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 Somehow the world has turned enough to put us right into August. Understanding where Summer started to slip away is a head scratcher. Seems like we just got started and already we’re only weeks from September. I guess it’s because everything in our trout fishing world took … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Well I guess we have to call the Hex Hatch finished for 2019. Sort of anyway. Our insect hatches never turn of like a light switch; instead, they sort of linger and nag at anglers like a leaky faucet. It’s hard not to pull on damp, mildewed … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Hex have blown up on the Au Sable since the last report. While it certainly isn’t over yet on the Au Sable it is well past peak emergence. The bugs will be less consistent than they have been over the last week, but nice fish will continue … Read more
June 25, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Hex are imminent. They have been for the last week. We saw the big fish-flies blow up in enormous number on Lake Margrethe and have been waiting for the big mayflies to make an appearance ever since. It normally takes about a week of … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The fishing since the last report on the Au Sable has been surprising. The hatches came off as predicted but with the unprecedented cold and high stream conditions, good catching was improbable. We expected tough angling, but what we got was amazing. High water continued to plague … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The rains keep falling. The rivers rise. The hatches keep moving along. Some reaches of river have become too high and clouded to effectively fish. It can be stressful for the anglers that have planned a fishing adventure some twelve months ago and have arrived to high, … Read more
May 31, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It feels like we’ve turned a corner. The last month has been has been tough for trout anglers. Especially, for the dry fly angler. We are behind by a week or so at best. But the weather is shifting into Summer, and I expect … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Fishing is always good, but now the catching is starting to slowly improve. It’s been a cold Spring and we’ve been struggling with water temperatures. That situation looks to be getting better all the time. Nighttime low temperatures along with daytime high temperatures, are helping our streams … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Every Spring of every trout season there’s a great fish story. This time it’s mine. We’ve been struggling Up North to get the 2019 Michigan trout season kicked into gear. Each time the conditions get right and the weather looks like it’ll let us find fish rising … Read more