Conewago
Fly Fishers
Shad Fishing Notes, Directions and a Great
Fly
By
Jake Tannehill
Directions
Fishing for Shad at Deer Creek
Directions to Deer Creek
Take 95 North through Baltimore
Take Havre de Grace exit off of 95
onto 155
Make a
Left at Stop sign after the exit
onto 155 Level
Road
Make a Right at the first Stop
Sign onto Darlington
Road
Make a Right onto Price Road (90
degree turn almost hidden,
look for it after crossing river).
Make a Right at Stop Sign onto
Stafford Road.
Continue until you hit bridge: Park on the right
Additional parking to the left inside park on
Right for $2
Get dressed and walk down the road till you
hit
the sign for the park, make an immediate left into
a path down to the water.
Deer Creek Special
http://flytyingforum.com/index.php?act=flyshow&showid=96
Submitted by Jim Hester
Fly Type: Attactor
Target Species: Shad
Region Fished: Northeast
Materials Used
Hook: 1X or 2X long wet fly, size 4 or 6
Thread: Danville Fire Orange Depth Ray Nylon
Eyes: Nickel plated bar bell lead, 1/50 or 1/36 oz.
Tail: Chartreuse Arctic Fox fur, with a few strands of
holographic silver flash
Butt: Danville Fire Orange Depth Ray Nylon
Body: Danville Fl. Green Nylon Wool
Underwing: Two short lengths of Pearl mylar tubing, tied top
& bottom, then picked out.
Collar: Fl. Pink saddle or neck hackle
Head: Danville Fire Orange Depth Ray Nylon, and epoxy
coated.
Tying
Instructions:
This fly was originally designed for Shad in
Hartford Co. MD a tributary of the Susquehanna River. It works
well just about anywhere. It's also an excellent fly for
Crappies, and White and Yellow Perch.
It's easily tied and the material are listed in
the order in which they are tied. The original version used
calf tail as tail material but I switched to Fox tail for
better action.
Presentation Tips
The fly should be fished near the bottom for
Shad, either with an upstream and across presentation, or
straight downstream allowing it to hang in the current. I like
to add short twitches especially when Crappies or Perch might
be present.
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