May 26, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’re set up for some fantastic fishing here on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers. Frankly, every trout stream in Michigan should show its medal this week. Water conditions are perfect. Water levels are at prime, fishable depths and water temperatures are … Read more
January 27, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I remember winters like this. I remember mid-winter warm-ups where the ground went bare in February and the snowshoe hares glowed white against brown ground. I like those winters. I like a good thaw and this has been a long one. That … Read more
October 26, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. And just like that, it is prime time Fall. I took a week off just as colors were changing and a handful of days later the trees hit peak blaze and in a blink the leaves started to drop and the deer have started … 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
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I go fishing every day. It’s not some selfish rule or credo. And it’s not because I’d be a fake in the fly shop if I didn’t, and it’s not for some ego issue; it’s because I have to. It’s because something tugs at my guts and … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s June and that means one thing above all others in Northern Michigan—it’s time to go fishing. It’s prime time angling for nearly every fish that swims in our lakes and streams. The Bluegill fishing is prime right now. I took Jack to a little, puddle lake … Read more