Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

October 31, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.     We’re moving into the latest pages of Fall.  As October rolls into November the leaves curl on the ground and frosty mornings give way to occasional smatterings of snow.  The deer are healthy and strong and the grouse are all full fanned … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

October 17, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.     It is time for big Au Sable and Manistee River brown trout.  Those fish have put on the feed bag.  They’re eating large, slow moving meals in preparation for the spawn.  The males are getting ready to battle over gravel and the … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

September 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.     The first whiffs of Fall are finally in the breeze.  The mornings are crisp and cool.  It feels good to put on socks and boots and heavy brush pants.  Bird season is well underway and the dogs are earning their kibble. It’s … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

August 16, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     The fishing remains much the same as the last report.  Early mornings, and I mean early mornings, offer some of the best fishing of the day.  Serious anglers should try to be stepping into the stream as the first light of day … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

August 9, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     There’s an amazing truth about rivers—rivers keep flowing to the lake whether we’re there or not. On our cold rivers, we’re fortunate enough to have trout that keep feeding whether we’re there or not.  Sometimes, it seems like they feed only when … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

August 1, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’re stepping into August and pushing into the last weeks of Summer trout fishing here in Northern Michigan.  And it’s shaping up to give the vacationing angler a fine send off.  Timely rains and cool nights have our rivers looking great and the trout … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

July 19, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s hopper time on the Au Sable and Manistee.  Water temperatures on the Upper Rivers are right where they should be this time of year and the ten day forecast shows nothing but seasonable weather.  And that is just what we want at any … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

July 13, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     Cool nights have turned on the trout in Northern Michigan Trout Streams.  We’re back to sleeping wrapped up in quilts with the cabin windows open all night long.  And the days are taking a long time to get to late afternoon eighty … Read more

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

May 17, 2018   It’s Summer-like here in Northern Michigan.  We’ve had a fantastic string of eighty degree, sunny days here.  It warms the bones, the trout, the rivers, and the bugs.  We’ve lost a lot of our problematic high Spring water and with more seasonable temperatures and conditions in front of us, local trout … Read more