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It is time for big Au Sable and Manistee River brown trout.\u00a0 Those fish have put on the feed bag.\u00a0 They\u2019re eating large, slow moving meals in preparation for the spawn.\u00a0 The males are getting ready to battle over gravel and the females are putting their protein toward eggs growing in their bellies.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a violent time if you live in the river and you\u2019re something small enough to fit in a trout\u2019s maw.<\/p>\n
Chuck big stuff decorated in brightly.\u00a0 Think Fall colors when you pick your selection from the box and then add some white too.\u00a0 Yellow and white have been the flies of choice.\u00a0 And never discount orange and never, never discount fire tiger no matter if you\u2019re fly fishing or throwing gear.\u00a0 Years ago, as legend has it, when the fire tiger color combination was first introduced, the musky boys in Wisconsin wanted it outlawed.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably not true, but I hope it is.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You don\u2019t have to do anything crazy out there with your retrieve.\u00a0 A simple strip and pause deal is plenty right.\u00a0 But you do have to be focused and pay attention when your line is in the water.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just watch your fly\u2014watch five feet behind your fly.\u00a0 When the fish flashes, strip-set like a salt water angler and swing your rod like the Alpena Bass Club guys do.\u00a0 Set the hook like you mean it.\u00a0 Set it like you have to catch that fish.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen lots of trout get away from folks not setting the hook or too gently raising the rod tip like your drinking a cup of tea out of grandma\u2019s porcelain.\u00a0 You don\u2019t shoot\u2014you don\u2019t score.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t been able to go, unfortunately.\u00a0 It\u2019s October and there\u2019s just not enough time in October.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got deer running around my bow stands unmolested.\u00a0 And I\u2019m doing my best to harass every grouse in woodcock in Crawford County.\u00a0 Grouse numbers are okay.\u00a0 Some covers have lots others have none.\u00a0 Woodcock flights are flowing through Northern Michigan.\u00a0 Some have been here and gone.\u00a0 These crazy Fall weather fronts should have doodles passing by for the rest of the week.\u00a0 Guided fishing trips are opening up and I can turn you on to guides for Atlantic Salmon.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a few guided bird hunts left if you want to go with me.\u00a0 Should be about ten more days of woodcock before it turns to all grouse.<\/p>\n Get up North while the colors are holding or you\u2019re going to miss Fall.<\/p>\n Take care,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 17, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It is time for big Au Sable and Manistee River brown trout.\u00a0 Those fish have put on the feed bag.\u00a0 They\u2019re eating large, slow moving meals in preparation for the spawn.\u00a0 The males are getting ready to battle over gravel and the … 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":[200,152,84,7,149,166],"tags":[23,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675"}],"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=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions\/1956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>