Freestones to FlatsFly fishing essays, gear reviews and places worth the drive — salt water, fresh water, and time outside.https://freestonestoflats.com/en-usNotes From a Blank Dayhttps://freestonestoflats.com/journal/blank-day/https://freestonestoflats.com/journal/blank-day/Nine hours, no fish, and a decent argument for going anyway.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Tide Book Is the Only Guidebookhttps://freestonestoflats.com/travel/the-tide-book/https://freestonestoflats.com/travel/the-tide-book/Four days poling a flat that rearranges itself twice a day, and what the water had to say about patience I hadn't asked for.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn Fishing Alonehttps://freestonestoflats.com/journal/on-fishing-alone/https://freestonestoflats.com/journal/on-fishing-alone/Why the best days are the ones nobody else can confirm.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat Three Seasons Did to a Mid-Priced Reelhttps://freestonestoflats.com/gear/three-seasons-reel/https://freestonestoflats.com/gear/three-seasons-reel/Bought it to find out whether the cheap one holds up in salt. Here's the answer, with pictures of the damage.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Case for the Wrong Flyhttps://freestonestoflats.com/journal/wrong-fly/https://freestonestoflats.com/journal/wrong-fly/Matching the hatch is a rule, and rules are worth testing.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo Hundred Days in One Pair of Bootshttps://freestonestoflats.com/gear/two-hundred-days/https://freestonestoflats.com/gear/two-hundred-days/The felt outlasted the stitching by a full season, which tells you most of what you need to know.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Small Freestone Worth the Two-Mile Walkhttps://freestonestoflats.com/travel/small-freestone/https://freestonestoflats.com/travel/small-freestone/Everything good about it is downstream of the fact that you have to walk.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCamp Coffee, Honestly Rankedhttps://freestonestoflats.com/journal/camp-coffee/https://freestonestoflats.com/journal/camp-coffee/Four methods, one tailgate, and a clear loser.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Dry Bag That Took a Swimhttps://freestonestoflats.com/gear/dry-bag-swim/https://freestonestoflats.com/gear/dry-bag-swim/It went in the water with a camera inside. Both came out working, which more or less settled the question.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMile Marker Pullouthttps://freestonestoflats.com/travel/mile-marker/https://freestonestoflats.com/travel/mile-marker/A quarter mile of river you can see from the road, and almost nobody stops.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Cuthttps://freestonestoflats.com/travel/the-cut/https://freestonestoflats.com/travel/the-cut/Juvenile tarpon in water you could walk across, if walking across it didn't ruin it.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT