Friday, June 13, 2025

New Build: Graphite 9' 7wt Fly Rod

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Just completed...a nice quick and lightweight streamer rod. From salmon and steelhead, to bonito and bonefish, a 7wt is a very useful line weight! My favorite for sightcasting for striped bass and bonito fishing here in the North East! Fuji seat, turned cork grip (Ritz shape) and the red EVA fighting butt. Two-footed/snake guides on the two lower sections, single foots on the tip section - for lightness and faster recovery. The very last picture shows it next to its bigger brother, an 8wt I built last winter.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

A Pair of 4 wt Fiberglass Rods

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I have just completed a pair of 4wt fly rods. The 6'11" and 7'5", both 4 piece. They are built using imported S-fiberglass blanks, with some tweaking. 

The shorter 6'11" rod uses single foot guides from the spot where the blank flexes up (starts just below the tip section). The longer 7'5" rod model wears all traditional dark snakes, while both rods have vintage Allen carbide strippers, both oxidized to match seat hardware. Rods are wrapped with Japanese Clover silks in honey and rust, and have traditional style sliding band reel seats with cork inserts, and flor cigar grips turned on blanks. 

Both rods are fantastic casters with prescribed lines... very, very smooth. The shorter rod features a snappy dry fly action, while the longer rod will also take a 3wt line for more delicate presentations.


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Saltwater Retrospective: Saltwater Fly Rods by Vladan Milenkovic

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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...  

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