The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s a great time to be a fisherman on the trout streams of Northern Michigan. There are many tactics that can work in the weird, little world of fly fishing and right now all of them are in play. But, of course, there’s a problem – you’ll … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s June and that means one thing above all others in Northern Michigan—it’s time to go fishing. It’s prime time angling for nearly every fish that swims in our lakes and streams. The Bluegill fishing is prime right now. I took Jack to a little, puddle lake … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a great week of fishing for me. Now, granted, I really only get to go after the shop has closed. And, while that limits me to hitting the stream for the evening rise, I’m fine with that because it’s usually the time to find bigger … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The caddis KaBoom! happened and the Sulphurs got rolling. The first warm days after a cold spell often make good things happen and the yellow sun did its part to make the yellow bugs explode this week. There’s too many different caddis on the water to list … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s hard to believe we’re already this deep into May. Hendrickson hatches are starting to wane, but there are lots of other bugs filling in the afternoon emergence. The black caddis hatch has blown up and little mahoganies, olive stoneflies, black quills, and mattress thrasher stoneflies are … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re having a nice, typical Spring here in Northern Michigan. We’ll get a stretch of sunshine that warms the spirit and then a stretch of cool, rainy stuff that greens up the grass. The fishing has been good and poor in both sets of conditions. The good … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. There’s been some turbulence in the dry fly fishing so far this year. Last week we saw the first fish of the year rising to blue-winged olives and Hendricksons and as each day turned into a warm afternoon, the hatches got a little better and the trout … Read more
April 21, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The dry fly fishing season is here. It’s not red hot just yet, but it is here. Olives have hatched nicely for the last week and we’ve had a thin dribble of Hendricksons for a good number of days and with low pressure in … Read more
We’re happy to announce that Dennis Potter will be at the shop over the opening weekend. Below is the schedule on what Dennis will be covering. Make sure to stop by, you’ll take your fly tying to a new level after seeing Dennis do his magic.
After it was announced that Andy won the 2016 Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Award we’ve had a bunch of requests to hear some. So here you are, the first one is “Bluegills” OLD AU SABLE BLUEGILLS 071515 The second one is “Thunderstorm” OLD AU SABLE THUNDERSTORM 080615 The third is “Weather” OLD AU … Read more