{"id":1900,"date":"2022-03-17T17:35:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2022-04-06T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:13:44","slug":"river-report-march-14-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/17\/river-report-march-14-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report March 14, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the weather we\u2019ve been waiting for – Spring is breaking.\u00a0 We\u2019ve moved the clocks and the kids will steal a week away from school.\u00a0 There\u2019s a change settling into Northern Michigan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring creep is kindly welcomed.\u00a0 Temperatures move from twenties to thirties and thirties move to forties and each marker sheds a layer until we acclimate to a higher tier. \u00a0But those first forties – oh they are freeing and that fledgling fifty mark is tee-shirt weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Though it\u2019s still snowy and icy, it is time to get thinking about leaving the hard water behind and finding a place astream.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steelhead fishing is beginning to gain steam and, while trout fishing is still mired in wintertime tactics, run-off is beginning to add to the river flow.  Conditions and angling approaches can change daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The birds of prey are still to our South and angling pressure has been light.  So, wade softly and seek trout in the center river seams.  Keep a sharp eye while wading upstream and you may be able to sneak within feet of trout languishing on the sand and substrate changes.  If you cast carefully and lay your line far out to a side and drop you nymph softly, you may be able to see the trout snap your bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you\u2019ve had your fill of wandering headlong into the currents, simply take a seat on a log and knot on a streamer for the fishing back downstream.  I love streamer fishing in the Spring.  I actually prefer wading with weighted flies tied with undulating natural materials like turkey marabou and chicken schlappen feathers.  Those streamers create their own movement while allowing the fly to stay in the strike zone longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boat fishing is a different matter.  Sink-tip lines make more sense while moving with the current and profiling the water.  Larger, articulated flies are favorites here.   Be sure to carry flies in the four to eight inch range crafted in different colors and with different weights.  Black and olive are king but copper is a sneaky switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the story, in some variation, until the dry flies emerge sometime in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really try to find the River\u2014you\u2019ll have it largely to yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when you\u2019re done, swing the Fly Shop.  It\u2019s Cabin Fever time.  We\u2019ll host a post fishing get together each Saturday in March.  There will be beverages and some snacks and some fly tying and some war stories.  But mostly, there will be people that love the same stuff you do.  It should be a fairly low key and we\u2019ll run Saturday sales throughout the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a new Season percolating and I\u2019ve never been more ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truly hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This is the weather we\u2019ve been waiting for – Spring is breaking.\u00a0 We\u2019ve moved the clocks and the kids will steal a week away from school.\u00a0 There\u2019s a change settling into Northern Michigan.\u00a0 Spring creep is kindly welcomed.\u00a0 Temperatures move from twenties to thirties and thirties move to forties and each marker sheds a layer … 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":[196,156,148,159,164,155,84,7,160,154,161,162,166,167,5,153,150,68,163,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900"}],"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=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}