August 31, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The last of our best hatches is in full flight—the White Fly hatch below Mio Dam is a spectacle of nature. The White Flies, or Ephrons, emerge, mate, and spin in epic numbers on the best nights and create a blizzard of bugs that … 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
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Whew! My shoulders are officially lowered. I just spent a week with my fine wife and sweet little boy exploring the wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s been nearly twenty years since Gloria and I have taken an entire week to explore the wonders that Northern Michigan … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The great migration has begun. Many thousands of cars, trucks, and SUV’s hit the blacktop trail after the holiday weekend and flowed southward from their Summer grounds. Folks pulled their docks and cabin shades, benched their boats, and stowed the patio furniture. Vacation time spent, younger couples … Read more
August 11, 2016 Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Trout like it cold, dark, and wet. We don’t have much of that in the heat of August here in the Au Sable River Valley. But we’ve been fortunate enough this season to have timely rains and relieving cold nights that swoop in on the … Read more
August 4, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. You just gotta love Northern Michigan. We’ve been vacillating between hot, sunny days best suited for beach blankets, blow up toys, and water fights and with cooler fall-like, cloudy days primed for fishing. And sometimes, it all happens in the same twenty-four hours. Either … Read more
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The dog days of Summer can make trout fishing tough. But we have yet to experience those doldrums on the trout streams of Northern Michigan. Deep and regular cool downs have kept the waters of our upper rivers, well, cool. Even better, the abrupt hot weather systems … Read more
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