May 10, 2018<\/p>\n
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
Things are shaping up for Northern Michigan trout fishing.\u00a0 The rivers in Crawford County continue to lose water and are clearing nicely.\u00a0 Hendricksons are hatching and the black caddis have exploded.\u00a0 Fish are starting to take notice of the activity and are finally beginning to rise.\u00a0 We\u2019re still looking for the brook trout to get active, but until they do we\u2019ve been finding some brown and rainbow trout.\u00a0 The brookies will rise any day\u2014they do every year.\u00a0 When that happens, all will be right with the watery world.<\/p>\n
The guides have been doing pretty well on some days and struggling on others.\u00a0 The boats are, not surprisingly, finding the most fish.\u00a0\u00a0 When the rise is sparse, cutting off a wide swath of water, obviously, increases your odds.\u00a0 That\u2019s been difficult for us wading anglers.\u00a0 The water, even though it\u2019s cleared and has dropped off nicely, has been too high to do any long wade excursions.\u00a0 We have been able to wade into the Holy Waters, the North Branch, and Upper Manistee, but we always want more.\u00a0 Hopefully, the conditions will continue to improve and we\u2019ll be able to dip our toes into more waters and wade further through the fishable stretches of streams.\u00a0 It looks like it will . . . with a little luck.<\/p>\n
If we, collectively, cross our fingers tightly enough we may just get to some fine fishing very soon.<\/p>\n
And by that I mean dry fly fishing.\u00a0 The streamer and wet fly fishing has been just fine on the right days.\u00a0 Trout are primarily feeding below the surface.\u00a0 Folks have caught some great trout on streamers and a few truly special behemoths.<\/p>\n
This week looks good.\u00a0 After this schizophrenic Spring, I\u2019m not sure I know what perfect conditions look like, but I do know that if you wait for perfect conditions, you\u2019ll never go.<\/p>\n
I like to say that there\u2019s only one kind of luck in fishing and that\u2019s bad luck.\u00a0 When the fishing is tough we blame it on conditions.\u00a0 But when we catch a good one or a good day, we pat ourselves on the back and attribute everything to skill.\u00a0 If you go, you\u2019ll be making your own good luck.<\/p>\n
And stay tuned in to the Old Au Sable Fly Shop Facebook page this Saturday.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be announcing the winner of our opening weekend give-a-way. Someone is about to get a very special prize.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll see you soon!<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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