• Zurf
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Topic: Self-made long weekend

I'm going after some shad tomorrow.  They are a limited time run when they come from the ocean through the Chesapeake Bay up into the freshwater rivers to spawn.  They're pretty much all 14" to 18" fish built like tunas, strong as can be, and in shallow water.  They come by the thousands for a few weeks and then depart.  Departure is sporadic, so to catch them, one has to do it on the initial run which lasts for a few weeks each spring.  There is hardly anything more fun on a fly rod than catching these fish.  Every year I fall into the river when chasing them.  I hope to avoid an unintentional swim this year. 

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Re: Self-made long weekend

That sounds relaxing and wet.

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Sounds like fun Zurf.  Good luck

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Baldguitardude wrote:

That sounds relaxing and wet.

Not relaxing at all.  They can ignore everything and swim by in the thousands, which is terribly frustrating.  But when biting, you can tussle with what amounts to a miniature tuna on every cast.  My personal best run is 17 fish on 17 casts.  That's a load of fun.  Relaxation comes afterwards over a bowl of chili to warm up from falling in the river (slick rocks and wading up to my waist), and maybe an adult beverage.

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Re: Self-made long weekend

I think that being active with a fly rod is a lot more relaxing than being sedentary in my desk at work. smile

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Hope you get a sore thumb Zurf.

I'll be floating local streams with 3 of my buddies for the next two days.  Water temps have shot up into the mid/high 50's and the smallmouth bite is ON!

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Well, DE, I'm going to be hanging out with Roger.  I don't get a very sore thumb fly fishing, but I appreciate the concept.  There's thunderstorms expected, so if the shad fishing is a wipeout, we may go upstream for for smallies, or very far upstream to go for trout.  Which reminds me to put my 5 weight in the truck. Or we may hop over to the tidal Potomac where Roger has his 32' sail boat and see if we can find some croakers.  There's a bar on the sailboat, so if I were a betting man, that's what I'd be betting on.  That reminds me to throw a guitar in the truck.

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Re: Self-made long weekend

^Thats my man Zurf -Always prepared. Good luck and have fun!

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Re: Self-made long weekend

So you will be turning a Friday into a Shad-er-day...I tried to resist but the pun was just sitting there.

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Zurf any day of fishing is good!

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Re: Self-made long weekend

jets60 wrote:

So you will be turning a Friday into a Shad-er-day...

Wow.  Just . . . wow.

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Astronomikal wrote:
jets60 wrote:

So you will be turning a Friday into a Shad-er-day...

Wow.  Just . . . wow.

Around here we call that Dad humor, and it's always followed with a "wow" or "really?".


So jealous of Zurf and DE. Wish i could take a Friday off to go fall in a river.

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Re: Self-made long weekend

Sounds pretty good to me - have a great weekend!

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