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Anne Vitale
05-23-2008, 08:18 PM
Hi Folks.....if you have a key, this is the time to use it. I got up there around 2:00 pm on Thursday. There was one other fly fisher but he was about a quarter of a mile downstream of me. I didn't catch my first fish until 4:00 pm...a very nice hen. Second one didn't come until 6:00. Along with the second fish came about 10 other locals. Then the heavenly gates opened and the fish, mostly hens but a lot of small early males as well, started to come in one after the other. Most of us were in double digits by dusk.

I stayed over night and was geared up and on the water (this time all by myself) by 5:30 AM. The shad started up all over again. Unfortunately so did that unrelenting wind. blowing directly down river. I caught my fill by 7:00 AM, decided that was enough and came on home. Despite that damn wind, it was a wonderful 24 hours of shad fishing. Let the season begin .......Anne \:D/ \:D/ \:D/