American Angler was born in the winter of 1988 as a quarterly magazine called American Angler & Fly Tyer. It struggled through several editors, owners, formats, and name changes until 1992, when the title was purchased by Abenaki Publishers and moved to Bennington, Vermont. By that time, the magazine had assumed its current name of American Angler. Morris Media Network purchased Abenaki Publishers in 2002, and for more than two decades American Angler has been the number-one source of practical fly-fishing instruction. “The Fly Fishing Authority,” as its tagline reads, is widely viewed as the best-written, best-looking publication in its category.