Greetings from Weldon, NC:

Today I fished for Hickory Shad with friends Chuck Laughridge, Tommy Bennett, also fishing in another Boat was Captain Jack, Tom Merrit, and Buzz Bryson, and in a third boat was Kary Via. Chuck and I fished for two hours before Tommy arrived, we caught over 100 Shad during the first two hours. I was using a TFO TiCr 5 weight with a Ross Reel and an SA 200 grain streamer express fly line. The fly which I used was one of Tom Merrit's Pearl Necklace flies tied on a #2 hook, at one time Chuck and I caught 30 double headers on 30 casts each. These are awesome little fish.

March, 30 2008:

This Morning Tommy Bennett, Chuck Laughridge, and I met at the boat ramp at 7:00 AM to head out on Chuck's boat into the Roanoke where we would fly fish for Hickory Shad. After launching, Chuck maneuvered his boat to a great spot and we set two anchors so each angler had a good technical cast to the spot where we thought the Shad would be schooled up.