Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Shad Dart Feedback

I've found the tides to be the most important factor. I have particular success during rising tides. I've actually been meaning to try and figure out the date ranges when the shad are most productive also. I have a friend who wants to visit and I want to try and plan it for when the run is in full swing. I'd love to tap into the collective wisdom and memory of this group to try and figure out the beginning, middle, and end of the run based on personal experience. If I remember correctly from the last few years it usually starts sometime in early April, get into full swing late April and starts to taper off mid May but it's been a year so....

David

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Barnett Williams <hbwilliams22@gmail.com> wrote:

What are the dates of the shad run and what time of day is best? I went last year early in the AM (6am) and caught 7 or 8, but I can't remember the date I went!

Thanks!

On Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:21:52 PM UTC-5, Dave Marcus wrote:

I've been starting to get excited about the shad run and have been tying some darts with the materials I have on hand. I don't have any chartreuse, pink, or orange chenille so I went with as much flash as I could get. These are tied on a bunch of 1/32 oz jig head hooks I got on ebay. The tail is tinsel I got from a craft shop and hte body is just wrapped flashibou. On some of them I have this orange flashy stuff I tied in as a collar. They don't look like the one i've seen others use and the only way I'll find out if they work is if I try them but I wondered if anyone has tied anything simliar and had success? If so I'll keep batching them out, otherwise I may go out an buy some of the bright flashy chenille I see on most shad darts...

Thanks,

David

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