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<\/a>have been very nice and the downs have been short lived.\u00a0 It\u2019s been such a dynamic year, that it\u2019s hard to tell how the fishing will be just from a weather forecast.\u00a0 Water levels, temperatures, photoperiodism, etc . . . have all been awkward dance partners this year and the odd combinations of any triggering factors have started or stopped the fishing.<\/p>\nI was able to hit the river with my good friend Josh the other day. His guide trip cancelled when the weather in the morning predicted a cool, rainy day.\u00a0 That was about all I needed to hear to shirk my afternoon chores.\u00a0 It was shaping up to be a perfect Hendrickson day and I was happy to take my turn on the oars with a good friend.<\/p>\n
We took the drift boat and weren\u2019t in the river for half an hour before the bugs started to hatch and the fish started to rise. The Hendricksons ended up being on the water in one form or another for many hours and we ended up hooking a bunch of nice trout.\u00a0 It was a fine day of fishing for sure.<\/p>\n
But what made it an unforgettable day for me was running into Alpena Bob on the river. I\u2019ve started to get to know Bob this year beyond just small talk on his quick stops into the fly shop.\u00a0 He had been in the same stretch of river the day before all alone, but instead of grimacing at us like interlopers as we launched the boat, he pointed out stretches that were good the day before.\u00a0\u00a0 We hop scotched all day long and compared notes and had just a fine day on the river.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget that the Old Au Sable is offering one day beginner\u2019s fly fishing classes <\/span><\/a><\/span>with industry pro Ben Hunting on May 14th<\/sup> and again Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We\u2019re having a nice, typical Spring here in Northern Michigan. We\u2019ll get a stretch of sunshine that warms the spirit and then a stretch of cool, rainy stuff that greens up the grass.\u00a0 The fishing has been good and poor in both sets of conditions.\u00a0 The good … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,155,84,7,154,5,150,68,1,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050"}],"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=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> on May 15th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Cost is for the class is $199 and includes a free fly rod package and instruction valued together at $365.\u00a0 Great deal.<\/p>\n