Went out on the upper river to try for some shad after work yesterday. I was using my switch rod, skagit head, a Type 8 sink tip and a Surf Candy fly. At the bottom of a swing I had a hard grab and some violent tugs. Anyway, I reeled him in fast thinking I got my first shad of the season. Not!! It was a 21" steelie buck (must have thought my Surf Candy was an alevin). I know the shad are starting to enter the river. I guess I'm going to have to move areound to find them. Hopefully, they'll be stacked up like cordwood in a couple of weeks.
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