How could I have forgot about the surprise we got this morning.
Denny Griifin and I had been targeting striped bass and had just landed a beautiful 15# male on a 3/0 Clouser tied on a EC413. We picked up a couple more smaller bass when one of them went airborne. A shad! What an unexpected grab this was.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about another guide boat saying they had hooked shad while jigging for stripers using large Gibbs Minnows and Kastmasters.
Maybe this is telling us something? Are we tying shad flies too small? I've never had any problem using size #6 nickel hooks before but maybe I'll try tying a few even larger.
TONY
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