The Old AuSable Fly Shop Fishing Report When the weather turns cold and the woods silent, my world slows and all thoughts turn to deer hunting. There is only one pursuit in Northern Michigan during the last two weeks of November—it’s white-tail season. An event so important and steeped in tradition that many businesses shutter … 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
September 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The first whiffs of Fall are finally in the breeze. The mornings are crisp and cool. It feels good to put on socks and boots and heavy brush pants. Bird season is well underway and the dogs are earning their kibble. It’s … Read more
July 13, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Cool nights have turned on the trout in Northern Michigan Trout Streams. We’re back to sleeping wrapped up in quilts with the cabin windows open all night long. And the days are taking a long time to get to late afternoon eighty … Read more
September 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report And just like that Summer is over. Our spectacular Spring fishing stirs the beehive of activity and the shop doors swing open and shut with eager anglers for many months until Summer’s crescendo. Labor Day inflates our local population by tenfold and then, on … Read more
June 8, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a cool spring, but now as we wade deeper into June, we’re getting summer warmth and we’re getting some heat on those riverside muck banks. The Brown Drakes nymphs are well incubated and the hatch will continue to roll and should … Read more
May 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’re on the precipice of a fantastic May storm. Not the swirling dark and drizzle that soaks the landscape and knocks down trees, but on an ideal chain of events and conditions that makes May on the Au Sable a trout fisherman’s … Read more
May 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’re on the precipice of a fantastic May storm. Not the swirling dark and drizzle that soaks the landscape and knocks down trees, but on an ideal chain of events and conditions that makes May on the Au Sable a trout fisherman’s … Read more
May 4, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Trout season 2017 is well underway. We saw the best trout opening day that we’ve had in years. The weather opened up just enough and collided with a sliver of decent water conditions to entertain anglers with a trout rise to blue-winged olives, hendricksons, … Read more
April 27, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The opening week of trout season has arrived. And with an extremely warm, dry week acting as a prelude, the stage is set for the best opening week we’ve seen in years. Water conditions have consistently improved; the water clarity and temperatures are … Read more