The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The last report talked about how great the August fishing had been. And then Mother Nature stepped in to make a liar out of me. A cold front blew in and settled on the river valley and stymied the rise. Fishing got tough overnight and the trout … Read more
July 24, 2020 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The height of the Summer trout fishing season has settled into the Au Sable River Valley. And our waters are in fine shape. Tricos and blue winged olives define the hatch match dry fly fishing opportunity now. Go early and you won’t miss the … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Hey Folks, I’ve been running ragged working the shop and guiding and have been a little behind with the reports I know you are all looking for. So, here it is. Hex are winding down on the Au Sable and are all but over on the South … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’ve got our last cold front of the season behind us—we hope. Fishing shut down for a few days, but now we should be back on track for the goodness of June. The Manistee has some fine brown drake nights in the bug forecast. And the Au … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s finally June. The trials and tribulations of May are behind us. High water is giving way to clearer, more fishable conditions. And, best of all, the drakes are started. Anglers can find gray drakes on most of our waters and brown drakes have exploded on area … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The River just keeps on flowing unconcerned about what we’re doing and unconcerned with what we want to happen. Hendricksons have largely moved through the system, but I surely wouldn’t go to the river without some parachutes and I’d be looking for Hendrickson spinners at dusk. We’re … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report For all of the most obvious reasons this has been the strangest Spring ever witnessed on the Au Sable River. We’re all in lockdown and our lives are dynamically changed. And though I am in no way tone deaf to the situation, I was doing my best … Read more
April 23, 2020 OPENING DAY The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s nearly impossible to believe that this is already the Opening Week of trout season. Yet, it feels like a long time coming. Home for many weeks during this long, lingering early-Spring, life has ebbed between accomplishment and adventure and wasted time … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Ponds are alive with croaks and creaks and peepers are peeping. Fish are moving around the rivers and into the shallow bays and shelves on area lakes. The songbirds are cheerfully back on sunshine mornings. An occasional trout is eating an occasional fly from the surface of … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report This has been the finest August I can remember – cool nights and warm days. Michigan has the best weather in the country right now. And fishing is, well, really pretty good for late Summer. Water temperatures and flows are solid, so daytime angling is alright. Tricos … Read more