The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Happy Holidays everyone. While it wasn’t a white Christmas, it is a good old fashioned Holiday Season here in Northern Michigan. A severe windstorm on December 23rd toppled trees and turned off the Christmas Tree lights for tens of thousands of forest dwelling Michiganders. We faired just … Read more
December 17, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The mild December continues and, while I’m still hoping for a white Christmas, the reality is that old man winter is limping along and the big chill likely won’t arrive until January. So go ahead and spool up the new line on the ice … Read more
December 10, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. So far, for me, this December has been a welcome change from the snow-laden, winter vortex, Holiday seasons of the last two years. Sure, the ice fishing gear is still stowed and the snowshoes and skies remain at home in their corner of the … Read more
December 3, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. What’s that saying about closing a window and opening a door, or something? I can’t quite remember, but I do know the Whitetailed Deer rifle season sort of puts the woods on lock down, and so, its end turns the key on all sorts … Read more
November 19, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re in the thick of November and things are really starting to heat up. The unseasonably warm weather made for a fairly slow beginning to the firearm, white-tailed deer season, but the recent cool down and weather shift has the critters out and on … Read more
Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report – November 12, 2015 It’s the annual white-tailed deer rifle season this week in Michigan. The orange army is pulling on their red wool and rubber boots and taking to the woods in search of the elusive, gray ghosts. Many hunters are dreaming of the thick-antlered, mossy-horned, old … Read more
November 5, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It is impossible to talk about the fishing in Northern without breaking down the weather. The two are cemented together and how one goes, so goes the other. The weather and fishing story have been about as varied and unpredictable as is possible and … Read more
October 29, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’ve finally found the Fall weather fishermen were waiting for. The remnants of hurricane Patricia served up an all-day soaking rain complete with the dense cloud cover that fishermen crave. Trout anglers on the Upper Au Sable and Manistee Rivers slipped into drift boats … Read more
October 21, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report What a great time I’ve had this week. There’s so much good stuff happening in the North woods and I was lucky enough to take some well needed days off to enjoy some of the reasons we live here. The leaf drop is happening … Read more
October 15, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Fall colors have exploded here in Northern Michigan. It took a while for the change to happen this year, but now it has and the roadways, river bottoms, and lakeshores are awash in bright reds, yellows, and oranges. This is the week to take … Read more