Flyfishmap update - Version 2

Hello again flyfishmappers! Well we're a month in now and the site is coming along very nicely indeed. We've had some great markers so far and looking forward to seeing a lot more soon! We've got some exciting developments for the site in the pipeline so please keep coming back and checking what we're up to.

We've just released a new version of the site which will hopefully make things easier for adding markers. We've also released 4 new marker types that I wanted to tell you about. They are :

Warmwater fishery

Indicates locations of non salmonid freshwater species that you can catch on a fly. e.g. Panfish, Smallmouth, Muskies, Carp, Pike etc. If you already have markers that are more applicable to this marker, please change your icon type in My Markers.



Conservation

This marker is for new about conservation or environmental issues affecting certain fly fishing locations. Only to be added by conservation/environmental organisations. Permission is required to use this marker so just email us if you would like to start publishing using this marker.



Events

Highlighting fly fishing fairs, fly tying shows, exhibitions, demonstrations. Also local meetings for specific fly fishing groups and associations.



Articles

This icon is to indicate articles about specific locations. These can either be a full article in the marker or an intro with a link or reference to the full article. These icons are strictly for journalists of websites, blogs and print media. Just email us to get permission to use this icon.

So if you're able to add information under these new types, please do so and if not please forward our site to people who may be interested in doing so.

If you have existing markers on the map, please come back and add new ones and don't forget you can always edit your existing ones. Markers that have a detailed description and a nice picture correctly sized are definitely performing better than markers with small images and short descriptions. It sounds obvious to do this but spending a little extra time when creating your markers will only benefit you in the long run and as I've said to many people, your marker will more likely be found in search engines (ours and web searches) if you write a more complete description.

Finally I just wanted to say a big thank you to our initial members for getting involved. There are some great markers on the map now and its thanks to you. We've got a few nice multimedia markers on the map now too so go take a look at :

Laxa in Kjos, Iceland from the Flyfisher Group

http://www.flyfishmap.com/m/312

and

Urbanflyy

http://www.flyfishmap.com/m/148


Also, I'd just to give a shout out to a couple of great blogs who've given us some welcome coverage.

UrbanFlyy

Casting Out Loud

Up North Maine Fly Castings

Sport Fishing Americas

Fly Fish Addiction

Angling in Iceland


Also thanks to all you guys who've linked back to our site..we really appreciate it. If you've added markers and haven't linked back to us already, we would really appreciate the return gesture. A text link to our homepage is fine and you can also link back to your marker from your contact page.

Here are a few buttons you could use, you can find more in the Banner section of My Markers after you login






Oh and thanks to all our twitter friends for helping to spread the word about us...you know who you are....

Ok I'd better run as I'm seeing a few more markers coming in. Please keep coming back to see our progress and developments and keep those markers coming.

Tight lines

Ed