Flats Nation — Flats Fishing, Gear & Coastal Living

That is exactly why I started using simple project planning sheets like these attached not only for repairs/upgrades... But, also when having a new skiff built.

Effective on-water preparation is essential for successful Tarpon fly fishing. Ensure your fly line is thoroughly stretched and correctly stored in your line management device. Set your drag lightly and maintain a well-organized, unobstructed cockpit. Be ready to cast in the "speed cast" position, holding the fly in your non-dominant hand, with the rod in the proper casting position and the fly line secured under your trigger finger.

We’ve made a fresh round of updates to Flats Nation to keep the website cleaner, faster, and easier to enjoy—especially for readers visiting on mobile devices.

Flats Fishing Primer

Perfect time of the year (winter) for scouting new and old water!

if you have spent any amount of time with a wrench in your hands and know that many stock automotive oil, transmission have magnets.

Pre-Lube pumps circulate lube oil throughout the engine before it is started.

In this Flats Nation Sound Bites Volume 14, Steve Pelini, VP of Sales for BMS, is back to educate us on the True Tracker Plate.

Are you looking to help keep your tackle, camera, and other gear bags drier and off the deck inside your hatches?

A nice guide on what and better yet, what (not) to use, for those awesome vinyl-coated covered seats.

If you have rod holders or any other metal tube working on your boat, you may already have the near-perfect place for cup holders

Flats Nation logo stickers are now in the store.

Hell’s Bay Boatworks emphasizes that Amera Trail trailers are engineered to “mirror the exact lines of our hulls,”

Flats Nation Fishing and Scouting Logs: A Guide to Effective Tracking

I cannot think of a more corrosive environment to operate any gear short of an active volcano.

Tracking fuel burn rates and other maintenance work will help you find what is operating best in your engines

This one of the best guides to Flats Fishing education to be found!

The Flats Nation version of the Console Caddy is now in stock and turned out awesome if we say so ourselves!

I have looked over quite a few harnesses and seen both good and (let's just say questionable) Marine Wiring Harness and rigging by some builders.

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 one of his favorite fly patterns The Seaducer.