The Hickory Shad are in

The forums are very quiet

The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF forum is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads and reply to old ones. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin

Fly fishing - Fish Better

Hi all,
I went down to Fletcher's Boathouse on the Potomac River in Washington, DC today. It was warm and breezy. I have been tying a lot of old traditional flies and I had a half dozen Mickey Finns with me that I tied last night. I was using a 250 grain Scientific Anglers sink tip with a three foot straight 15 pound mono leader. I landed eight shad and had another five or six on. The first two were both big for Hickorys. About twenty inches. They fought like badgers. They felt about two pounds or so. Really nice fish. I had caught several small ones before but now I understand the quest a bit better. I caught another one in the upper teens and I can see that there is a big difference in the fight. They didn't jump as much but dug down and ran hard and into the current. The American Shad wil soon be mixed in with the Hickorys and I can't wait to connect with one. I have caught many in New England but not for several decades. An eight pound American took a half an hour to land on spinning tackle when I was about fifteen. My arm is sore.

Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia

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