Traveling to the Roanoke River to fly fish for Hickory Shad. This week on Carolina Outdoor Journal, we travel to the Roanoke River to fly fish for Hickory Shad. On Gear Time, our anglers discuss the ...

—and even then, the action can get so crazy that I forget if I’ve landed four and lost three or vice versa or some equation that only approximates that. And then I forget that I’m trying to keep count ...

A few weeks back, I began the task of tying shad flies in preparation for a fly-tying demonstration that I was asked to do for the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers in February. There are many variations in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Stormtracker8 Meteorologist Matt DiNardo was joined by Captain Simón Valencia of Current Culture Fly Shop on Wednesday to discuss fly fishing for shad and striped bass. Captain ...

A few days ago, Dennis Covert of Columbia was carefully dismantling his fly-fishing gear alongside Deer Creek in Harford County and wondering about the shad fishing. Was he too early? He was also ...

Fishing for hickory and white —or American — shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in the mid-Atlantic. In our area, the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which includes ...

The Fly Fishers of Davis will hear this month from Andy Guibord, who will talk about fly-fishing for shad on the American River. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, in the multipurpose room ...

Fishing for hickory and white (American) shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in mid-Atlantic country. In our area the locus of shad fishing is the Susquehanna River complex, which includes ...

Each spring after the snow has melted and the days grow warmer and longer, the Delaware River comes alive when the American Shad make their annual visit to spawn in its clean, clear waters. American ...

I had to be tall enough to wear hip boots. That was the rule, and from the time I was 4 until my 8-year-old legs met the criteria, that rule really pissed me off. I’d sit on the basement steps while ...