Folks are vibrating with Spring energy here in the Northwoods. Jack and I have been taking Stella puppy for after work spins in the grouse coverts (before the woods close to unleashed dogs on April 15th), so that she can get a sniffer full of smells and so that Jack can work on his compass … Read more
I’m glad March came and glad it’s gone. Streamer fishing has been solid on the best days and will just keep getting better with more of those best days to come. I love pitching meatbugs and stripping flies from the bank and pausing them into the streambed contours, and jolt-strikes, and a leviathan, thick-sided brown … Read more
This is the weather we’ve been waiting for – Spring is breaking. We’ve moved the clocks and the kids will steal a week away from school. There’s a change settling into Northern Michigan. Spring creep is kindly welcomed. Temperatures move from twenties to thirties and thirties move to forties and each marker sheds a layer … Read more
March toward Spring I say. Even though this month often serves up some of our most ferocious winter weather, it’s nice to turn the calendar page. Days are getting longer and the sun’s angle stronger. There’s no more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark. We can look forward to … Read more
You won’t often hear these words, but January flew by for me. The cold was so bitter that it, in fact, shut down the lake effect machine. Weather prognosticators had foreshadowed a warmer than average winter highlighted by heavy snow fall due to an unfrozen Lake Michigan. Clearly, they are overpaid. No problem for Michiganians—we’re … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report What a wonderful, mild beginning to March. Temperatures have given us highs in the forties and even a beautiful stretch of fifties. The trend has begun a slow melt of ice and snow that is much welcomed as winter winds down. Who knows what the coming weeks … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The miserable cold snap has finally ended. It has been a beautiful, mild winter and the cold spell lasted just long enough to thicken the blood. Mild temperatures are in front of us for a good while and after the toughening up, it’s going to feel like … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Well, when you live in the North it’s only a matter of time before winter turns tough and Arctic air dumps into the Great Lakes Region. There’s a beauty of a deep freeze settling in. The snow will be squeaky when daytime high temperatures just tickle single … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Ice fishing is in full swing. We have lots of hard water to fish and anglers have been taking full advantage. So many anglers are hitting the ice in Northern Michigan, that I could barely find a tub of waxworms to buy last Sunday night in preparation … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s one curve ball after another when Mother Nature pitches November weather. Hunting bucks in the Michigan rifle season is the big leagues. So far this year, I’m batting below the Mendoza line, but it’s not over yet and I’ll keep stepping up to the plate. Two … Read more