is-here-to-stay" ideas are you're own attempts to generalize and categorize a group of people. You are not wrong, a lot of people that fish do enjoy dry-flies, Orvis products, own dogs, and might wear vest or tweeds. So I assume that dry flies, Orvis products ,fishing vests, and dog ownership is bad?
Is there some sort of class warfare happening here? Tweeds vs. Hipsters? Well I belong in neither camp. Me in pops fish in cut-off jeans and throw pass-poppin bugs from a john boat. We also live in the city and buy products for our pets from mail-order catalogs. I guess we are bad and realize things are changing and become like the cool people here.
Like I said before, this magazine has potential. There are a dozen of fly-fishing e-zines out there and TIF has utilized this platform in a creative and viable way to attract advertisers and to offer some interesting concepts with mixed media. As a reader, I'd like to see it stop straying into a hybrid fishing/fashion magazine and concentrate heavily on the angling experience.
Good luck to the TIF in the next issue.
Fly fishing "culture?" whatever the fuck that is. Some of us live to fish, guide, put 200 days in or just warrior on the weekends and think the Orvis fucks and the hipster TIF fucks are both different versions of the same prepackaged bullshit that in no way informs or describes how, where or why we fish.
I dig it.
Chris,
Very valid points. I was trying to point out that people fish for various reasons. To make a living, escape reality, etc... I'm not sure why our mini-society of fly fisherman feels the need to stereotype within the friendly confines of the fly fishing community. The most important thing is we all fish and the reason the sport is diversifying is because there are some many different avenues and approaches to the sport. TIF has taken a pretty hipster stance and is maybe more targeted towards the urban angler.
I have yet to find a magazine that encompasses every aspect of why, where, and how I fish. I instead choose to take the bits and pieces that are applicable to me and move on.
My original annoyance with the statement is someone stereotyping it as a stoner mag. Maybe if they had called it an Arcade Fire, fixie riding, pbr drinking hipster mag. I could have left it alone.
TIF has opened the doors for more e-zings in the future and I look forward to reading other like it with different stances on fly fishing.
Dookey,
Sounds like maybe you need to be shopping at Bass Pro.
Gents, might I remind you that we live on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old that spins on its axis at about 1,000 miles per hour. There are 50 billion other planets in our galaxy...and there are countless billions of galaxies in our universe.
In other words, skinny jeans and Orvis dog beds aren't worth arguing over.
I hope every one of you gets out soon and catches the fish of a lifetime. I am leaving in a few days to go stalk bonefish on a remote island...and THAT, my friends, is what matters. Get out and fish. Travel the world with a fly rod. Create some amazing relationships and memories. Nothing else matters.
Peace out, my brothers.
I want to catch a sabre tooth salmon and ride a megalodon like a horse.