I\u2019m glad March came and glad it\u2019s gone. Streamer fishing has been solid on the best days and will just keep getting better with more of those best days to come. I love pitching meatbugs and stripping flies from the bank and pausing them into the streambed contours, and jolt-strikes, and a leviathan, thick-sided brown trout rolling cold-water lazy over a streamer like a python. I love trophies and article worthy adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But fishing isn\u2019t always swipe though social media fantastic and Spring isn\u2019t all trucker hats and winter flip flops and one-dimensional angling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
April means Brook trout come back with silent stream promises and brim hats and campfires and warm whiskey. There\u2019s more Au Sable and trout fishing in that. I\u2019m married to this River and that relationship demands respect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days are long here this time of year. It isn\u2019t dark in the North until eight now. That leaves plenty of time to get to the sun-warmed water for a few hours even after work is done. That is truly one of the greatest blessings of living next to the trout stream. And April is the first kind month for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It won\u2019t be long now before we\u2019re talking about dry flies and opening day parties, and brook trout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, get planning for our return to normal and the Old Au Sable\u2019s Day Before Opener Party at the end of April. And be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for great sales, promotions, and events. We\u2019ve had enough laying about and can\u2019t wait to see everyone this Trout Season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Sage R8<\/a> line of fly rods are on the racks and for you to try, but I warn you, don\u2019t cast it if you don\u2019t want a new rod. As most of you know, I don\u2019t get overly excited about many products new to the fly-fishing world. This is different \u2013 this rod is the real deal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Veterans in the fly world know that Fly Rod technology and design is truly the most exciting advancement in our weird, little world. No longer are rods either willowy, small stream, dry fly rods or soulless broomsticks that don\u2019t load without half a fly line stretched across the river. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It started with Rods like the Scott Radian and the Helios and the Sage One and each company has continued to tweak designs to continue to create rods that are \u201cfast with feel\u201d. They\u2019ve softened rods that were too fast and beefed up rods that were too fragile and we\u2019re getting to what we have here with the Sage R8 \u2013 the most versatile fly rod on the market. This is a rod that can do it all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t buy rods by brand or even line weight. I buy rods when I\u2019m testing when I fall in love with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I own the R8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have a friend that loves to say, \u201cCheap stuff ain\u2019t good and good stuff ain\u2019t cheap\u201d. Now, I don\u2019t necessarily agree with that all of the time, but that fact is that this rod ain\u2019t cheap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s where our trade-in program can help. As always, we want your used gear and will give you the best value around. Simply bring in gear that you no longer use or that you\u2019d like to upgrade and we will transform that dusty, unloved stuff into a shop credit that you are welcome to use on anything we sell from flies to waders to rods. Anything is fair game except for guide services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s April and it is time to fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see you all soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take care,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m glad March came and glad it\u2019s gone. Streamer fishing has been solid on the best days and will just keep getting better with more of those best days to come. I love pitching meatbugs and stripping flies from the bank and pausing them into the streambed contours, and jolt-strikes, and a leviathan, thick-sided brown … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,148,155,84,7,160,154,166,167,5,153,150,157,68,158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910"}],"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=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}