I've really gotten the itch, and stopped into Kiene's Fly Shop a couple of days ago to pick up materials to tie some Bloody Maria's and even Andy Guibord's little green shad fly (I forget it's name).

I also started perusing shad flies, and found a neat little site by a guy who looks like he's not selling anything, just writing about shad fishing out of Florida:

https://www.shadonthefly.com/