Blueback Herring (Anadronomus)
Clupeiformes Clupeidae Alosa aestivalis

Maximum Size: 3”
Shape: Slab-sided
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #4 - #14
Thread: Gray 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Pearl Blue Magic Hanked Lite-Brite color a Cool Gray tail
Tail Fin: Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen
Body: Pearl Blue Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Silver Spirit River, Real Eye with
Priz Silver 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with a small Black Prismacolor Pen shoulder spot

Snout Color or Change Thread: Doc. Blue 8/0 Uni-thread
Belly or Stomach: Pearl Blue Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Silver Hanked Lite-Brite with Deep Blue Hanked Lite-Brite over sparsely
Head Color: Blue
Cheek & Chin Color: Pearl Blue

Pectoral Fins: Clear
Anal Fin: Clear
Pelvic Fin: Clear
Dorsal Fin: Clear

Colored Markers: Cool Gray Prismacolor Pen for tail: Black Prismacolor Pen for a small shoulder spot.
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Found on the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Florida.
Habitat: An anadronomus specie that only enters the freshwater along the coast to spawn.
Spawning Period: Late spring to early summer.
Spawning Habitat: At sunset, in shallow water in the mouth of a creek.
Important Notes: Young-of-the-year shad stay in the streams and rivers throughout the summer, then migrate to the sea in the fall.