{"id":1338,"date":"2017-04-20T19:14:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2017-04-20T19:14:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:14:20","slug":"the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/20\/the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lots<\/a>
Lots of these in the Au Sable this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 20, 2017<\/p>\n

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

So close.\u00a0 We\u2019re so close to some fine dry fly fishing here in wondrous Northern Michigan on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers.\u00a0 May just happen by the time you eager anglers hear this report.<\/p>\n

I actually took off the first two days of my April 17th<\/sup>, first draw turkey season with the hopes of hunting in the rising morning light and dry fly fishing with Hendricksons during the warm afternoons.\u00a0 I was almost sure it would come together, and I was almost exactly right.\u00a0 It turns out that almost is almost good enough.\u00a0 But big rains swelled the river to the banks and beyond.\u00a0 Even the venerable Upper North Branch and Upper Manistee roiled with dark water.\u00a0 We gained many inches of river flow and lost too many degrees of water temperature for the fine dry fly fishing I hoped for.<\/p>\n

Since then the River Valley has started to drain and the temperature has bounced and the Hendricksons and Olives have picked up from a mere trickle.\u00a0 Anglers are catching a few fish on surface again.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see what the weather does in the coming days\u2014torrential rains could push the dry fly fishing right back to the traditional opening day on April 29th. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another Typical Example from the year so far. Thanks Tim Riley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last Saturday of April opens up all of Michigan\u2019s eleven and a half thousand miles of trout stream.\u00a0 It always astounds me\u2014no matter how many times I peel off that number\u2014how fortunate we are to live in such a fine state.\u00a0 To put things in perspective, the state of Colorado brags some six thousand glorious miles of trout stream\u2014about half of our wonder. Another reason we love this place.\u00a0 Safe to say that if you live or recreate around here, you flat get it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rare that great dry fly, trout fishing, lines up with our opening day.\u00a0 This year it just may.\u00a0 This year it\u2019s likely.\u00a0 And in the meantime, anglers with a strong tug to the river, may have to push against high waters and seek smaller reaches, but should be rewarded with solitude and the first gulping trout of their season.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d rather be a day early than a day late.<\/p>\n

Cross your fingers for some dry weather and be sure to call the shop for the latest and most up to date conditions and bug report.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re only a week away from an event filled Opening Weekend.\u00a0 The night before trout opener, I\u2019d like to invite you all to attend our 10 annual Trout Opener Eve Party.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got spectacular specials, fun games and some great food lined up.\u00a0 We\u2019ll also be giving away a Tibor Reel . . . you\u2019ll have to swing by to see how you can enter to win.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to be excited\u2014trout season is here!<\/p>\n

See you soon,<\/p>\n

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

April 20, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report So close.\u00a0 We\u2019re so close to some fine dry fly fishing here in wondrous Northern Michigan on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers.\u00a0 May just happen by the time you eager anglers hear this report. I actually took off the first two days of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,84,166,5,150,158],"tags":[169,170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338"}],"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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}