You might have an answer for this. The intro photo for the snook story in the latest American Angler is obviously flipped/mirrored. I understand wanting your photo content directed towards the fold, but why not print the picture as taken and print the copy on the left page? And, if it is to done to lead readers
“into” the article why not do some doctoring in PS or simply pull another picture. AA isn’t alone in doing this, but that picture was pretty obvious.