River report tool
Fly shops write their river report on a whiteboard every week. Photograph it. Fly AI turns the photo into a dated, written river report for each river on the board, and describes the photo in words.
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How it works
- Photograph the board. A whiteboard, a printed sheet, or a screenshot of the shop's email or post.
- Fly AI transcribes it. For each river on the board: the date, flow, clarity, water temperature, hatches, the flies with sizes, and where and how to fish. It also writes a one-line description of the photo.
- The shop checks the text. Nothing goes live until the shop publishes. Fix a number, delete a line or leave a river out.
- It is published as text. On the shop's page, on each river's page, and in the Fly Picker's results for the river, with the date and the shop's name.
What gets published
The written report and the photo's description go on the page as plain text, so search engines and AI tools can read them. The photo is shown with its description as alt text. Phone numbers and email addresses are left out of the draft, and the shop can remove anything else before publishing. We don't scrape Instagram or other sites.
Rivers it covers
- Androscoggin River (ME)
- Caney Fork (TN)
- Elk River (TN)
- Hiwassee River (TN)
- Magalloway River (ME)
- South Holston River (TN)
- Tellico River (TN)
- Watauga River (TN)
Questions
What does a fly shop have to do?
Photograph the weekly whiteboard and upload the photo. That is the whole job. Fly AI turns the photo into text; the shop reads it over and publishes.
Why turn the photo into words?
An image alone can't be read. Search engines and AI tools see a picture, not what is written on the board. The tool writes out what the board says and describes the photo in a line, so the report can be found, quoted and linked.
Can it read handwriting?
It reads handwriting and print, and a clear, straight-on photo helps. It can still misread a number, which is why the shop checks every report before it goes live and can fix anything.
What if the board covers several rivers?
One photo can make a report for each river on it, up to six. Each report holds only what the board says about that river.
Which rivers does it cover?
The 8 rivers that Fly AI has pages for: Androscoggin River, Caney Fork, Elk River, Hiwassee River, Magalloway River, South Holston River, Tellico River, Watauga River. Other waters on a board aren't turned into reports yet.
Does it make anything up?
It is told to copy numbers, names and sizes as written, to leave a field blank when the board doesn't say, and never to add a fly, hatch, flow or date. Words written on the board are treated as the report, not as instructions to the tool.
Who can post for a shop?
Shops are added by invitation today. The owner signs in with the Google address on the invite and can invite staff.
How long does a report stay current?
A report is shown as current for 10 days, then moves to the shop's archive with its date.