About Us

Our Mission

Fly Rod & Reel provides information, inspiration and entertainment to those who are passionate about the sport of fly-fishing. That mission extends from the magazine to books and online. Flyrodandreel.com offers anglers 24-hour access to online forums, discussions and photos that are unique to Fly Rod & Reel. That same attention lends itself to treasured, bookshelf favorites thanks to the uncompromising eyes of our book editors — editors who put fly-fishing destinations and experiences, skills and dreams in the hands of booklovers each year. Our book titles, magazine offers and back issues are available through our secure, online store.

Contact Us

Joseph Healy, Associate Publisher jhealy@flyrodreel.com

A native of Central New York, Joe grew up fishing on Oneida Lake and area streams, and hunting upland birds and deer. An avid fly fisher and fly tier, he has traveled the country, and internationally, to fly-fishing destinations from Mexico to Ireland, Cape Cod to Alaska. His book Training a Young Pointer: How the Experts Developed My Bird Dog and Me was published in 2005 by Stackpole Books. Healy’s freelance writing has appeared in Ski Press, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Outdoor Life, Salt Water Sportsman, and other magazines; he also wrote a fishing-travel column for the Miami Herald, and contributed to ESPN Outdoors.com.

Thomasina Magoon, Advertising Account Manager tmagoon@flyrodreel.com

Thomasina comes to Fly Rod & Reel from Vermont Magazine, where she was advertising director. She resides in Goshen, Vermont, which you’ll find in Central Vermont in the Green Mountain National Forest. A true nature lover, Thomasina enjoys kayaking, hiking, swimming and, of course, fly fishing.

Mailing address:

Fly Rod & Reel Magazine
PO Box 370,
Camden, ME
04843

Shipping address:

Fly Rod & Reel Magazine
680 Commercial St.
Rockport, ME
04856

Write With Us

Fly Rod & Reel buys only well-written, authoritative articles that capture the excitement of fly-fishing. We want to hear about your bear attack, your 20-mile hike to an alpine lake, the time you almost got arrested poaching bass from the golf course. We leave “kiss-and-tell” and dry, humorless “how-to” stories to the other magazines. If you have a technique or how-to article, ensconce it in a strong narrative framework and send it in.

Length should be around 3,000 words.

Fly-tying articles should be about innovative patterns or techniques that will catch more fish or make tying easier. Excellent fly photographs are particularly important here.

Photo guidelines

We accept slides and digital photos. Digital images should be TIFFs or hi-res JPEGS. If you are sending us a query please include a color contact sheet of your images. We are always looking for new photo talent and shots from interesting perspectives and unusual locations. Bright red shirts are optional. And if you have an idea for a photo essay, please let us know.

Submissions & Rights

All submissions are on speculation, which means we do not make any promises to buy your article, even if you receive positive feedback to your query (e.g. “Yeah, go ahead and write it and we’ll take a look at it when it is finished.”).

  • We pay on acceptance.
  • We buy North American serial rights.
  • The right to publish your article in one issue of Fly Rod & Reel and online.
  • The right to publish your article on flyrodreel.com for the duration of the issue’s stay on the newsstand.
  • We do not consider the exact reproduction of magazine pages/layouts as secondary usage.