{"id":1361,"date":"2017-05-11T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2017-05-11T22:07:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:07:39","slug":"the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/11\/the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doug with Guide Jamie and a Great Brook Trout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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May 11, 2017<\/p>\n

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

We\u2019re on the precipice of a fantastic May storm.\u00a0 Not the swirling dark and drizzle that soaks the landscape and knocks down trees, but on an ideal chain of events and conditions that makes May on the Au Sable a trout fisherman\u2019s paradise.<\/p>\n

The rivers and all of their thin- fingered branches have dropped out nicely to fine, fishable tannic stained perfection.\u00a0 The anglers on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers are having a fine time.\u00a0 The morning coffee chatter at the shop has been excited and filled with tales of steady action and conquests.\u00a0 We have a healthy class of brook, brown, and rainbow trout in the river this year and they are eager.\u00a0 It\u2019s flat fun to roll into the shop in the morning.\u00a0 I\u2019ve shown up early and excited just to be a part of the banter.\u00a0 It\u2019s always good to a part of the Old Au Sable and, lately, it\u2019s been great.<\/p>\n

It was even better this week when I made the executive decision to cut out early and make a foray into the freshly fishable South Branch.\u00a0 The road in was un-kept and dusty and my old car bounced and did rattling fishtails in the hurry.\u00a0 All of the accesses on the lower end were barren of anlgers.\u00a0 I took my pick, which was simply the first and easiest l could pull into.\u00a0 Quick on with waders and rod already strung, I shuffled and slid down the root stepped ridge and paused for a second before stepping into my old friend.\u00a0 There were no boot marks in the muck\u2014I was the about to be the first person into that particular access in a great, long while.\u00a0 There was enough reward in just that.<\/p>\n

The fish were already honoring the afternoon rise.\u00a0 Black caddis swarmed upstream heralded by leaping brook trout and Hendrickson and Black Quill spinners hung heavy in the air.\u00a0 Just enough spinners fell to the water to keep some better fish rising and the emerging little Mahoganies kept the rise beating like a slow drum.\u00a0 The beginnings of the light Hendricksons\u2014the fly the old timers call the big Sulfur\u2014joined the cotillion.\u00a0 It was a fine coming out party and I was lucky to be a small part of it.<\/p>\n

The time to go is now and the place is everywhere that trout swim in Northern Michigan.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you all soon,<\/p>\n

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

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