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<\/a>Well that was a great week we just had.\u00a0 The Hex hatched and spun and big fish took notice.\u00a0 We always see many of the best brown trout of the year during the Hex hatch, but it\u2019s been just that much better so far this season.\u00a0 We\u2019ve witnessed more truly large browns this year than we have since I\u2019ve been a part of the fishing scene on the Au Sable River.\u00a0 The Upper Au Sable is flat![\"20160622_220852\"](\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160622_220852.jpg\")
<\/a> showing its medal.<\/p>\nThe flies are on all the traditional Hex grounds of the Au Sable.\u00a0 They\u2019ve appeared well on the mainstream and seem to have legs.\u00a0 I\u2019d expect the midnight prowl to be rewarded for the coming week or so.\u00a0 The South Branch has produced very well so far, but my gut tells me the bugs there are long in the tooth.\u00a0 There will be some good South Branch trout stories told over coffee on some mornings this week, but the best, peak fishing is likely in the rear view window over there.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s more good stuff coming, though.\u00a0 The mainstream of the Au The fact is that the hatch is upon us and if you don\u2019t or can\u2019t go, you are doomed to just enjoy the pictures from those who did.<\/p>\n If Hex fishing and midnight excursions aren\u2019t your thing, you Hope to see you all soon and good luck!<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 23, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Well that was a great week we just had.\u00a0 The Hex hatched and spun and big fish took notice.\u00a0 We always see many of the best brown trout of the year during the Hex hatch, but it\u2019s been just that much better so far … 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":[202,148,159,155,84,7,161,5,68,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107"}],"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=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>I was lucky enough to land a big Brook Trout in the Tract the other day.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t caught a truly big one in at least ten years.\u00a0 That trout was so special that I rustled my wife and my little boy in the small hours of the morning to tell them about it.\u00a0 My wife was sleepily supportive and slightly annoyed and Jack was feeding off my excitement.\u00a0 But they didn\u2019t quite know how special it was.\u00a0 I think you all might.\u00a0 I revived it for a very long time.\u00a0 The fish was doing fine but, mostly, I just didn\u2019t want to let it go.\u00a0\u00a0 You just don\u2019t get to touch something so special very often.<\/p>\n<\/a> Sable will hold up and even get better and those Manistee anglers with sneaky spots are probably gonna have spectacular stories in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/a>should try to get to the water in the morning hours.\u00a0 There are so many fish in river this year and lots of them are just big enough to put a nice bend in the long rod.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good chance that you\u2019ll catch lots in the a.m. and there\u2019s an even better chance that you\u2019ll be all alone.\u00a0 All alone on the River is a great place to be.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing quite like another day wakening\u2014birds singing in the trees, the sun growing through the pine needles, and rings of rising trout on the flat water of the Au Sable River.<\/p>\n