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| The slot size on this run was really nice, the colors were amazing |
Fritz and I had a combined 7 recon-trips to the Falmouth Fall line on the Rappahanock waiting for the Spring Shad run to begin. We knew one of these days we'd find shad in numbers and today was the day...the poor man's tarpon had arrived. Its easy to see why once folks thought there was an inexhaustible supply of these silver swimmers and there was no way to even estimate the pulses of them as they finned past our feet. They weren't quite as aggressive as we've seen in past years, perhaps that will change later in the run. Fritz, James and I had to work for our fish. The best way to bring them to hand today was dead drifting (nymphing really) small, weighted red and silver shad flies on a sinking leader and then just waiting for the line to tighten. If you're fly is above these aqua-athletes its just casting practice. If you want to hit Shad with us in the next 20 days give me a holler. With Osprey, and Eagles watching we kept remarking what a perfect day it was.
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| Fritz pulled many from this upper-island pool |
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| Fritz caught this Large American Shad, deeper but less athletic from than today's hickory shad |
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| Fritz and James work the top of the island pool at the Falmouth Fall-line |
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| Love these guys! |
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