End of the Season

This 2020 season was a strange one, just like this year. No bonito in sight yesterday, but the weather was summer-like. Keeping fingers crossed for the 2021!

Soft Tubing Squid

Magnum Silversides Variant

Crease Slider 2

Albacore (COVID Edition 2)

This year is not even close to 2017 albie season, but we are getting some.

Home Fishing

Schoolies on the SW blow!

Crease Slider

Silversides Crease Slider

Albacore (COVID Edition)

Images courtesy of Jason Zimmer.

Bait Balls and Baitfish Flies

Bait balls by the jetty... Getting ready with Crease Flies and EZ Candy baitfish imitations.

Peanut Bunker and Silversides Crease Fly

Peanut

Silversides 

Flies for Tunoids

New Saltwater Fly Rod Builds

Latest salty fly rod builds, just completed. More pics here. #vladanmilenkovicflyrods

Gurgler & Floating Line

Tons of small bait around the house, with schoolie stripers going wild.

Beastmaster

Flashback

Sunrise in Winthrop, time to fish... Photographed on this very day, in 2012.

Jiggy Flies

A double purpose fly...nice baitfish pattern for flats fishing, but also a good small tunoid fly. Tied with tungsten beads, size 4 hooks.

Red Tide Sucks (part 2)

The water had slightly better clarity today, but you had to find a certain depth which held fish, to be able to sight-cast. Good amounts of striped bass in a small area, close to deeper water. They refused standard green crab and shrimp flies, but took a small white Shminnow.

Hard to beat a Roku gin martini after a long sight-casting session!

Red Tide Sucks

Flats fishing and coping with the red tide murk and diminished visibility (lots of clouds, very hot and humid weather.) I had to move a lot today to find the cleanest water, trying to change location each time the clouds would pass. Fish are not keying on one single prey, so you need to change flies frequently. Some fish liked crab, and some dab imitation today. No takers on shrimp!

Blitz Action with 5wt

Insane action this evening, all small fish. I used a 5wt today. Landed around 40 and left...it was still going!

Smaller and Feisty

It's been very windy and murky with recent blows. The fish are still plentiful, even though smaller in size lately. Still good fun on a 6wt.