March 14, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a winter that will live in infamy. This one had it all – many, many sub-zero mornings that creaked and popped the porch boards and tree trunks, huge snowfalls and white-outs, and snow days that will have the kids doing math until … Read more
October 31, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re moving into the latest pages of Fall. As October rolls into November the leaves curl on the ground and frosty mornings give way to occasional smatterings of snow. The deer are healthy and strong and the grouse are all full fanned … Read more
October 3, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report October has finally arrived and is well underway. We’re settled nicely into Fall weather patterns and the trout and grouse and deer are doing exactly what they should be doing in October. The streamer bite has greatly improved with the current cool, wet weather … Read more
August 9, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report There’s an amazing truth about rivers—rivers keep flowing to the lake whether we’re there or not. On our cold rivers, we’re fortunate enough to have trout that keep feeding whether we’re there or not. Sometimes, it seems like they feed only when … 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
May 31, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been Africa hot for a good ten Days. I haven’t worn a pair of waders yet on a guide trip. Wet wading is supposed to be a wonderful relief in July and August heat. So far, it’s been a welcome relief to May … Read more
March 6, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I keep hearing and we all keep saying that Spring isn’t here yet and winter is sure to return. Well, it will but only in fits and spurts. It feels like early Spring here, it looks like early Spring here, and it’s … Read more
February 16, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Winter in Northern Michigan can be an affair of shivering and suffering in solitude. Now, I don’t know about everyone else, but this winter is flying by for me. I guess I was charging through it with my head down, but when I … 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
November 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Anglers are moving those brown trout around in fair numbers. The bigger streamers seem to be garnering attention but smaller flies in the three inch range are the best bet—you simply target more fish. The rivers are in much better shape than the deluge … Read more