Saturday, December 22, 2018

Sardinella aurita

Round sardinella (Sardinella aurita), another important Med baitfish for small tunas...

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Sardina pilchardus

Tying few more for Med... European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus), tied somewhat more elongated than the naturals. Small tuna attractor, 6" on 3/0 hook. Versions on the second photo are slightly smaller.

Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Sunday, December 02, 2018

Colored Tubing Baitfish

Few craft fur candies tied with Hends colored tubing, L to R: pale yellow, olive, pink, sand.

Monday, November 19, 2018

Suspended Squid and Heart-Foam Slider

Inspired by my old heart-foam squids...just smaller. Crease slider below is tied on 3/0 Varivas hook.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Crease Flies

Olive and pink crease flies... Tied with thicker foam on 3/0 Gamakatsu SP11 perfect bend hooks.

Saturday, November 03, 2018

More Magnum Candy

Magnum silversides, and also good imitation of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus.) These imitate full grown specimens, tied on size 2/0 hooks.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Glass Core

 Albacore on graphite and glass. Jason Zimmer displays a nice albie before the release. He also took the only quality photo of your's truly in this post. Check out Jason's work on Instagram.



Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Still Going

From past few days... Top photo courtesy of Jason Zimmer.
 

Monday, October 01, 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Magical Time

Albacore, bonito, stripers, bluefish... You never know and every day is different.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Saltwater Fly Rod Handles

Completed the entire series...7wt thru 10wt (L to R). More details on these builds in rodcatalog.blogspot.com. #vladanmilenkovicflyrods

Monday, September 10, 2018

Lucky Week

Two fly rod shore bonito last week... lucky indeed!

Friday, August 31, 2018

Guitarfest Memories

Few pics from this summer Boston Guitarfest @ Jordan Hall (New England Conservatory.)

 

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Green Fish on the Green Glass Rod

Elusive bonito alongside green Conquistador glass rod...it is that time again!

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Seaweed Fiberglass Fly Rod

Just finished, CTS Quartz fiberglass fly rod in "seaweed" olive... More pics here. #vladanmilenkovicflyrods