{"id":1335,"date":"2017-04-13T18:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2017-04-13T18:54:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:54:28","slug":"old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/13\/old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1336\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/adam-spence-brown.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/adam-spence-brown-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"adam spence brown\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice fish Adam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>April 13, 2017<\/p>\n<p>The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n<p>Here we are riding the chutes and ladders of Spring weather.\u00a0 And we love it because the cold days are getting just that much warmer and the warm days are flat beautiful Northern Michigan Weather.<\/p>\n<p>And trout fishing is underway and seems especially perfect on sixty and seventy degree days.\u00a0 Streamer and nymph fishing has been good to very good on the right days.\u00a0 The streams are running a bit high but even on the too high to safely wade South Branch, water clarity looks great for this time of year.\u00a0 Naturally colored flies in black, olive, brown and tan have been the streamers of choice but bring the whole box as conditions can always change.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your nymphs heavy and sized in twelves and fourteens and there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll find some tight line.\u00a0 The fish on the end will likely be a fine Au Sable specimen.\u00a0 The guides are seeing quite a few three and four year old fish on their trips so far this year.\u00a0 That means teen-sized trout.\u00a0 This is shaping up to be a fine season\u2014could be the best in years.<\/p>\n<p>And the dry flies are near.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been talking about blue-winged olives and black stoneflies for a fair number of weeks now, but we\u2019ve also seen the first of the hendricksons.\u00a0 Now I wouldn\u2019t call the hendrickson hatch started, and we have not had those bugs in fishable numbers just yet, but we have seen one here and there.\u00a0 With peak water temperatures for the day hovering around fifty degree mark and the progression of the stonefly and bwo hatch moving right along, it is time to pack your Hendrickson patterns in the old fly vest.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing quite like an early Spring on the Au Sable River and we haven\u2019t had one in a few years.\u00a0 Keep your eye on the fishing reports and social media and keep glued to the weather forecast.\u00a0 This kind of Spring fishing may just warrant an extra day off.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be hosting our tenth annual Trout Opener\u2019s Eve party on April 28<sup>th<\/sup> at the Old Au Sable and everyone is invited.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to believe that this will be our tenth season.\u00a0 Please swing by and join in the tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n<p>Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; April 13, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Here we are riding the chutes and ladders of Spring weather.\u00a0 And we love it because the cold days are getting just that much warmer and the warm days are flat beautiful Northern Michigan Weather. 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