Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Minty White for Albies

Minty white albie whores, tied with soft mint bucktail, white hackles and chenille, mint thread, and pale green-pearl Sparkleflash.

Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Saltwater Fly Rods by Vladan Milenkovic

This is a small snippet of rods I built for saltwater flyfishing. Certainly very far from the complete list of my builds, but these are few of the creations I use and enjoy on daily basis. They are all a part of my current fly rod collection. Each rod has so many stories to tell...

Tuesday, January 07, 2025

From the Archives: Squidalicious Nights from 2012

With recent squid crease fly posts in the middle of winter, I just had to resurrect some archival photos (taken by Dave Skok and myself). Back in the summer of 2012, we had fantastic night fishing, using squid imitations. I remember using squid crease flies exclusively. See the original post here.

Friday, January 03, 2025

Sand Shrimp and Winter Tying

Size 2 sand shrimps...waiting for spring! Variations in body and leg coloration. My pelagic box is full, too.

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Flamboyant Crease Cuttle-Squid Flies (2)

Trying some on smaller hooks...This one is on 1/0 long shank stainless iron.

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Flamboyant Crease Cuttle-Squid Flies

Crease flies, proportioned to imitate either squid or cuttlefish. Tied on size 2/0 stainless popper hooks.

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Crease Fly for Christmas

Small rainbow crease fly, size 2... It was a perfect size for bonito this year.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Brand New Build: Saltwater 8wt Graphite Fly Rod

Fresh off the bench...This is a really cool 8wt (more pics here). Can't wait to use it this spring. It will be an excellent stick for bonito and smaller albies, too!


Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Coq de Leon Albie Whore (revisited)

These feathers have translucence and fine speckling, and imitate smaller translucent bait quite well. Here is the chartreuse version (compare to pearly white, here).