A few weeks back, I began the task of tying shad flies in preparation for a fly-tying demonstration that I was asked to do for the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers in February. There are many variations in ...

I’M NOT MUCH of a fish counter, except for when it comes to false albacore—and even then, the action can get so crazy that I forget if I’ve landed four and lost three or vice versa or some equation ...

The master fly fisherman moved with stealth and purpose along the cold, swift-flowing Yuba River, putting himself in position for the perfect cast to a school of unsuspecting American shad. That’s ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Stormtracker8 Meteorologist Matt DiNardo was joined by Captain Simón Valencia of Current Culture Fly Shop on Wednesday to discuss fly fishing for shad and striped bass. Captain ...

A few days ago, Dennis Covert of Columbia was carefully dismantling his fly-fishing gear alongside Deer Creek in Harford County and wondering about the shad fishing. Was he too early? He was also ...

Once an old-timer told me, “The shad run when the pink dogwood blooms.” We had a pink dogwood in our yard when we lived in Gladstone at the junction of the Clackamas and the Willamette rivers. When we ...

About this time every spring, I find myself wondering: How do they do it? I still can’t quite wrap my head around how exactly these smallish fish make such an arduous journey, perhaps migrations of a ...

It's a big-time fishing party when word gets out that heavyweight striped bass are biting at Beaver Lake. The fishing grapevine has been ripe with reports of fabulous striper fishing during autumn and ...

Fishing for hickory and white (American) shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in mid-Atlantic country. In our area the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which includes ...

Attend many sportsmen’s club meetings and you’ll hear a lot of reporting, updates and discussions, making for a sometimes tedious session. There’s nothing wrong with this format, as these events are ...