{"id":1266,"date":"2017-01-09T20:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:04:25","slug":"river-report-january-9-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/09\/river-report-january-9-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report January 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 6, 2017<\/p>\n

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n

\"SEAN<\/p>\n

Winter has struck the heart of Northern Michigan.\u00a0 We\u2019re in a snowy deep freeze for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 That means, for the fisherfolks in our area, that we\u2019re locked solidly into two perennial fishing seasons\u2014ice fishing season and fly tying season.<\/p>\n

\"AL<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny; both pursuits sort of rely on cold weather, but like all sportsmen\u2019s ventures, variables in the weather dictate the best time to do either.\u00a0 Usually, the decisive lines are clear.\u00a0 In the Fall, for example, if it\u2019s raining you go fishing and if it\u2019s not, you go hunting.\u00a0 But sometimes the lines are more blurred.\u00a0 I mean, if it\u2019s not raining in the Fall what critters should you hunt?\u00a0 Smaller stuff starts to take precedent.\u00a0 Your decision just might take shape by the weather trends that bookend that nice day and stuff like how warm or cold it is or how hard the winds blow begin to form your guess.\u00a0 It can be maddening.<\/p>\n

So the nice thing about Winter for is that it can limit pursuits and simplify options.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ve got lots of stuff I\u2019d like to do over the coming months, and stuff I\u2019ll make left handed throws toward. \u00a0I\u2019ll call for coyotes with all the little luck my skills and knowledge provide, and I\u2019ll lay snares and traps for furbearers with the same limiting factors.\u00a0 But the bread and butter of my winter will be ice fishing and fly tying.<\/p>\n

\"DOG<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And it will, or at least should, be simple to make the choice.\u00a0 After all, we essentially know what the weather forecast is for the next couple of months\u2014it\u2019s going to be cold with intermittent periods of snow.\u00a0 So the choice between fly tying and ice fishing will be formulated by smaller variables.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ll go ice fishing when it\u2019s cold and tie flies when it\u2019s really cold.<\/p>\n

A choice made clearer to me after a single digit and below freezing wind chill ice holing adventure with my friend Dave the other night.\u00a0 I\u2019m still not quite warmed up.\u00a0 The good news is that there was plenty of ice.\u00a0 It was thick on the lake, in my beard, and in my bones.<\/p>\n

\"TM<\/p>\n

Free fly tying classes will start at the Old Au Sable very soon, so shoot an email to andy@oldausable.com<\/a> and get signed up.<\/p>\n

\"JACK<\/a>Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 6, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Winter has struck the heart of Northern Michigan.\u00a0 We\u2019re in a snowy deep freeze for the foreseeable future.\u00a0 That means, for the fisherfolks in our area, that we\u2019re locked solidly into two perennial fishing seasons\u2014ice fishing season and fly tying season. It\u2019s funny; both … 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":[201,156,84,160,154,165,166,5,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266"}],"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=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}