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October 27, 2017<\/p>\n
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
With a heavy snap of the switch it just all changed.\u00a0 We got everything we were asking for and more.\u00a0 The temperature dropped quickly enough to warrant a one log fire salute to the beginning of woodstove season.\u00a0 And the rain.\u00a0 We needed it and we got it.\u00a0 It rained all night and through the next morning and then it rained without let up through the next day and even heavier the following night.\u00a0 It rained and rained and rained some more.<\/p>\n
We needed a good dollop and we got a wallop. \u00a0The rivers are pushing up over their banks now and the belated beginning of the Fall Brown Trout streamer bite has commenced.\u00a0 This is one of the finest periods of the year to land large brown trout on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers.\u00a0 It\u2019s time for thickly dressed, lengthy flies colored in anything from black or olive to white and even yellow.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be trying to feed big fish the big meals they want as they prepare for winter.\u00a0 Some of our best fish of the year will come to hand in the next six weeks.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Of course, with the deluge we\u2019ve just experienced wading will extremely limited and impossible in most reaches.\u00a0 If\u00a0 you get in a boat, however, we can expect that the trout will be pushed right up against the bank and tight to cover.\u00a0 The swipes will be vicious, rod-jolting attacks.\u00a0 This is a time for trophies.<\/p>\n We can expect a change in the upland woods as well as birds settle into the new conditions.\u00a0 The grouse and woodcock reports have been as varied as the folks and dogs that that pursue them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had hunters report good grouse numbers but wondering where all the woodcock are hiding and I\u2019ve had hunters finding fast shooting deep into flights of woodcock wondering where all the grouse are this year.\u00a0 Personally, I\u2019ve had it both ways, but I have yet to have good hunting for both species on the same day.<\/p>\n Frankly, I\u2019m not sure of anything other than the fact that the conditions have been strange and difficult.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing and hoping that there are still some woodcock left to come and that the grouse will gather in traditional covers.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be on the food sources betting I\u2019ll trip over a few.<\/p>\n I love this time of year and hope to share it with you all,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 27, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report With a heavy snap of the switch it just all changed.\u00a0 We got everything we were asking for and more.\u00a0 The temperature dropped quickly enough to warrant a one log fire salute to the beginning of woodstove season.\u00a0 And the rain.\u00a0 We … 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":[84,149,166,5,150,158],"tags":[180,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472"}],"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=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n