September 11, 2017<\/p>\n
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
And just like that Summer is over.\u00a0 Our spectacular Spring fishing stirs the beehive of activity and the shop doors swing open and shut with eager anglers for many months until Summer\u2019s crescendo.\u00a0 Labor Day inflates our local population by tenfold and then, on that first September Tuesday, the southbound traffic drains the people from woods and waters of Northern Michigan leaving the outdoors to deer and grouse and trout and a fortunate few anglers and hunters.\u00a0 Solace is the new rule.<\/p>\n
Time spent in the trees and streams now offers up the best kind of loneliness.\u00a0 It\u2019s shoulder-lowering.\u00a0 The recently packed river accesses are literally empty and the forested trials are your own.\u00a0 Paths over the ridges and to the river seem to have been carved just for you.\u00a0 There\u2019s an almost eerie sense of calm.\u00a0 Our tamed forests turn temporarily into wilderness and every footstep is one into the wild.<\/p>\n
With hard morning frosts, afternoons in the sixties, and college football on Saturdays, it\u2019s hard to deny that Fall has arrived.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had folks in the shop the last few days robed like true Michiganders.\u00a0 They make me smile, dressed in fleece or down jackets above the waist and thinly clad in shorts and sandals below the beltline.\u00a0 We Michigan people are odd and resilient folks.\u00a0 I stand in front of my closet for a few long minutes each morning trying to decide on the right outfit\u2014style has little to do with necessity and it\u2019s difficult to pick clothes that can meet all needs in the fall Northland.\u00a0 Maybe I need to develop wool flip-flops and fleece lined shorts.\u00a0 Maybe socks and sandals make sense.<\/p>\n
In the woods and waters, we\u2019re tiptoeing into goodness.\u00a0 The brook trout are podding up and moving to spawning grounds and the moon is slipping deeper into dark phases so the brown trout night bite is about to get good again.\u00a0 Streamer and nymph fishing has been the saving grace of our trout fishing on the Au Sable and should just continue to improve.<\/p>\n
Salmon are in the rivers and bucks are showing up on the game cams.\u00a0 Best of all, grouse season opens on September fifteenth.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great time to be a sportsman in Michigan.\u00a0 I wish Fall lasted all year.<\/p>\n
Take care and we\u2019ll see you soon,<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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