Flats Nation — Flats Fishing, Gear & Coastal Living

It will all taste better (so I have been told, but I am a little biased 😊) when doing such out of your official Flats Nation Flag Mug.

We here on Flats Nation applaud these awesome efforts to help heal one of the once, and soon again, great fisheries here in Florida!

This versatile fly was inspired and tested in the chocolate milk waters of Everglades National Park

Time to add a little spice to your life! I am thrilled to announce that Flats Nation is working with our friends over at Key West Spice to add the taste of "The Keys" to dinner

This Flats Nation Podcast is with Captain Justin Bachert out of Big Pine Key, Florida.

I am Fly Shop Junkie and I visit, and have visited them, from Coast to Coast / North to South when traveling.

Besides, how can you not love a place with the same name as our Skiff?

Better known in the Instagram World as the "The Miami Fly Guy," is just one heck of a Bug Slinger and an even better Fly Tyer!

Next time in the Lower Keys, you need to build into your travel plans some time to stop in and visit Nathaniel and the team over at The Angling Company!

It is that time of year again, and have employed this tactic and it works well with a light jig head, so water entry is soft, combined with a super quiet approach...

Recently though, due to the ravages of Hurricane Ian and while staying nearby, we had the time to stop in and enjoy a date night

Dr. Ross Boucek is the Florida Keys Initiative Manager with BTT (Bonefish and Tarpon Trust) based in Miami, Florida.

as advised, it is not any formal training or classroom type of instruction (more social), but I am pretty sure you will pick up some Tips and Tricks simply by watching and asking questions!

I had the pleasure of stopping in and visiting the new Seven Mile Fly Shop in Marathon, Florida.

Flats Nation was invited for a media-level tour of the Mote Marine International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration in Summerland Key the other day, and it was just awesome!

Our friends at Bajio Sunglasses took "Best of Category — Eyewear" at ICAST 2022

A very informative video from Simon and Hannah Perkins—cousins who are part of the third generation of the Perkins family to run Orvis—traveled the length of the Everglades watershed

Are you in need of new Sunglasses with all the latest technology for Flats Fishing?

Need more battery life for your Nikon Z series camera?

I had the pleasure (again) while working early on a Sunday Morning to chat with my fellow brother-in-arms, Captain Mike Anderson, as we discussed some Conservation Efforts.