The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summer rolled into early Fall and now early Fall just won\u2019t go away. This \u201cperfect\u201d weather has been seventies steady to the joy of many. It\u2019s hard to complain . . . but I\u2019ll try. Though this room temperature climate is fantastic for wrapping up outside chores and makes for comfortable days on the water, but it\u2019s messing with my grouse hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most days the mercury is pushing past normal averages by mid-morning and this trends intends to stick. That means it\u2019s quitting time for most dogs and upland hunters well before lunch. My adventures have been small hits that start shortly after sunup and end around eleven with an overheated bird hound and a sweaty hat brim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, there are feathers in the bag each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bird numbers are solid this year. Hunters can witness a good many flushes in those paltry hours. Or least hear the ruffled ruckus as grouse blast through the leaf littered thickets. Upland hunters here count their successes in much the same way as do our brown trout streamer anglers. It goes sort of like, \u201cIt was great we put up fifteen in two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNice, we moved about the same number of browns – all on black.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid you get any?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne. You?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the bag is brimming, we talk about that, but when it\u2019s light, we count success in the encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I am enjoying the coatless Fall, but am very much looking forward to the temperature drop and leaf dump so that upland hunting can proceed at full steam. It will happen very soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bird numbers on the uptick is a sweet sign – I hope of good things to come in the next few seasons. Grouse populations tend to move on a ten-year cycle and this uptick was a bit late in coming by my count. I am always concerned. This is a relief that I hope continues to trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To that point, our family is welcoming in a brand, new, pain-in-the-butt, sweet little puppy. It\u2019s been well over a decade since we trained a baby bird dog and this will be Jack\u2019s first. He\u2019s nine and this dog will be my son\u2019s even when he heads off to make his way in the world. A lot happens in a dog\u2019s lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We measure our lives in dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll see you around – if you\u2019re doing things right,
Andy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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