Jeff Gardner March 14, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a winter that will live in infamy. This one had it all – many, many sub-zero mornings that creaked and popped the porch boards and tree trunks, huge snowfalls and white-outs, and snow days that will have the kids doing math until … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Welcome to the white-tailed deer rifle season in Northern Michigan. We had an early cold snap that brought with it a blanket of snow. Snow is welcomed by all deer hunters. It makes it easier to spot the brown ungulates as they sneak through the spruces and … Read more
October 3, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report October has finally arrived and is well underway. We’re settled nicely into Fall weather patterns and the trout and grouse and deer are doing exactly what they should be doing in October. The streamer bite has greatly improved with the current cool, wet weather … Read more
July 6, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report July has arrived with a classic Michigan heatwave. Temperatures poking into the nineties have the larger, main channels of our river getting too warm for good afternoon angling. The best play for trout fishers on those waters is to hit the stream as the … Read more
River Report June 27, 2018 Hex are still rolling on the river of Crawford County. The peak activity has crested on the Au Sable River, but there still are still plenty of bugs left in the thick muck banks of the lower river and there is lots of activity in the evening and into the … Read more
June 21, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It is the stuff of legend and lore. Anglers from all over the world descend on our little corner of trout greatness to take part in a trout fishing event unrivaled in the rivers of North America. An insect hatch so enormous that it … Read more
River Report June 14, 2018 We’re riding insane waves in a tide of schizophrenic weather and that has made fishing predictions nearly impossible. We’ve been waiting on the immanent brown drake spinner flight on the Manistee River and we’ve been spending late nights watching for Hex on the slower waters of the Au Sable River. … Read more
June 7, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Just a week since the last report and Drakes have shown up on nearly every stretch of the Au Sable River System. The hot weather pushed water temperatures up everywhere and the bugs emerged and spun throughout the river in harmony. In fact, we … Read more
May 31, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been Africa hot for a good ten Days. I haven’t worn a pair of waders yet on a guide trip. Wet wading is supposed to be a wonderful relief in July and August heat. So far, it’s been a welcome relief to May … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The highest April snowfall totals in many Northern Michigan communities happened. We hit records. Big records. So I guess congratulations are in order? But it’s hard to shout out a woohoo! We were all of us Michiganders primed with Spring Fever and then the awful came to … Read more