The Simms® Freestone® Chest Pack keeps your go-to items at your fingertips so you get the most out of your time on the water. Its tough 330-denier 100% nylon ripstop construction with a polyurethane (PU) coating on the back and a durable water-repellent (DWR) finish on the face fends off moisture, allowing you to focus on your rigging and fly presentation. With a multi-functional harness that allows it to be worn on your chest or tacked on to a larger pack, this fishing pack is a versatile tool for any angler. A zip-close pocket on the back panel lets you quickly stash essentials, while a large hook-and-loop patch on the front face lets you dry your favorite flies and keeps them ready to go. The Simms Freestone Chest Pack includes a tippet caddy, floatant holster, and internal keyclip.

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The T-130 is an absolute monster fly reel that can do it all. If you throw big 9-10 weight spey and need a strong reel with big-spey line capacity, or if you just like to find the blue water fish on a 13-14 weight, this is the reel for you. This is one of only two reels that 3-TAND makes with six compressed Nano CF Drag™ washers capable of delivering 25+ pounds of tough, buttery, smooth drag.

With the closest to zero startup you can get in a fly reel, the T-130 is the perfect machine for chasing sharks, tarpon, tuna, billfish, GT’s, or anything north of 100-pounds.

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Carbon Marine designed the LineLair II to be the go-to fly line management mat for your boat deck, keeping your fly line right where it's supposed to be. Made of an extremely durable industrial rubber, the LineLair II does not degrade in UV light and is long-lasting. The LineLair II weighs 2.5 pounds, floats if it falls overboard, and is 21 inches in diameter.

The LineLair II ships with 21 supplemental spikes (3.875in tall) to allow each angler to customize the LineLair II to their preference. 

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This new book by author Bill Akin includes personal stories from rum-running in the 1920s, and the "Golden Age of Sporfishing" from the early 1950s through the 1970's when swordfish, giant bluefin tuna, and white marlin were plentiful in the northeast.  A third section of the book addresses how overfishing with longlines, driftnets, and foreign factory trawlers resulted in severe declines in pelagic game fish stocks, and how regulations put in place since 1980 have impacted both the fisheries and the lives of modern fishermen. The book is told as an oral history in the words of eight Montauk charter boat captains who fished Montauk as well as the east coast from Bimini to Cape Cod. The author first met these captains as a young boy fishing with his father in the early 1950s and developed friendships with each of them as he grew older and made Montauk his hometown.

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