ROLE + YEAR
UX Writer, Researcher, and Designer | 2023 - Current
About
HatchDaddy is a fly fishing app I’m currently working on for my UX Writing certification with the UX Writing Hub. The project began with a slight obsession with fly fishing and fly tying. Since I’ve been a remote worker for the past three years, I’ve taken full advantage of the possibility of being anywhere I might like to be. And where I’ve liked to be is on rivers, however, since I’m relatively new to the sport, I’ve had to find public river access points and fly hatches on my own if I want to save money, which I do (who doesn’t?). I went about interviewing anglers, sending out surveys, and creating personas to define the usefulness of a “do it yourself” fly fishing app that would allow an angler to find the following:
- Use a map-based interface that shows public access points, weather, and water conditions (gage height and flow rates)
- Select a river, creek, stream (search/filter by state)
- Identify the flies that are hatching by month (i.e. mayfly, caddisfly, stonefly, terrestrial)
- Find local fly fishing shops
- View “recipes” (instructions to tie the fly)
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