The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
Well I guess we have to call the Hex Hatch finished for 2019. Sort of anyway.\u00a0 Our insect hatches never turn of like a light switch; instead, they sort of linger and nag at anglers like a leaky faucet.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard not to pull on damp, mildewed waders and trudge into the currents one more time hoping for that last spit of bugs and the last late night slurps of just one more jaw snapping brown trout.<\/p>\n
Just one more last time. Just one more last cast.<\/p>\n
I fished the least of my life when I lived by the Western Mountains. We always knew if we didn\u2019t go today that there\u2019d be another day in the long Summer to cast hoppers along the grassy banks.\u00a0 There\u2019d always be another good day and another chance at good fish.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s different here on the Au Sable. We are very much a hatch match dry fly fishery.\u00a0 The hatches put a lot of bugs on the water and tempt big fish to the surface in the lowering, evening light.\u00a0 Each different insect emergence and mating flight fools nice trout into nosing the shimmering surface.\u00a0 And each bug event passes in a fortnight whether we\u2019re there or not.\u00a0 It creates a special kind of urgency that compels fishing hungry anglers down sandy two tracks to root worn trails that lead to remote stretches of streams.\u00a0 We hope for that one epic night that every hatch produces and once you\u2019ve seen it, you have to chase that great night again and again and again.\u00a0 Missing a day just isn\u2019t an option.<\/p>\n
Iso\u2019s are still hanging on nicely and light cahills are rounding out a pretty solid evening feed. As the moon rises, you may just have that last spit of Hex spinning in slow eddied circles and that last, inconsistent rising leviathan.\u00a0 And if not, it\u2019s time to knot on a mouse and slink down the river fishing methodically and deliberately.\u00a0 The mouse bite can produce a fish of a lifetime.<\/p>\n
Tricos are hatching in the lonely mornings. There has been absolutely zero traffic on the rivers early.\u00a0 Water temperatures will be best in then and you\u2019ll have the fishing to yourself.<\/p>\n
Book a guide if you can. Trips start at $300 and instructionals at a mere $200. It\u2019s money well spent for a great day on the River.<\/p>\n
Hope to see you all soon,<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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