Wild brown trout

Beautiful day on the river

Spring carp fly fishing

photos: Miroslav Vodopija 

Spring is the right time to catch carp on the fly. 

This weekend Miro visited some lakes near the city and caught some wonderful carp on the fly rod.

 In this period carp are easy to be located and are often found near the coast in the range of our fly fishing gears. 

Carp can be successfully fished with the imitation of various larvae, leeches, corn, bread or boilas ...

Thanks Miro on these beautiful photos, and I'm sure I'll join you at the first opportunity, 

because this  is a top adrenaline experience that should be repeated each year during the hottest spring days. 

After a long winter, spring has arrived

Well, after a long winter, spring is here. This was our first bass fishing this year, with a few fish. Since Miro has lost a few good ones, this was the fish of the day... not bad for the beginning of the season. The most of bass are still in the branches, so this one took silicone lure Hulla Grub by Yamamoto. Also we had some attacks to walk the dog surface lures and cranks.

Fishing with confidence

Over the last few years, with more or less success, me and my friends are trying to fish bluefish and sea bass, especially in the winter or early spring period. Bluefish are sometimes elusive and very cautious, often will follow offered lure in the flock, but will not bite it. Sometimes they rise to the surface, then you can successfully fish on a variety of top water models or with streamers and fly rod. But they are more often at the bottom of the sea, and then you need to offer a cheery, sinking lure that will provoke a bite. Duo Tide Minnow 75 Sprint is the lure with whom I have by far the most success in fishing and just contributed to a feeling of self-confidence, that has often been compromised with this "hard to catch on lure" fish. Now, if I know where the flock of smaller sizes bluefish is, my first choice will be Tide Minnow 75 Sprint. Second choice, is somewhat thinner, and thus rapid sinking lure Duo Spearhead Ryuki 80s. Both will promptly react on twitching and jerking rod actions. Allow them to sink to the bottom, and then start to work with the rod. Work in all layers of water, with pauses and sharp strokes with the rod, giving unpredictable action with speed changing and breaks, that will fool the bluefish. Be careful, if the fish size are bigger, they could go with your lure. In this case only steel wire can save it from sharp teeth. Both lures are great for sea bass too, but sometimes you need to reduce intensity of jerking with rod, and be a gentler than with bluefish. Note that both models are widely used in river fishing, about which more will be said later.

DUO Contest #12 - YouTube

Well, we all like to watch good fishing video clips. So, why not to check DUO Lures YouTube channel, with a few series running like “DUO`s Lures in Motion” or “Fishing with DUO”. You can be sure there will be a plenty of new material added in the future too. Now you can even win some lures on this contest. So what is the point of this contest? It`s very simple. All you need to do is subscribe to DUO Lures YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/DUOJPN and send a confirmation mail to duocontest@gmail.com.The deadline for the contest is 27th April, so make sure to join visual DUO tour by then for a chance to win a nice price pack.
Check one of the best promotional fishing lures videos I've seen, made by friend Darko Pesic.

Just a photo

Year 2010. 50 cm long brown trout in the net. C&R. Photo: B. Hrasovec

Šaranski kup na Orešju od 05.-07. travnja

Šrd "Sloga" Orešje organizira natjecanje u ribolovu šarana od 05.-07. travnja na jednoj od najboljih šaranskih voda u okolici Zagreba, jezeru Orešje. Jezero obiluje kapitalnim šaranima pa se očekuje dobar ulov, a najbolji će osvojiti i izdašne novčane nagrade. Uostalom, bacite pogled na plakat i na fotografije šarana koji plivaju u ovom lijepom jezeru.
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Carp fishing competitors are invited to this competition that will be held at lake Orešje near Zagreb from 05th till 07th of April. The best 3 carp teams will be awarded with cash prizes. Lake is rich in examples of capital carp, so do not hesitate and sign up to the competition.

Fly Fishing at Vitunjcica video clip

Vitunjčica home of big trout 2

         An report from Vitunjčica river was one of the first posts here on the blog. My good friend Miroslav Vodopija presented this remarkable river with some nice photos of big trout. 

http://fishingincroatia.blogspot.com/2010/02/vitunjcica-home-of-big-trout.html Years after we had a nice trout fishing there, but the last few years we've somehow neglected this river, even Vitunjčica is a great choice for the beginning of the season, and has never disappointed us.

          And so it was today. Robi and I have some really nice fish, all rainbow except one brown trout. Best flies for this cold part of the season are always some heavy or goldkopf nymphs. There are short period of surface feeding in the middle of the day, when they will take dry fly. 4 kilometer long river Vitunjčica is hiding some capital trout, so do not be surprised with the trout in the range of  60 - 80 cm. I remember meeting with a large brown trout from which I came out as a loser. On the same place later 94cm long brown trout has been caught! All trout were healthy in excellent condition, so we can warmly recommend this fly fishing destination. And respect Catch & Release regime! For more info about regulations and other waters around Ogulin town please visit http://www.srd-ogulin.hr/

New online FF magazine Fin Chasers

1st issue of new fly fishing magazine Fin Chasers is online.
You can read it at ...
 http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/62c592ed#/62c592ed/1

You'll notice my little contribution inside... pg. 112 - 123 :)

Duo Tide Minnow Sprint 75

Duo Tide Minnow Sprint 75 is the smallest lure in Tide Minnow series. It has amazing rolling action, and responds brilliantly to twitching and jerking techniques. It is something like bigger version of Ryuki, and this is why I love it. TM Sprint 75 is brilliant in fast water, as well as in the sea. Two types of fish that can behave similarly, although one is toothless and the other armed with sharp teeth, like it very much. Toothless sweet-water predator asp is frantic hunter who furiously chase prey under the surface and at the surface of the river. Some walk-dog top water lure is the best lure for asp at the surface, while bellow surface of the river you can hardly find better lure than Tide Minnow Sprint 75. You can jerk it, twitch it or roll it, anyway it is overwhelming. With same nervous underwater action you can provoke bite of "sometimes hard to catch" sea fish Bluefish. Same like asp, sometimes  they are active on the sea surface, but sometimes they react well on sinking lures like this one. At the end, don't forget this lure is popular among other seawater fish like sea bass or needle fish. http://duo-inc.co.jp/en/saltwater/tide-minnow/tide-minnow-75-sprint/

Fly fishing lodge in Gorski Kotar

If you like grayling, trout or danube salmon fly fishing, when you come to Gorski Kotar you're at right place. Kupa and its tributaries Kupica with Curak, will give you experience and unforgettable feeling of fishing in a beautiful, wooded countryside. Even in the hottest summer, you will be refreshed here. Some interesting posts about fly fishing at these rivers were published earlier on this blog, so you can search history to see some nice trout and grayling photos. If you need accommodation in Gorski Kotar near Brod Na Kupi place, and experienced fly fishing guide you can contact Darko from this site with confidence  http://www.croatia-flyfishing.com/en/ .

Guests of this lodge were published this cool video.

A wooden lodge in the wood is the best place to spend a few days of your Croatian holidays.

Ryobi Trappers lures

Ryobi Trappers lures are available in Croatia at Fish & Fun shop in Zagreb. Great lures with nice action, equipped with high quality VMC hooks. Minnow shape made them perfect for seabass, pikeperch, asp and pike fishing.
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Ryobi Trappers voblere možete kupiti u Zagrebu u trgovini Fish & Fun na Knežiji (ulica Rudolfa Bićanića 42). Riječ je o odličnim i kvalitetnim varalicama koje će se sigurno dokazati i na našim vodama. Nekolicina modela koje smo imali prilike vidjeti razlikuju se u izgledu, performansama i akciji, te svaki od njih može naći primjenu u nekoj situaciji na rijeci, jezeru ili moru. Opremljeni su super kvalitetnim morskim VMC trokukama i prema minnow izgledu odlično će poslužiti u varaličarenju brancina, smuđeva, bolena i štuka. Siguran sam da ćemo tijekom sezone izvještavati o ulovima ostvarenim na Ryobi voblere.

Mrzla Vodica, new C&R water

Good news from Gorski Kotar. Lake Mrzla Vodica in now under Catch and Release regime, and this is good for protection of big pike, trout and carp that lives there. We recommend this lake as one of top destinations for this season, and  be prepare for meeting "the jaws" like this one at the photo ;)
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Prenosimo jednu dobru vijest iz Gorskog Kotara. Jezero Mrzla Vodica, na današnjoj godišnjoj skupštini, proglašeno je kao C&R voda. U potpunosti je otvorena za ribolov a dnevna karta će se prodavati po cijeni od 80kn (60kn + 20kn za ekologiju). Dakle svi ljubitelji kapitalnih štuka, pastrva i šarana sa ovime bi trebali doći na svoje jer će ribe dobiti zaštitu koju zaslužuju, a užitak boravka u ovom biseru prirode je neopisiv. Obavezno preporučamo kao jednu od top destinacija ove sezone i budite spremni na susret sa raljama kakve se ne susreću baš svaki dan.

www.musicar.rs ponovo aktivan

Lijepa vijest za sve ljubitelje musicarenja! Casopis Musicar na web domeni www.musicar.rs nastavlja sa izlazenjem u online izdanju. Prema rijecima urednika Ivana Korhnera, ovo ce biti mjesto okupljanja svih ljubitelja ove sportsko-ribolovne discipline sa ovih prostora.

Vec sada se moze naci velika arhiva zanimljivih clanaka, a bit ce i onih koji su bili objavljivani u tiskanim izdanjima casopisa. Dakle, sjajna stranica za sve pocetnike u musicarenju, ali i za one sa dugotrajnim stazom. 

DUO lures 20000 FB fans contest

DUO Facebook page has reached 20000 fans, and this is a great milestone! So here is a new chance to win some of these excellent lures. The contest rules are very simple – all you need to do is to become a DUO fan, share the image from DUO Facebook fan page and leave a comment. The contest shall run until 20th. Good luck! https://www.facebook.com/DUOJPN

Bye, Bye 2012., Happy New 2013.

... some moments from 2012. tags: Seaspin, pike, chub, asp, DUO, squid, Sava, Adriatic, Savagear, Gorski Kotar, Ontario, Dobra, Ivanec, bass, barbel, 107, 110, kayak fishing, pike perch, fly fishing, spin fishing ...

...Okuma, Kanji, Prologic, Loop, Hardy, Canon, catfish, perch, etc ... all tags are somehow connected with these photos. We wish you Happy New Year and hope it will be great year for fishing