Shad on the swing

[lonewolve]

Thank You Dan, i always complicate things when it comes to tying flies for any fish. I know allabout shad darts we have literally thousands of pounds of lead in the Delaware from fishing for these fish over the decades.
Thnx for sharing

[Grampa Spey]

Thanks for the great pictures.

My older son was a shad pioneer with the two handed rod on the Amercan River over 15 years ago with his Sage 9 weight brownie and Jim Vincent's first two handed line contribution.

When the water flow was reasonable, he often landed and released over 2 dozen Shad in an evening of shad fishing. On a weekend, we couldn't keep track of his total catch and release numbers.

He still uses his original Sage rod, Rio line and Abel reel for shad.

I use my two meat sticks, the ZA7110 if the water is high and our backs are in the brush. If I can make standard casts, my Death Star with Steve's SGS line borders on too much fun.

Rio's T-11 MOW tips enable me to go any depth where the fish may be with either rod. The MOWs make life a lot easier re having the right tip to get where any fish may be.

We lived in the DC area for about 6 years in the late 1960's. I fly fished for the SMB and had a great time. I was told that the Shad were trash fish, and I never fished for them. Now I know better.

[ibboone]

Originally Posted by Grampa Spey

We lived in the DC area for about 6 years in the late 1960's. I fly fished for the SMB and had a great time. I was told that the Shad were trash fish, and I never fished for them. Now I know better.

One mans trash is another mans treasure.

I wish more people thought of them as a trash fish then I wouldn't have some many people in my favorite hole when I get to the river.



Dan

[ibboone]

Here are a few flies a buddy of mine tied up for fishing this weekend.
These flies are a size 12


I tied up a few flies and mine are size 12, 14 & 16.

I am going to be testing a few of these flies this sunday.




Dan