Andy Partlo May 10, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Things are shaping up for Northern Michigan trout fishing. The rivers in Crawford County continue to lose water and are clearing nicely. Hendricksons are hatching and the black caddis have exploded. Fish are starting to take notice of the activity and are finally beginning … Read more
April 4, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report What can I say? I’m done trying to predict the fishing based on the ten day weather forecast—at least for a little while. Spring in Michigan always throws up curve balls, but this year has been ridiculous. This year Momma Nature is … Read more
March 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report By inches and nudges Spring is slowly creeping in. We’re moving from highs in the thirties and low forties to highs in the forties and even fifties. It’s been a slow but sunny climb and that sunshine has everyone in Northern Michigan … Read more
March 6, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I keep hearing and we all keep saying that Spring isn’t here yet and winter is sure to return. Well, it will but only in fits and spurts. It feels like early Spring here, it looks like early Spring here, and it’s … Read more
February 16, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Winter in Northern Michigan can be an affair of shivering and suffering in solitude. Now, I don’t know about everyone else, but this winter is flying by for me. I guess I was charging through it with my head down, but when I … Read more
February 1, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I had a beautiful winter break to enjoy wonderful winter weather this past week. Snow wasn’t cooperative so pursuits like skiing and snowshoeing got pushed aside. And the warm up had turned everything to glare ice, but after buying some cleats for … Read more
January 23, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Man, I’ve been out with the flu for about a week—feels like I’ve been gone a year. If anyone needs anything from me or if I’ve lost track of something please don’t hesitate to ask. My brain is still in a fog. … Read more
January 11, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report After multiple mornings over the past couple of weeks breaking thermometers and abusing Northern Michigan residents with pre-windchill temperatures down to negative twenty-eight degrees, this warm-up was both a physical and mental relief. The gang was starting to get a little shiny … Read more
January 1, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We are flat in the clutches of winter. Ice fishing is rolling in most of the state. We have safe ice conditions in on many of our local waters. The West side of the state seems to have the most dubious conditions, however. Heavy … Read more
December 30,2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Here we go! It’s ice fishing time now. The winter blast is upon us. We normally average about thirty degrees this time of year but the current ten day forecast is locked in single and low double digits. The ice machine is cranking. … Read more