River Report November 19, 2015

November 19, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re in the thick of November and things are really starting to heat up. The unseasonably warm weather made for a fairly slow beginning to the firearm, white-tailed deer season, but the recent cool down and weather shift has the critters out and on … Read more

Old Au Sable River Report – November 12, 2015

Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report – November 12, 2015 It’s the annual white-tailed deer rifle season this week in Michigan.  The orange army is pulling on their red wool and rubber boots and taking to the woods in search of the elusive, gray ghosts.  Many hunters are dreaming of the thick-antlered, mossy-horned, old … Read more

River Report November 5, 2015

November 5, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It is impossible to talk about the fishing in Northern without breaking down the weather.   The two are cemented together and how one goes, so goes the other. The weather and fishing story have been about as varied and unpredictable as is possible and … Read more

River Report October 29, 2015

October 29, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’ve finally found the Fall weather fishermen were waiting for. The remnants of hurricane Patricia served up an all-day soaking rain complete with the dense cloud cover that fishermen crave.  Trout anglers on the Upper Au Sable and Manistee Rivers slipped into drift boats … Read more

River Report October 21, 2015

October 21, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report What a great time I’ve had this week. There’s so much good stuff happening in the North woods and I was lucky enough to take some well needed days off to enjoy some of the reasons we live here. The leaf drop is happening … Read more

River Report October 15, 2015

October 15, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Fall colors have exploded here in Northern Michigan. It took a while for the change to happen this year, but now it has and the roadways, river bottoms, and lakeshores are awash in bright reds, yellows, and oranges. This is the week to take … Read more

River Report October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s fair to say that the worm has turned. Gone is the Summertime-like weather that pushed so late into September and now true Fall conditions have slid into Northern Michigan. And with the change, much improved hunting and fishing has followed. Migratory woodcock flights … Read more

River Report September 23, 2015

September 23, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Welcome to the official beginning of Fall! Hands down my favorite time of the year. There is so much to be positive about. The weather is perfect. And I mean perfect. We’re seeing a trend of sunny, dry, mid-seventy degree days punctuated by cool, … Read more