All the ponds and lakes are still kinda messed up so all I can do is prepare for some better days.

Finally some FFF casting instructors in Serbia! Oliver Kuzmanovic, Djordje Andjelkovic and Igor Stankovic passed the exam last weekend and became certified casting instructors of Federation of Fly Fishers.

I wish you all the best with your new titles my friends! And I honestly hope you wont become too conceited CI’s. We need some good people to learn from.

I came to this idea by inverting the popper foam. It’s made with weed guards so it will be perfect for ponds in spring. I used craft fur only for this one and even though it’s 18cm. long I hope there wont be any problem delivering the fly.

I just got this tool from Fairy River fly fishing tackle manufacture for testing. I barely tie any flies beside streamers so I am not going to use this one for dubbing but hair and all kind of furs. The hooks rotate on ball bearings for smooth, fast and precise operation. The best thing about this tools is that you don’t need to use both hands.

I’ve never tried this color on my flies before and I guess it’s worth experimenting. Just got my Wapsi craft fur and I guess you’ll see alot of these in my fly box. I find craft fur one of the best materials I’ve ever tried. It’s so light synthetic and it’s so easy to cast such a flies. It’s giving you a benefit of fly fishing for pike with light rods and it’s quite an experience.

Weed is one of the easiest places to locate pike in the summer. But it’s not that easy to fish with just any regular streamer in weed. There are numerous ways to protect your hook from weed. You can even buy weedless hooks on market but I prefer to use my own weed guards. Here are a few simple ways to protect your hook using hard mono.

It was a great day yesterday but it seems it’s still early for big pike to wake up. Waters are still muddy and water level is still effected by melting snow and rain. All I can do is prepare for better days and tie some bigger flies.

I blame Sebastian, Zvezdan and the crew from musicarenje forums for this one. I caught myself looking for synthetic materials around the house and trying to comb them.

In spring time pike is a bit more aggressive and it’s quite an experience to fish it on surface streamers. This pike popper is made on #2 hook and it’s a bit different than those bass poppers you see around.

The tournament has officially been moved to new location due to weather conditions. New locations is Eumer fishing center, Merikarvia.