April 4, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s April now. I don’t know much, but I know that. That means that your two thousand and eighteen Michigan fishing license is no longer valid. As of March thirty-first, Michigan anglers need to hold a twenty nineteen sticker to legally ply the waters … Read more
July 6, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report July has arrived with a classic Michigan heatwave. Temperatures poking into the nineties have the larger, main channels of our river getting too warm for good afternoon angling. The best play for trout fishers on those waters is to hit the stream as the … Read more
March 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report By inches and nudges Spring is slowly creeping in. We’re moving from highs in the thirties and low forties to highs in the forties and even fifties. It’s been a slow but sunny climb and that sunshine has everyone in Northern Michigan … Read more
January 11, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report After multiple mornings over the past couple of weeks breaking thermometers and abusing Northern Michigan residents with pre-windchill temperatures down to negative twenty-eight degrees, this warm-up was both a physical and mental relief. The gang was starting to get a little shiny … Read more
January 1, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We are flat in the clutches of winter. Ice fishing is rolling in most of the state. We have safe ice conditions in on many of our local waters. The West side of the state seems to have the most dubious conditions, however. Heavy … Read more
November 21, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Rain. It’s rained and snowed and the wind has blown and the sun disappeared for most of the deer season so far. We’ve hunted in the grimpen mire. And most folks in Northern Michigan had some tough sledding. The buck poles were … Read more
October 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Gotta admit, I’m struggling out there in the Grouse and Woodcock covers so far this year, and a lot of my friends are as well. We had good drumming early this year and nesting seemed like it should have taken well. Furthermore, it seemed … Read more
Brown Trout Safari Late fall is an excellent time to hunt for big post spawn Brown Trout with streamers. This hardcore fishing trip is planned to do just that, with lodging, meals & more included. The perfect weekend to cap off the season before winter hits. When November 4th and 5th Limited 6 rods only … Read more
September 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report And just like that Summer is over. Our spectacular Spring fishing stirs the beehive of activity and the shop doors swing open and shut with eager anglers for many months until Summer’s crescendo. Labor Day inflates our local population by tenfold and then, on … Read more
August 15, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s hard to believe how well the daytime fishing is holding up so far this August. I took Jack on a float this past week for his first ever trout fishing trip. We dropped the Au Sable boat into the Manistee at about noon—with … Read more