The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The great migration has begun. Many thousands of cars, trucks, and SUV’s hit the blacktop trail after the holiday weekend and flowed southward from their Summer grounds. Folks pulled their docks and cabin shades, benched their boats, and stowed the patio furniture. Vacation time spent, younger couples … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s hard to believe that another fine Michigan Summer is nearly in the books—it’s been a good one. The River has treated us allvery well this season. There were lots of second and third year trout in the systems that were willing to play the game, so most … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The rains came and all is well in the Au Sable River Valley. Perhaps the best aspect of life in Northern Michigan is in the weather changes. That is, at least, when the changes are in your favor. We’ve broken the back of a hot, dry Summer … Read more
August 11, 2016 Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Trout like it cold, dark, and wet. We don’t have much of that in the heat of August here in the Au Sable River Valley. But we’ve been fortunate enough this season to have timely rains and relieving cold nights that swoop in on the … Read more
August 4, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. You just gotta love Northern Michigan. We’ve been vacillating between hot, sunny days best suited for beach blankets, blow up toys, and water fights and with cooler fall-like, cloudy days primed for fishing. And sometimes, it all happens in the same twenty-four hours. Either … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The dog days of Summer can make trout fishing tough. But we have yet to experience those doldrums on the trout streams of Northern Michigan. Deep and regular cool downs have kept the waters of our upper rivers, well, cool. Even better, the abrupt hot weather systems … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s a great time to be a fisherman on the trout streams of Northern Michigan. There are many tactics that can work in the weird, little world of fly fishing and right now all of them are in play. But, of course, there’s a problem – you’ll … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s July. Seems like I just woke up yesterday scrutinizing the weather report and thinking about the possibility of an afternoon Hendrickson hatch. April slipped quickly into May and that fishing pushed into the late nights of June and the Brown Drake and Hex hatch chase. It’s … Read more
June 23, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Well that was a great week we just had. The Hex hatched and spun and big fish took notice. We always see many of the best brown trout of the year during the Hex hatch, but it’s been just that much better so far … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The weather is always a bit crazy in Northern Michigan, but this past week it was downright schizophrenic. I set the furnace at seventy degrees one day in order to keep us warm and then set the air conditioner at seventy-four the next day to keep us … Read more