Flats Nation — Flats Fishing, Gear & Coastal Living

Probably the most important thing that an angler can do is practice a proper saltwater cast which can be done well before you ever step onto the boat.

We have working on these for a few weeks now with our awesome vendor, and just over the Moon how well they turned out!

Awesome Redfish caught on Captain Mike his new Hell's Bay Professional Skiff.

Fly Boatworks F2 Carbon: An Evolutionary Step in the Flats Skiff Design!

The team over at Hell's Bay Boatworks has shared an interesting short video from one of their Pro Staff Members Chico Fernandez as he discusses another one of his favorite fly patterns The Baitfish Fly.

Check out our updated Tee Shirt and Merch collection!

Keith Lusher, an award-winning outdoor writer, joins us in this latest "Sound Bite."

In this volume of Flats Nation News and Updates Volume 6, we discuss the latest happenings on Flats Nation,

With great sadness, I heard we lost one of Mobile's favorite sons, Jimmy Buffett, at a young age (and looking more youthful to me every day) of 76...

The late great Jose Wejebe gave us terrific tips on how to load the spool and attach the leader to slippery and thin braided lines.

We hope you find these useful as we employ this delivery method to help bring you up to speed with all the latest happenings.

Thanks to our friends over at Shore-Up Trolling Motor Mounts, we had the pleasure to help in their booth at ICAST 2023!

The Echo Micro Practice Fly Rod and for less than the cost of any quality fly line that you would not want to get damaged or chewed up out in the yard/street.

In this episode, Robbie Hunziker of Shore-Up Trolling Motor Mounts is featured.

We want to Welcome Aboard Flats Nation and are excited to have you join us, Dr. Ashley Dentler,

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.

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

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

The inspiration for this fly was to outsmart the smartest and biggest Biscayne Bay Bonefish in my home waters of Miami.

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!