Striperknight Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 What are the go to flies for Shad fishing the Delaware? Should I just tie on a shad dart and call it a day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcbmx112 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I have never fly-fished the Delaware River, but I have caught them in IRI in Delaware on small clousers and decievers, among other similar style patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chr1s Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I just picked up a couple of "Shad Dart" flies from Big Y Fly. However, I have no information with regard to their effectiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy monday Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I'm up north but these have been killing it for me lately; http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/568558-a-fly-a-day/?p=10346379 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KironaFly Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Try / Tie some Shad Candies: And / Or Clouser Darts! RockfishOn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KironaFly Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Try / Tie some Shad Candies: And / Or Clouser Darts! RockfishOn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KironaFly Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Sorry for the double post ... still figuring out the new website forum. RockfishOn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonefishdick Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Back in the day when we had a prolific Shad Run in a couple rivers the go to fly for me was always tied on a "Gold" hook in a size 4 or 2. It was a very tied with Magenta fluorescent yarn and silver tinsel. Th fly was tied leaving a short tail of yarn and then wrapped in a ball at the bend of the hook and tied down with thread and and then the silver tinsel tied in front of the ball, lay the yard along the shank and tied down at the front of the hook and then wrap the tinsel forward to cover the shank and tie off and then wrap another ball of yarn behind the eye and tie off. and your done. The finished fly should have a small tail with two ball of yarn with silver tinsel between them. It was a killer fly. The Tug Is The Drug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccb Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I lost you on that one BFD. (I picture is worth a thousand words) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDe Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 One of my mentors (Jack Cooper) who was a production tyer showed me how to tie effective shad flies for fishing below the Great Stone Dam on the Merrimack River. A size 4 Eagle Claw Gold hook wrapped with the appropriate amount of copper wire to get it right on the bottom and a red plastic bead on the tippet at the tie in point. I'd have a few already tied along with a box of gold hooks and a coil of copper wire. If you weren't hanging up on the bottom you weren't catching shad. We would actually build the fly while standing knee deep in the fast current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdowning Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 The good thing about shad flies is they can be very simple. Standard small steelhead patterns, bonefish, small clousers in bright colors, and epoxy minnows will all work as will a simple bead-and-hook or yarn fly. You just need to get it down deep. -bd Pfantum Pfishah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albacized Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) The good thing about shad flies is they can be very simple. Standard small steelhead patterns, bonefish, small clousers in bright colors, and epoxy minnows will all work as will a simple bead-and-hook or yarn fly. You just need to get it down deep. -bd That's more or less in line of what I use...I typically use a size 4 or 6 hook (I use saltwater hooks since I have a few in that size that I normally would not use otherwise). And my patterns are usually bead head (sometimes small clouser eyes) in bright colors with a wing that barely extends past the bend of the hook...I tie some in chartrueuse and some in bright pink (the chartrueses ones usually have a bright pink bead head) They take a minute or so to tie - will post pics once I get home tonight Edited May 7, 2015 by albacized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striperknight Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Good info in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. saxatilis Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 #6 & #8 pink over white clouser with small barbell eyes. Life is too precious to fish ugly flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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