{"id":846,"date":"2015-10-30T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldausable.com\/wordpress\/?p=846"},"modified":"2022-04-06T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:05:51","slug":"river-report-october-29-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/30\/river-report-october-29-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"River Report October 29, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 29, 2015<\/p>\n

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve finally found the Fall weather fishermen were waiting for. The remnants of hurricane Patricia served up an all-day soaking rain complete with the dense cloud cover that fishermen crave.\u00a0 Trout anglers on the Upper Au Sable and Manistee Rivers slipped into drift boats and plied the lower reaches of each watershed with naturally colored, articulated streamers and were rewarded with a fair number of brown trout and with a few big ones.\u00a0\u00a0 Black, brown, olive, and copper seemed to headline the \u201chot flies\u201d list, but as always, yesterday is yesterday and the best fishermen are versatile and treat each day as a fresh start.<\/p>\n

\"20151020_103216\"<\/a>Many of the brown trout are in full spawn right now and, though you will see them on their redds, the fish on the spawning gravel are not interested in eating and should be left alone. Any fish on a spawning bed is mating or merely protecting its nest and the future trout populations of our rivers and streams.\u00a0 Give those bruisers a break and try to catch the post-\"IMG95201510269513585395997\"<\/a>spawn fish form the cover lining the banks or from the dark slots and pools.\u00a0 Those trout will be hungry from the rigors of spawning and should be in the mood to ambush an easy meal.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Patricia has also had some fine effects on the anadromous fisheries. The wind patterns from the storms has shifted cool and warm lake and river water temperatures and steelhead are now pushing, in better numbers, into the coastal streams.\u00a0 Salmon are still in the rivers and still dropping eggs, so matching that food source is clearly a fine idea.\"IMG_20151022_112106886\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Manistee River Salmon and Steelhead guide, Jamie Clous, tells me that there is a pretty strong run of Coho in the river as well right now. They\u2019re a great gamefish.\u00a0 Coho will bite on dead drifted fly patterns like eggs, but are even wiling to chase down streamers.\u00a0 If you\u2019re interested in trying out a trip for steelhead or Coho, just \"IMG_20151026_090423565\"<\/a>give the Old Au Sable a call and I\u2019ll put you touch with Jamie for a great day on the water.<\/p>\n

Woodcock season ends on November 2nd<\/sup>, so be sure to swing your shotgun only to grouse after that.\u00a0 I hear there are still lots of doodles in the U.P., so you may want to take advantage of this last weekend of woodcock season.\"IMG_20151023_135659536\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re putting together a rigorous winter schedule this year. There will be something happening in every weekend.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got this cool, new room and we plan on using it.\u00a0 We\u2019ll host everything from free beginning and intermediate fly tying classes, to huge holiday sales and parties, as well as events designed to simply be fun and ward off the winter doldrums.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be an exciting winter. \u00a0Stay tuned for details.<\/p>\n

Have a great week,<\/p>\n

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

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