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 ...

—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 that only approximates that. And then I forget that I’m trying to keep count ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to leave the water, especially when the fish are snapping. So I’ve determined the pronouncement “just one more cast” is merely folly, a falsehood built on self delusion. In nearly 30 years ...

Each spring after the snow has melted and the days grow warmer and longer, the Delaware River comes alive when the American Shad make their annual visit to spawn in its clean, clear waters. American ...

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 ...