Guide Post

Fan boats. Alligators. Mangroves. Flamingos. And skunk ape. A uniquely wild place, the 1.5 million acres of the Everglades and its labyrinthine waters offer up a massive range of fishing opportunities—especially for inshore species that thrive around mangrove-lined shorelines and grass flats.

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Perrin James is an underwater filmmaker and friend of Free Fly, based on the Big Island of Hawaii. From the art of spearfishing to chasing down once-in-a-lifetime hurricane swells, Perrin specializes in freediving cinema and telling stories that inspire action. We caught up with him after a 3-week trip to Raja Ampat—a remote Indonesian archipelago, made up of hundreds of islands with vivid blue waters and untouched reefs teeming with marine life.

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Wily. Elusive. And big. The silvery shadows hiding just beneath the surface on the shallow flats of Oahu belong to what the locals call ‘ō‘io—giant Hawaiian bonefish. These grey ghosts offer more fight per inch than any other fish in the world.

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From day one, we’ve crafted our women’s lineup with intention—designed for women, by women. We work with professional anglers and guides, like Sage Johnson, to inform and refine every detail. We focus on comfortable fabrics that perform on the water, and pair them with silhouettes and considered designs that underscore your style (rather than smother it). It’s all built to keep you out there longer, doing what you love—in styles that both look good and feel good.

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Welcome to Nootka. The wild west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada—a sprawling mess of inlets, rainforests, and world-class surf....

The agenda: checking out oyster farms, clamming, fishing the flats for striper, and gathering ingredients for an all-time beach cookout. Not a bad to-do list....

As a filmmaker, photographer, and waterwoman, Free Fly Ambassador Nicole Gormley has racked up a pretty wild resume. Here, she reports back on a recent dive trip to the Channel Islands with good friends.
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James Barkman is a friend of Free Fly, adventure photographer, and certified dirtbagger. His assignments have taken him to Iceland, Oregon, the Arctic Circle, Afghanistan, and most recently, on a trip through the Gulf of California with fellow surfers and vagabonds in search of peak summer and empty, offshore waves....