Fishing for hickory and white (American ... A proven pattern, the only one some good shad fishermen use, is a #8 streamer fly with a slim silver or gold body and red over yellow marabou wing.

You can now pursue shad on the American River at a variety of locations ... champagne or pink color patterns. Fly fishermen also are catching and releasing good numbers of shad in the mornings ...

To construct a fly to be used to fish for pike or bass or American shad, tiers almost always refer to their coldwater tying manuals and hope to stumble upon a suitable pattern. But along comes ...

caddis fly larvae. In a field test to determine competition among related species, scientists found that in fresh water, Chironomid larvae and pupae (a small non-biting aquatic insect) made up 53.2 ...