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Shad on the fly

10:09 AM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink
By Tom Meade

Fishing the ebb tide on the Narrow River, Ed Lombaro and his friends have been catching a lot of 20- to 22-inch hickoty shad on flies in the evening.

"Juvenile silversides have become very prolific and the fish are starting to key in on this copious forage," he says. "Bright Bunny flies, Deceivers, and craft-fur imitations all in white in sizes #1 to #1/0, fool the fish. They are still taking bright green shrimp patterns again, also in sizes #1 to #1/0.

"The best way to fish these patterns in fast moving water is with a good intermediate, sinking line. If you have a floating line, just add a 3- to 4-foot section of sinking line between the floaring line and the leader. Cortland Line Co. has L-13 line in small kits that work very well in getting the fly to the feeding fish."