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<\/a> something?\u00a0 I can\u2019t quite remember, but I do know the Whitetailed Deer rifle season sort of puts the woods on lock down, and so, its end turns the key on all sorts of all sorts of outdoor games.<\/p>\nGrouse season is open again in the Michigan North Woods and the mild weather means fine conditions exist to get those dogs back outside.\u00a0 Mine haven\u2019t been allowed to run in the woods for the entire deer season and simply look happy just to stretch their legs\u2014grouse or no grouse.\u00a0 The birds are starting to pod into family groups so you will likely go many steps between flushes, but once they start going up you may just startle an entire covey.\u00a0 There\u2019s no need to go on an all-day march; just take a lot of quick spins in small covers.\u00a0 Keep jumping spots, but if your The Michigan pheasant season is also open in Southern Michigan for the entire month of December.\u00a0 Pheasant hunting in Michigan isn\u2019t what it once was, and you\u2019ll have to do some digging to find out specific regulations and where to go, but a little research on your Google brain will get you moving in the right direction.\u00a0 Pheasant hunting, at its peak, was a bigger deal than rifle season in Michigan.\u00a0 And I can tell you it is fun just to move through fields and hedge rows.\u00a0 Just going makes the trip a success.<\/p>\n Muzzle loader deer season is also underway.\u00a0 It\u2019s a much less intense affair than rifle hunting . . . at least for me.\u00a0 There aren\u2019t nearly the numbers of folks in the field, so I\u2019ll often just still hunt or even float hunt.\u00a0 Those methods are low odd attempts, but make for a great way to spend a morning.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also time to start thinking about fly tying.\u00a0 The first fly tying Our Christmas sale continues this week with fantastic discounts on just about anything an angler could want, so be sure to swing by and check out our specials.<\/p>\n Thanks for checking in and we\u2019ll see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 3, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. What\u2019s that saying about closing a window and opening a door, or something?\u00a0 I can\u2019t quite remember, but I do know the Whitetailed Deer rifle season sort of puts the woods on lock down, and so, its end turns the key on all sorts … 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":[203,151,148,152,84,7,149,5,153,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903"}],"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=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2002,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>dogs haven\u2019t run in a long time, I\u2019d suggest picking a patch of wide open cover for the first one and simply let them run like gray hounds.<\/p>\n<\/a>Conditions are also nearly perfect for streamer fishing.\u00a0 The water is up a little and stained and those hitting the stream are finding some nice brown trout.\u00a0 With the stain in the water, you may just want to stray away from the black and olive offerings and try something with a little sparkle and color.\u00a0 This mild weather promises plenty of trout fishing for the month to come.<\/p>\n<\/a>event at the shop will be a Mason-Griffith T.U. sponsored class and demonstration with expert fly designer Dennis Potter<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>on December 12th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n