Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Shad from Shore Tips

I second the sinking line. If nothing else, try to get yourself a sinking leading. Orvis sells a 10' Poly Sinking Leader that should help. I would guess that Urban Angler has something similar as well. The slower that your line sinks, the longer you should wait to begin your retrieve. Experiment with casting across the current and even upstream a bit to get your fly as deep as possible.

Without a sinking line, you also may want to add a little weight to your flies when you're tying them. 

--Scott

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Jeffrey Silvan <jeffreysilvan@gmail.com> wrote:

I've personally never had success from shore, mainly because I rarely fish from shore. I tried a couple times a couple years ago, but got fed up by too many snags. Now I typically just rent a rowboat from Fletchers. I do know that you'll need to go either upstream or downstream from Fletchers, rather than fishing from shore in the cove itself. I do highly recommend getting a sinking line though. The shad are typically down too deep for a floating line in this stretch of water.

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Davis Walker <williamdaviswalker@gmail.com> wrote:

I am going to try to catch my first shad ever this coming weekend. I don't really know much about it other than reading from the forum. I am planning on fishing from shore at fletchers. I have never been to fletchers either. I am going to tie some shad darts this week in pink and chartreuse. I currently only have a floating line unfortunately and hopefully that wont hinder my ability to catch a shad!

Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated when it come to fishing from shore, I have never fished in the Potomac before and will get my DC license from fletchers as well.

 

thanks!

Davis

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