Anybody ever fly fish for shad? A month or so and we should be seeing them here, hoping to get in a little fish`n time for them.............
Tying some pink Clousers , and plan to tie some kind of shad "dart"............what do you use?
Pat
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Anybody ever fly fish for shad? A month or so and we should be seeing them here, hoping to get in a little fish`n time for them.............
Tying some pink Clousers , and plan to tie some kind of shad "dart"............what do you use?
Pat
Shad eat zooplankton ... not flies but if you catch some let me know!!
My "shad flies..................
Pat
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You are correct ....... shad do eat zooplankton , but will also hit flies, darts etc..............check out some of these video`sQuote:
Originally Posted by tom_Frein
Pat
YouTube - ‪TROUTSIDERS: Shad Flyfishing‬‏
I was thinking of threadfin not gizzard but thats cool no doubt. Good looking bugs .. i love my shad patterns , they have caught me more 30+ inch browns on the fly rod then any other bait combined
Catch and release, right?
The shad I`m targeting are American or Hickory Shad , neither threadfin or gizzard............. you tying a shad pattern that resembles a gizzard / threadfin to catch trout, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by tom_Frein
Pat
Depend on how hungry you are :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowellhturner
Pat
I guess im unfamiliar with those species we have neither here. And if your asking if my browns are catch and release then yes , absolutely yes, always. And yea for trout when the shad kill occurs or for spring time whites/wipers/stripers
Tom , the Shad he refers to run up coastal rivers and get quite large. They use Shad darts(about like Crappie jigs) to catch them and eat the roe .
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Originally Posted by tom_Frein