{"id":1753,"date":"2019-05-24T20:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:03:40","slug":"river-report-may-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/24\/river-report-may-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"RIVER REPORT May 23, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Fishing is always good, but now the catching is starting to slowly improve.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s been a cold Spring and we\u2019ve been struggling with water temperatures.\u00a0 That situation looks to be getting better all the time.\u00a0 Nighttime low temperatures along with daytime high temperatures, are helping our streams warm.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been a few degrees away from greatness and, and as a result, the insect hatches have dribbled and the trout rise has been lethargic.<\/p>\n

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Chris on the oars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The forecast weather trend should take care of both those problems. A trout\u2019s metabolism kicks in with water warmed to right around 55 degrees.\u00a0 Our bugs need at least that this week.\u00a0 I\u2019ve still yet to have a mosquito buzz in my ear even though days on the water have me sunburned.\u00a0 When we start swatting those little, water-born, bloodsuckers the fishing will be good.\u00a0 You gotta love the weather in Northern Michigan.\u00a0 Crazy place to be an angler\u2014here I am hoping for mosquitos.<\/p>\n

Figuring out the fishing here is an intricate cardboard puzzle comprised of oddly shaped water temperatures, flows, and insects and mostly it seems like your dog may have eaten at least one of those pieces. The missing half of Mona Lisa\u2019s smile could be anything from a toothy grin to a tongue hanging out.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s coming together daily.\u00a0\u00a0 We have the tail end of the dark hendricksons, light hendricksons, along with little mahoganies and stones and caddis all making appearances.\u00a0 On top of that, suplhurs are overdue and should take the stage soon.\u00a0 We\u2019re behind schedule.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been in the boat with clients quite a bit this year and one skill that most desperately lack is the reach cast. Practice that one.\u00a0 It\u2019s not hard\u2014just a timing deal.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure it\u2019s all over YouTube<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Better yet, stop by the shop and one of the boys will show you how if time allows.<\/p>\n

I do it as automatically as I put the line under my finger and against the cork whenever the fly is on the water. Instead of simply letting the line lay out flat on your front cast, just reach as far as you can upstream.\u00a0 Your line will land nicely in the currents above the bait<\/p>\n

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Gavin after work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and you\u2019ll have accomplished your first aerial mend.\u00a0 It eliminates the first mend after your cast, which we all know move the fly out of the feeding line you\u2019re casting toward. Trust me, your hook-up rate will improve exponentially.<\/p>\n

Then practice feeding slack line through your rod guides without moving the fly. There is no reason you shouldn\u2019t be able to get a twenty foot drift.\u00a0 And thirty is better.\u00a0 A downstream mend after all of that will get you to your backing.\u00a0 These are fundamentals to an experienced angler.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the read and I may just see you on the River,<\/p>\n

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Fishing is always good, but now the catching is starting to slowly improve.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s been a cold Spring and we\u2019ve been struggling with water temperatures.\u00a0 That situation looks to be getting better all the time.\u00a0 Nighttime low temperatures along with daytime high temperatures, are helping our streams … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,148,159,164,155,84,7,154,161,162,166,5,150,68,163,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1945,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}