January 15, 2016 River Report & Fly Tying

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Winter has officially arrived in the North woods. There’s a good many inches of snow settled into every swamp an swale and in the snow belt areas the accumulation is about to be measured in feet.  Trucks with plows are buzzing about and over-bundled shovelers and snow-blowers … Read more

River Report January 8, 2016

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The warm winter continues. Winters these recent years have been like the story of the Three Bears and it’s easy to start feeling like a little, whining Goldilocks—this one’s too cold and this one’s too hot. Here in Northern Michigan, conditions are rarely perfect for the plans … Read more

December 17, 2015 River Report

December 17, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The mild December continues and, while I’m still hoping for a white Christmas, the reality is that old man winter is limping along and the big chill likely won’t arrive until January. So go ahead and spool up the new line on the ice … Read more

River Report December 10, 2015

December 10, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. So far, for me, this December has been a welcome change from the snow-laden, winter vortex, Holiday seasons of the last two years. Sure, the ice fishing gear is still stowed and the snowshoes and skies remain at home in their corner of the … Read more

December 3, 2015 River Report

December 3, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. What’s that saying about closing a window and opening a door, or something?  I can’t quite remember, but I do know the Whitetailed Deer rifle season sort of puts the woods on lock down, and so, its end turns the key on all sorts … Read more

River Report November 19, 2015

November 19, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re in the thick of November and things are really starting to heat up. The unseasonably warm weather made for a fairly slow beginning to the firearm, white-tailed deer season, but the recent cool down and weather shift has the critters out and on … Read more

Old Au Sable River Report – November 12, 2015

Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report – November 12, 2015 It’s the annual white-tailed deer rifle season this week in Michigan.  The orange army is pulling on their red wool and rubber boots and taking to the woods in search of the elusive, gray ghosts.  Many hunters are dreaming of the thick-antlered, mossy-horned, old … Read more

River Report November 5, 2015

November 5, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It is impossible to talk about the fishing in Northern without breaking down the weather.   The two are cemented together and how one goes, so goes the other. The weather and fishing story have been about as varied and unpredictable as is possible and … Read more