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

River Report July 6, 2018

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

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

River Report June 21, 2018

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

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

River Report June 7, 2018

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

River Report May 31, 2018

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

April 19, 2018 River Report

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

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