FlyLife is a high quality, quarterly publication featuring the best fly fishing to be found in fresh and salt water across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is an opportunity to write for a dedicated and sophisticated fly fishing audience. Both photographic and written contributions must be of the highest calibre, and every effort is made to seek out new talent and fresh ideas. Articles with broad readership appeal will be favoured over parochial ones.
Feature Articles
(No more than 2,200 words) These will cover 3-5 pages, allowing 1500-2000 words, with a good selection of colour photos. Articles must be readable and well-written, make a significant contribution to the fly fishing literature, and must be informative in relation to technique, general locality, conditions, fly patterns etc. As well as being entertained, readers should be able to learn from the advice given.
A minimum selection of 25 shots should be submitted for a feature article, each accompanied by a lively and descriptive caption. Photographs of relevant fly patterns should accompany articles whenever appropriate—otherwise submit samples of flies and we will arrange the macro-photography with our in-house photographer.
Photographic essays with minimal text will also be considered if the photographic selection is sufficiently diverse and outstanding.
Short Casts
(no more than 800 words) To encourage a wide diversity of material, shorter articles of 400-800 words will also be considered—these should not be accompanied by photographs. This is an opportunity to experiment, to take a more light-hearted approach, or to record incidental thoughts and observations which may not warrant a full-length article. Anything goes—humorous anecdotes, success, disaster, memorable fish, a new fly, a trophy, a character tribute, a destination, a helpful hint, fly tying, entomology, whatever. Published Short Casts authors receive a $100 FlyLife voucher. These are voluntary submissions and monetary payment is not offered for Short Casts.
Angler Profiles
Interviews and profiles featuring significant fly fishing identities are also on the agenda. These may fit either of the above formats.
FlyLife Product Reviews
Informative and comprehensive reviews on tackle, products and services will also be considered. These should be 200-500 words and based on a personal familiarity with the product (not just the blurb off the back of a packet). Product photos should be included where possible.
Editing
The editor reserves the right to make minor changes to correct spelling and grammar and to accommodate adopted style conventions and page formatting. Text may also be altered to avoid repetition, to rearrange the content or to clarify ambiguities. Major changes in context will be referred back to authors for approval.
Advertisers have been advised that every effort will be made to ensure that editorial content is free of blatant product or service promotion. Specific product naming in the text will only be permitted when absolutely justified in the particular context.
Text
Text should be provided in a Word or Notes text document, with simple formatting and no image insertion.
Photographs
Digital images should be high quality, high-resolution images.
Images should be previously unpublished and technically precise, as well as being relevant and informative—no dead.
Unprocessed images are preferred with no grading. Keep original filenames (e.g _MG_1234.CR2).
See for more important detail about photographic submissions and requirements.
You must have express permission to use images from 3rd parties.
Captions
A separate captions text document is always valuable to provide context to the shot selection and provide starting points for captions if we proceed to layout with the submission.
Photo credits should also be included.
Time Frame
As far as possible, feature articles will be published in the appropriate season—Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter—so bear this in mind when submitting material. Deadlines for contributions are as follows:
Summer Edition
(On sale first week in December) Deadline end of October
Autumn Edition
(On sale first week in March) Deadline end of January
Winter Edition
(On sale first week in June) Deadline end of April
Spring Edition
(On sale first week in September) Deadline end of July
Payment
Expect payment for feature articles within one month of publication.
We reserve the right to display articles on the official FlyLife website and related online formats and use all materials for promotion.
Submitting Material
Please ensure you have a complete image set before submission—we do not accept text only submissions for feature articles.
Dropbox, WeTransfer or similar repositories are the simplest and fastest way for digital material.
Text can be emailed as an attachment
Contact Editor:
If you have any questions or want to discuss the article that you have in mind, drop me an email through our Contact page