{"id":1523,"date":"2018-03-06T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T18:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T18:40:55","slug":"the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/06\/the-old-au-sable-fly-shop-fishing-report-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1524\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DONFEB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DONFEB-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Bob with Donnie finding trout\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob with Donnie finding trout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>March 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n<p>I keep hearing and we all keep saying that Spring isn\u2019t here yet and winter is sure to return. \u00a0Well, it will but only in fits and spurts.\u00a0 It feels like early Spring here, it looks like early Spring here, and it\u2019s fishing like early Spring here.<\/p>\n<p>Ice fishing is all but done.\u00a0 Sure, there are folks still sneaking out onto shaky ice but conditions are dubious at best.\u00a0 If you go, call the most local shop you can find.\u00a0 But I say leave it alone until next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/donfebpic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/donfebpic-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"donfebpic\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s too much other good fishing to be had to take the risk on the ice.\u00a0 Steelhead are moving into the coastal streams and high water is subsiding in many of those rivers.\u00a0 On the Au Sable and Manistee, early season trout fishing is well underway.\u00a0 Anglers are landing some nice trout and flashing good numbers on the best afternoons.\u00a0 Now, the bite window is generally only an hour or two but those couple of hours can be wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to put away the short rods and pull out the long sticks.<\/p>\n<p>Donnie has been rolling down the river guiding and fishing for fun whenever he gets the chance.\u00a0 And he\u2019s finding them.\u00a0 The best days, he\u2019s seeing a dozen or so good ones and boat three or four.\u00a0 That\u2019s the rap for now and it\u2019s just going to get better.\u00a0 This is shaping up to be a very good early season. \u00a0It\u2019s time to pull on waders.<\/p>\n<p>The water looks fine with the generally wadable upper reaches of the Manistee and Au Sable in shape with good clarity and open access points.\u00a0 And we\u2019re seeing some small, black stoneflies.\u00a0 The first dry flies of the year are a harbinger of Spring.\u00a0 Next will be the big stones and then the blue-winged olives and then the glorious Hendricksons.\u00a0 We are already wondering when they\u2019ll come.\u00a0 Fact is . . . we don\u2019t know.\u00a0 But history dictates that mild winters generally mean low water Springs and early Hendricksons.\u00a0 If the brown ground holds, I bet we see them by the middle of April.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see and as always, time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to find out.<\/p>\n<p>In the meanwhile, it is time to head to the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo.\u00a0 Truly one of the best trade shows in the world of Fly Fishing World, the Warren Show is a fine way to get revved up for the coming fishing season.\u00a0 I hope can all make the trip.<\/p>\n<p>See you soon,<\/p>\n<p>Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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