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de this Spring but with unseasonably warm temperatures in front of us for the foreseeable future, we can call an end to winter.\u00a0 Put away your snow blower\u2014it\u2019s time to trout fish.<\/p>\nThe Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
Finally!\u00a0 We have a fantastic weather report in front of us.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a roller coaster ride this Spring but with unseasonably warm temperatures in front of us for the foreseeable future, we can call an end to winter.\u00a0 Put away your snow blower\u2014it\u2019s time to trout fish.<\/p>\n
Streamer fishing is going to be the name of the game for a bit, and with 60 and 70 degree days in the weather mix, there should be some great days of it.\u00a0\u00a0 Rising water temperatures will kick on the trout\u2019s metabolism and those winter hungry brown trout will be looking for a big meal.\u00a0 Tie on flies matched appropriately to the water you\u2019re angling.\u00a0 A good rule of thumb is to fish flies from two to five inches long in waters that are wadable and to fish bugs up to seven inches long in waters only fishable from a boat. And remember that you\u2019re also fishing to expectations.\u00a0 Are you trophy fishing and what is a trophy to you?\u00a0 True trophy trout, the fish that make the magazine covers, can live anywhere in our river systems, but are most likely to exist in numbers in the largest water bodies.\u00a0 We\u2019re talking here about trout that are better measured in pounds rather than inches.\u00a0 Fish in any river system tend to drop back to the bigger aquarium of lower river reaches where the carrying capacity is greatest for both the predators and for potential prey species.\u00a0 You can reasonably pitch a giant fly in those places to hope for a magnum trout.\u00a0 You may not see one, but then again, fish like that only happen maybe once in a lifetime.<\/p>\n Or do you simply want to get a lot of action and maybe even land a truly fine trout by any estimation?\u00a0 My favorite days are those in which I move around lots of trout and land fish in the mid-teens and So there\u2019s that to do.<\/p>\n But I\u2019m most excited by the entomological possibilities that may just occur between now and the Opening Day of Michigan\u2019s trout season.\u00a0 I\u2019m rubbing my hands together and getting much too eager for those first rising trout of the year.\u00a0 \u00a0First, fish will rise to the blue-winged olives and then, with their appetites wet, will roll to Hendricksons.\u00a0 Hendricksons are the first meaty fly of the year and hatch in mass at water temperatures that are in line with prime trout feeding.\u00a0 It\u2019s a perfect crescendo of situations, and when it happens, there is no finer fishing in the world.<\/p>\n I hope it happens perfectly this year, and I hope I\u2019m there.\u00a0 This is the best an early season has looked in a very long time.<\/p>\n There\u2019s lots of great stuff going on at The Old Au Sable this Spring so be sure to check out the events page on our website.\u00a0 One of the highlights is a one day beginner\u2019s fly fishing class <\/span><\/a><\/span>with industry pro Ben Hunting on May 14th<\/sup> and again on May 15th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Cost is $199 and that includes a free fly rod and reel package valued at over $200.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget to clear your schedule for our annual Trout Season\u2019s Eve Party<\/span><\/a><\/span> on April 29th.\u00a0 All the food and fun will be there and Last but not least we\u2019re going to run a Spring special on trout fishing trips until April 21st this year.\u00a0 We\u2019re offering a 5 hour trip down the river and a streamside lunch for $275 for up to 2 anglers.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great deal and five hours is just about the right amount of time to spend on the stream in the early Spring.<\/p>\n It\u2019s time to think Spring.<\/p>\n Quit wishing about it and get to doing it.\u00a0 The season is here.\u00a0 Hope to see you all soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Finally!\u00a0 We have a fantastic weather report in front of us.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a roller coaster ride this Spring but with unseasonably warm temperatures in front of us for the foreseeable future, we can call an end to winter.\u00a0 Put away your snow blower\u2014it\u2019s time to trout … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,155,84,7,154,5,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"donnie4\"](\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donnie4.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>maybe even break twenty.\u00a0 I like bites, and yellow-sided flashes, and plenty of action.\u00a0 Three to five inch streamers offer your best chance at those sorts of results.\u00a0 You\u2019re simply targeting more fish.\u00a0 There\u2019s no wrong way to approach trout fishing unless, of course, you\u2019re operating outside reasonable expectations.\u00a0 And then, who knows, maybe you\u2019ll be surprised by that leviathan anyway.<\/p>\n<\/a>Dennis Potter will be doing free fly tying demonstrations all weekend.\u00a0 It should be a great Opener this year.<\/p>\n