{"id":1895,"date":"2022-03-07T17:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:13:54","slug":"river-report-march-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/river-report-march-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report – March 5, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March toward Spring I say.  Even though this month often serves up some of our most ferocious winter weather, it\u2019s nice to turn the calendar page.  Days are getting longer and the sun\u2019s angle stronger.  There\u2019s no more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark.  We can look forward to occasional Spring-like afternoons now and we should find a way to the woods and waters on all of those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 fishing licenses went on sale as of March 1st<\/sup>, and that means thoughts turn to river time.  Licenses are Salmon colored this season.  Appropriate, I guess.  Of course, your 2021 license is still good through March 31st<\/sup>, so there\u2019s plenty of room to get your new trout sticker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As most of you know, Wakely Bridge is under construction and is being replaced this winter.  The old bridge is gone and there is no stream crossing, but the crew works hard everyday; they start early and finish late\u2014there\u2019s no one leaning on shovels.  Completion date is speculated to be sometime in May, but the crew has made great progress and word on the creek is that the River is open to through traffic on, at least, some days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven\u2019t confirmed that, so do your due diligence before you just float between the giant cranes and heavy equipment.  I tend to leave folks alone and mind my own business, but I\u2019m certain the crew sees enough looky\u2014loo\u2019s and sideline supervisors to almost warrant having a PR person on site.  I\u2019d stop and ask someone before your Holy Waters float trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the Michigan Fly Fishing Club is hosting their Midwest Fly Fishing Expo March 12th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup>.  It will be a great event with lots of pent-up demand after a two-year hiatus.  It\u2019s a wonderful meeting place for fly fishing friends new and old.  There are all sorts of fantastic presentations, demonstrations, and gear sales.   It\u2019s fun gathering\u2014a fantastic kick off to the trout fisher\u2019s \u201cNew Year\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m going to miss out this year.  We\u2019ve had multiple booths every year the shop has been in existence and usually supported MFFC by purchasing, as many as eight spots.  We\u2019re sad to not be attending this year.  I\u2019m really going to miss seeing all of our old friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Normally, we pack up the entire store and recreate the Old Au Sable Fly Shop as the largest display in the Macomb Community College gymnasium.   There we sell all sorts of current gear and clearance merchandise at deep discounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I simply don\u2019t have the help this winter to physically make the trip.  It\u2019s just Jeff and I.  There\u2019s a great crew coming to The Old Au Sable this season but most are college guys that won\u2019t be available until May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we\u2019re just going to hang out in Grayling and fish and tie flies.  March is a fun time in the shop\u2014folks are brimming with anticipation and the new gear arrives daily while all of the seasonal goods go on sale.  We have select Sage rods marked down and all sorts of deals for Spring Clearance.  Swing by to scratch that Cabin Fever itch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope to see you all soon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

March toward Spring I say.  Even though this month often serves up some of our most ferocious winter weather, it\u2019s nice to turn the calendar page.  Days are getting longer and the sun\u2019s angle stronger.  There\u2019s no more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark.  We can look forward to … 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":[196,156,148,84,7,154,182,165,166,167,5,150,157,68,1,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895"}],"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=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}