Baitfish Variety

Baitfish comparison...  Hooks sizes 2/0 and 3/0, narrow vs wider profiles.

Sardinella aurita

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

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.

Eco-Masterplan for Balkan Rivers

Preventing biodiversity loss in the heart of Europe: Eco-Masterplan for Balkan Rivers 

Colored Tubing Baitfish

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

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.

Crease Flies

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

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.

Magnum Silversides and Fish Headz

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.

Circle vs J-Hooks

Still Going

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

 

Picky

 

Magical Time

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

Saltwater Fly Rod Handles

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

Lucky Week

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

Guitarfest Memories

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

 

Variety

Green Fish on the Green Glass Rod

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

Seaweed Fiberglass Fly Rod

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