Fly Fishing for Twaid shad

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Flies to fly fish for Twaid shad

Alosa Fallax

You'll find twaid shad along the coast in the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Norway. You'll be able to catch them on the fly from May to September.

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Here is a list of flies that you can use to fly fish for Twaid shad. You can click on each fly to view more details about how they're tied and what insects or other animals they mimick. Note that we might not have all of them in our database, do send us an email if you feel there is an important fly missing.

Butcher

Clouser Minnow

Humungus

Mickey Finn

Woolly Bugger

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