The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n
Ice fishing is in full swing.\u00a0 We have lots of hard water to fish and anglers have been taking full advantage.<\/p>\n
So many anglers are hitting the ice in Northern Michigan, that I could barely find a tub of waxworms to buy last Sunday night in preparation for a Monday morning excursion.\u00a0 My buddy and I poked into five different places before we found a few dozen.\u00a0 That\u2019s flat nuts!<\/p>\n
People have headed to the woods and waters in droves this past year.\u00a0 Sales of outdoor equipment sky rocketed.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to find all sorts of gear.\u00a0 And when folks do find something they might want, they jump on it\u2014even hoard it.<\/p>\n
I bought a rifle that I\u2019ve always coveted a couple of weeks ago.\u00a0 A Remington Model 70 in 30.06\u2014a classic American rifle in one of the most American and common calibers.\u00a0 Controlled feed action with beautiful wood.\u00a0 And I haven\u2019t even been able to shoot it yet!<\/p>\n
Finding the scope I wanted was tricky, it took nearly a week to track it down in the dark corners of the internet. That\u2019s tough for a guy that makes a living in a small brick and mortar store and who truly tries to shop local.<\/p>\n
Rings were also a near impossibility for the particular make I wanted.\u00a0 I think I found the last set available in the entire country.\u00a0 And all of that almost doesn\u2019t mean a thing because you can\u2019t fire away without ammunition and good luck there.\u00a0 I put all of my friends on the hunt.\u00a0 There\u2019s barely a bullet to buy anywhere of any size.<\/p>\n
I finally found some at an out of the way, mom and pop place and had to pounce on two boxes, paying a bunch of money over the phone and having them stash the shells under the counter.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing.\u00a0 Gun racks and pistol cases are empty at our biggest box retailers and outdoor stores everywhere.\u00a0 Empty.<\/p>\n
Maybe I should be selling.\u00a0 Anyone need a great American rifle and a couple boxes of shells?\u00a0 I\u2019m not one to panic, and I\u2019m sure there will be more available before next deer season.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I\u2019m glad folks are getting their priorities straight and finding their way back to the outdoors.<\/p>\n
Go have some fun out there.<\/p>\n
2021 Bookings – If you have dates in 2021 either for the Lodge or for guides, I advise you to confirm. Books are filling very quickly and we need to dot \u201cI\u2019s\u201d and cross \u201cT\u2019s\u201d.\u00a0 There are some suspicious gaps.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2021 Room rates will stay the same at $129 per night.<\/strong><\/p>\n Guides rates will remain at $450 Full Day and $325 Half Day with the exclusion of June.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0June rates will raise to $475 for a full day and $375 for a half day.<\/strong><\/p>\n Half Day Mousing trips are $400 for all of 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you and please give me a shout (989-348-3330) if you have any questions,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Ice fishing is in full swing.\u00a0 We have lots of hard water to fish and anglers have been taking full advantage. So many anglers are hitting the ice in Northern Michigan, that I could barely find a tub of waxworms to buy last Sunday night in preparation … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,84,7,165,166,167,5,68,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}