Preparing for Battle - Shad Flies

I stopped by Orvis in Tyson's to pick up a few of this year's Shad Flies. Less puffy this year and more collar. I also took the cue to use jig head hooks - I tied up a couple of my own... When I took this picture on Saturday evening, I had just finished loading up the truck with the fishing SUP and rods/tackle to hit Fletcher's Cove on Sunday morning. More on that in the next post...