August 31, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The last of our best hatches is in full flight—the White Fly hatch below Mio Dam is a spectacle of nature. The White Flies, or Ephrons, emerge, mate, and spin in epic numbers on the best nights and create a blizzard of bugs that … Read more
August 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Trout fishing on the streams of Northern Michigan is holding up very well so far this Summer. Usually, the stream conditions deteriorate as the Summer rolls along. The water gets low and clear and even, sometimes just a bit too warm for good fishing … Read more
May 4, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Trout season 2017 is well underway. We saw the best trout opening day that we’ve had in years. The weather opened up just enough and collided with a sliver of decent water conditions to entertain anglers with a trout rise to blue-winged olives, hendricksons, … Read more
April 13, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Here we are riding the chutes and ladders of Spring weather. And we love it because the cold days are getting just that much warmer and the warm days are flat beautiful Northern Michigan Weather. And trout fishing is underway and seems … Read more
April 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’ve just endured winter’s last stand here in Northern Michigan—I hope. That cranky old man shook his fist at us once again and we took it on the chin a little but his punch is getting weaker. Winter won’t stick. Warm weather will clean … Read more
Guide Sean with a nice brown. March 31, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The terrible thing about working in a fly shop is that when the weather gets nice, you get busy. We had a fine, sunny day in the fifties this week and, of course, I was locked in … 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
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