{"id":1536,"date":"2018-04-20T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:03:42","slug":"april-19-2018-river-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/april-19-2018-river-report\/","title":{"rendered":"April 19, 2018 River Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The highest April snowfall totals in many Northern Michigan communities happened.\u00a0 We hit records.\u00a0 Big records.\u00a0 So I guess congratulations are in order?\u00a0 But it\u2019s hard to shout out a woohoo!\u00a0 We were all of us Michiganders primed with Spring Fever and then the awful came to visit.\u00a0 But like a bad house-guest, it will leave sooner or later.<\/p>\n

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Old AuSable guide Donnie Richards 1st trout on a dry fly in 2018,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s already started to melt.\u00a0 That Spring sun is warm and even at seemingly low temperatures the snow is shrinking. But as much as we\u2019re looking forward to the melt, the melt has its own implications.\u00a0 A week ago it looked like we\u2019d slip past any big Spring run-off, but now it\u2019s obvious that we\u2019ll see a seasonal, high push of water.\u00a0 And the water that at first trickles, and then runs, pumps thirty three degree water into the River.\u00a0 The event in front of us is complicated.\u00a0 The push of water will turn on trout with the higher density of food in the drift, but the cool water temperatures may just slow down the bite.\u00a0 Plus we\u2019ll be watching the water rise drastically very soon.\u00a0 So there\u2019s a guaranteed, small window of good in front of us.\u00a0 After that, the only thing we\u2019re certain of is that we\u2019ll be fishing streamers dressed in white and yellow and chartreuse.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m trying to be much more hopeful than that.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying Ringo – I\u2019m trying real hard.\u00a0 For a few days leading up to this miserable, rotten, white storm beautiful, little blue-winged olives hatched and some small, willing, wonderful trout rose perfectly.\u00a0 For a few moments every day the world was especially correct.\u00a0 And we\u2019ve seen them rise since the storm.\u00a0 I think Hendricksons are closer than many believe.\u00a0 I\u2019m just not sure what waters we\u2019ll have to fish.<\/p>\n

That said, many years ago Cal Gates dubbed a stretch of Au Sable the \u201cHoly Waters\u201d.\u00a0 Contrary to popular belief, the term never had a thing to do with catch and release.\u00a0\u00a0 He called those glorious nine miles by that name because \u201cIf God made a river it would look just like this\u201d and \u201cwhen every other river in the state is unfishable, the Holy Waters welcomes anglers\u201d.\u00a0 Loose quotes aside, we anglers can usually make something happen here in Crawford County.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how that holds up over Trout Opener.<\/p>\n

Opener is going to fun, regardless.\u00a0 There are a ton of events throughout the weekend and we\u2019ll kick them off right here at the Old Au Sable with our 11th<\/sup> Annual Before Opener Party starting Friday at 12:30 for lunch and beverages.\u00a0 And then we wrap up your weekend on Sunday with a spectacular give-a-way.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be giving away one of the most expensive items in the shop.\u00a0 Swing by the Old Au Sable for details.<\/p>\n

This is going to be a great season.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t been this excited in years.<\/p>\n

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

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

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