just ordered a first copy of the new fly culture magazine , looks pretty sweet with high-quality photos and hopefully writing to match,not everyones cuppa at £9 groats per copy ill take a punt on the first issue.
www.flyculturemag.com
About Fly Culture
Published quarterly, Fly Culture is a fly fishing journal of high quality writing and photographs that capture the essence of what fly fishing means to us all.
Are you sitting in the office? Or on the sofa at home watching TV? Do you wish you could be fishing instead? We'll take you with us as we travel to rivers, lakes and streams at home and beyond in search of fish, friendship and adventure.
At Fly Culture we care about our natural resources and the fish we pursue. We will take a strong stance on conservation and ask the questions that, at times, need to be asked.
We don't do reviews, 'how-to', or 'why don't you'. You can get all that on the internet. We don't do 'grip and grins' or hero shots. We don't care about numbers and we don't measure how much fun we had in pounds or inches. We are not 'where, what and when', we are 'why'.
Run by fly anglers who are passionate about their pastime. Fly Culture is a progressive, forward-thinking magazine that is in touch with what is happening in the fly fishing community.
We run Fly Culture as ethically as possible, from the paper and ink that we use to supporting the causes that matter.
For us, it isn't about the money, it is about something far more important – fishing and friendship.
I have an article on my San trip from last year in the second issue. £9 isn't much these days for hopefully, a good magazine with plenty of stories and no advertising!
nice one david, look forward to that..
£9! Ram it!
Not sure what "Ram it" means ..... ! Translation please.
Quote from: Bobfly on August 28, 2018, 11:51:55 PM
Not sure what "Ram it" means ..... ! Translation please.
Vaughan,
Its an old colloquialism which basically means that when someone is not too happy with something that they would prefer that it was entered into a bodily orifice without using some kind of lubrication. And not, I might add, their own orifice.
Billy
Ie "my dear fellow 9pounds seems an inflated cost for an angling quarterly, that is far beyond what I would be willing to pay, kindly place it where the sun seldom shines"
Or £9! Ram it!
Pretty much what I had thought !!
Not that big a price if the quality is good. No advetrs means sales only to pay for everything and that may be difficult to build up. I hope it succeeds. For T n S you do get 12 copies of much the same stuff for your subs :shock:
It's the same guys who did the "not for profit" (which was actually used to promote their guiding business) online monthly - eat sleep fish or whatever it was called. Our own Fish Wild was genuinely not for profit but it's not a sustainable model. It only worked when I was unable to work because of my eye issues and had loads of spare time. Not for profit will never be a long term enterprise once the novelty wears of for the writers and publishers.
Charging makes more sense as long as the quality / price balance is right. I have not bought a fishing mag since 2012 and the was a copy of Trite And Salmond in Manchester Airport whilst on the way to NZ.
I wish them the best of luck, they will need it. Personally I'd be more likely to spend that kind of money on books. Books are forever, mags are destined to become budgie cage liners.
Does anyone know if writers are paid for their articles in this new mag?
I think you are right but I wish them well.
Regards
Paul
Quote from: admin on August 29, 2018, 08:12:25 PM
Does anyone know if writers are paid for their articles in this new mag?
I haven't. Probably because they couldn't afford me :D
No idea if the more 'famous' writers have....
It's disappointing to read that. If they don't pay their writers the mag is doomed in the long term. Writing for free for free publications is one thing but I can't see that model being sustainable.
Have they considered groping about for a bit of crowd funding. Seems to be all the rage at the moment. :lol:
:D :D :D :D
I'm pretty sure Pete is intending to pay contributors as per the 'normal' model. Maybe he needs a few FOC contributions initially to get things off the ground?
Matt
Anyone read this yet?
Mine came in the post today, from what I've read so far it's excellent. The printing quality is also really nice, a bit more like a fancy catalogue than a fishing magazine :lol: for £9 I think it's worth it, there's also a bit on Scottish loch fishing that I'm looking forward to reading.
Sean
Mine arrived on Monday but I haven't had as much as a squint at it yet!