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<\/a>heat of August here in the Au Sable River Valley.\u00a0 But we\u2019ve been fortunate enough this season to have timely rains and relieving cold nights that swoop in on the heels of hot spells.<\/p>\nThe rains keep the springs flowing and pumping cold water into our streams that are inevitably low.\u00a0 In some ways the low water levels can help the stream temperatures by allowing the cool spring water to have a stronger cooling effect on the river temperatures.\u00a0 And, of course, nights that dip into the forties do a fine job of helping battle the Early mornings will continue to offer the best stream trout angling opportunities as the water temps will be at their best for the day.\u00a0 Tricos and olives are the order of the morning, but the fishing has been even better when the hatch wanes and the fish are The water clarity is as important a factor as any right now.\u00a0 Water in Northern Michigan now is ice water glassy.\u00a0 Trout in our region are subject to a higher than average natural predation rate.\u00a0 Herons, ospreys, kingfishers, eagles, mink, and otters all take their toll on our trout and the make the fish ultra-wary.\u00a0 That means, for us, that the second, third, and forth year trout are largely hidden in the logjams and weed beds when the sun reaches the water.<\/p>\n So most of the fish caught in the shallows during sunlight hours will be small fish that are relegated to the center of the stream.\u00a0 As the Good luck out there, and we\u2019ll see you on the River.<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 11, 2016 Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Trout like it cold, dark, and wet.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have much of that in the heat of August here in the Au Sable River Valley.\u00a0 But we\u2019ve been fortunate enough this season to have timely rains and relieving cold nights that swoop in on the … 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":[202,148,164,155,84,7,5,68,163,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159"}],"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=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1992,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/1992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> summer heat.\u00a0 We\u2019re gonna need a little of both after this latest hot streak and it looks like we may just get it.<\/p>\n<\/a>still looking to the surface.\u00a0 Then it becomes time for small attractor pattern like Patriots and Royal Coachman parachutes.<\/p>\n<\/a> water drops, the side rider cover becomes prime, crowded real estate.\u00a0 Look for the water itself to become the cover.\u00a0 There\u2019s only so much room under the logjam, so better fish will be forced to use deeper cuts, riffles, and pools.\u00a0 To take advantage of this phenomenon, think nymph fishing.\u00a0 A slow, wet presentation is perfect for fish that don\u2019t want to make strong moves to a stream or dry fly.\u00a0 That is, if you want to catch a bigger trout.<\/p>\n