Daniel’s passion for Savage Gear has persisted for more than a decade with his promotion of the brand starting in 2009, which makes him a true veteran in our pro staff line up. Daniel’s fishing ability, high quality visual content and ability to present a story made him one of our brightest stars over the years.  He’s had front pages and published magazine articles in almost every European country and his own YT Channel is approaching 4M views with 6K subscribers.  

Daniel is accomplished fly fisherman and member of Scierra fly fishing team. Additionally, he is also a tournament/event organiser, managing and running more than 30 Savage Gear sponsored lure fishing events in Croatia over the years. Most notable are two Pike Masters JUNIOR cups in 2019 – very successful events specifically organised for young lure fishing anglers. 

Daniel has been lure fishing for almost two decades and has caught everything that will eat a lure in both fresh and salt water. Though not a big country, geographically Croatia provides very diverse fishing opportunities with everything from zander, pike, bass, asp, and catfish all the way to trout and amazing Mediterranean saltwater fishing for seabass, leer fish, bluefish, etc. He also gets to experience amazing fly fishing in nearby Slovenia and Bosnia.  

As one of most influential anglers in the country, Daniel picked up this wide range of knowledge by conducting stories with the best local anglers. Dalien’s fishing savvy is also verified by wins in the Croatian Bass League three times and the Croatian Pike Masters league two times with Savage Gear. He also participated as an angler and Croatian bass team captain in five Black Bass World Championships in Italy, South Africa twice, Mexico and USA. 

Dalien also played bass in a Croatian hip-hop/raggae/rock band. ST!llness (2005-2012) released and recorded three albums and did more than 150 gigs with the band all over Croatian region. 

Today, Dalien is happily married, has two children, and runs a family screw distributing business.  

ABOUT DANIEL

DOB - February 18, 1980

Hometown - Zagreb, Croatia

Joined Team - December 01, 2009

Activities - All around lure fishing angler, fishing journalist

Current Status - Private business owner, pro staff angler

Keys To Success:

• Willing to try new concepts
• Looking at the bigger picture
• Mastering specific lures and techniques