The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
Somehow the world has turned enough to put us right into August.\u00a0 Understanding where Summer started to slip away is a head scratcher.\u00a0 Seems like we just got started and already we\u2019re only weeks from September.<\/p>\n
I guess it\u2019s because everything in our trout fishing world took so long to get rolling.\u00a0 Our season was significantly pushed back.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re set to reap some benefits from that now.\u00a0 Cool nights and good rainfall has our streams in fine fishing conditions.\u00a0 The Upper Rivers are in great shape and even the normally too warm stretch below Mio has been producing after cold nights.\u00a0 And we\u2019ve got a lot more promising weather in the forecast.\u00a0 This looks to be a great week of trout fishing on the Au Sable River.<\/p>\n
Tricos and olives are hatching in the rising, morning light.\u00a0 They\u2019re back again at dusk mixed with some caddis and cahills.\u00a0 And mouse fishing is peaking.<\/p>\n
Mouse fishing is an after dark affair.\u00a0 It\u2019s a dance in the dark with the best trout in the stream.\u00a0 We say \u201cmouse\u201d but what we really mean is any large fly that looks like a mouse, frog, small trout, or giant moth that make for large brown trout fodder.\u00a0 Big trout are killers.\u00a0 Predators that take any opportunity to pack on pounds.\u00a0 Gurgling a bug through the currents here is simply the best way to consistently catch trophy trout on our rivers.\u00a0 Anglers need not cross their finger for conditions conducive to fly hatches\u2014they just need to go.<\/p>\n
Mousing, like all trophy fishing here, is much more like hunting.\u00a0 Stealth trumps skill.\u00a0 Time on the water trumps everything.<\/p>\n
This is also the best time to make new trout anglers.\u00a0 The waters are completely wadable and the brook trout are willing. My six year old, Jack doesn\u2019t know it yet, but he\u2019s pulling on waders this week.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n
Book a guide.\u00a0 Trips start at $300 and instructionals at a mere $200. We also offer rental gear for $20 per day.\u00a0 Military discounts apply to rentals.\u00a0 Floating down the river with a trout rod in hand is never a day wasted.\u00a0 And when you\u2019re about to croak, you\u2019ll remember the day not the dollar.<\/p>\n
Trade in your old gear.\u00a0 We offer top of the market prices for used gear.\u00a0 Money to get you into that new rod you\u2019ve been coveting.\u00a0 Not much has changed all that much in the gear side of fly fishing in the last fifteen years except for what has gone on with fly rods and waders.\u00a0 Waders are lighter, fit better, and last longer than ever before.\u00a0 Rods are amazing.\u00a0 They\u2019re lighter in the hand, more responsive and just better than they used to be.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that the fish care\u2014they don\u2019t.\u00a0 And immature angler can\u2019t tell the difference.\u00a0 But savvy anglers can feel the difference.\u00a0 Folks often ask \u201cWhat makes that rod cost so much?\u201d The answer is easy\u2014being able to tell the difference.\u00a0 Clean out the closet and get something you\u2019ll not only use but love and pass down as an heirloom.<\/p>\n
I hope I\u2019ll see you on the River.<\/p>\n
Thank you,<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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