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The American shad features a silvery body, blue-green back, and dark spots starting near the top of the gill plate and running laterally rearward, as well as a deeply forked tail. Photo by Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service While salmon, steelhead, and striper runs garnish the most attention from the angling press, the annual migration of American shad offers fly fishers the chance to tangle with a brawny . . .https://news.orvis.com/images/01-fly-fishing/2017/01-jan/shad1.jpg