My name is Wil, and I'm a flats bum. While relatively new to the world of fly fishing, I made my first trip to the flats in December of 2021 when Eeland "Black Steve Irwin" Stribling put out a call on Instagram looking for an additional angler to join his trip to the Belize Fly Fish Camp up at Cayo Frances.
"Sure!" I thought, "Why not go to Belize with a bunch of dudes you don't know?"
Well, that was it, and I've been hooked on the flats ever since. So here we are. Exactly two years later, I've made well over a dozen trips to various "flats," invested in a new camp that's currently being built on Ambergris Caye, and have a part-time job as the Travel Director for Lost Coast Outfitters.
So what then is Strip, Strip, Set! Simply put, Strip, Strip, Set! is where I intend to chronicle my life as a sometimes employed, permit-obsessed, flats bum who also fishes all over NorCal when I can't make it to the tropics. Enjoy!