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<\/a> remain at home in their corner of the garage, but I\u2019m still confident we\u2019ll have a white Christmas and those snow toys will get their turn in the back of the truck soon enough.<\/p>\nFor now, the woodpile is staying fat and the car is staying stuffed with all sorts of late Fall gear.<\/p>\n
The muzzle loader deer season is just about over, but the late season Grouse hunting has been good. A chance to chase the chickens in the late season can be a rarity.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s not the case this year.\u00a0 The The flush rates can be high and the action fast in those thick covers, but the shooting is tough. You\u2019ll spend plenty of shells on knocking the needles of boughs.\u00a0 That\u2019s okay, though.\u00a0 The dogs are getting a pile of work and experience and you\u2019re getting better flush rates than you\u2019ve had all season.\u00a0 Plus, this is all a bonus and the birds are in family groups, so filling the freezer isn\u2019t the priority.<\/p>\n And what can I say about the trout fishing? This is the best Don\u2019t forget to stop by to take advantage of some fantastic Christmas discounts on some of the best gear on the planet.<\/p>\n Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 10, 2015 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. So far, for me, this December has been a welcome change from the snow-laden, winter vortex, Holiday seasons of the last two years. Sure, the ice fishing gear is still stowed and the snowshoes and skies remain at home in their corner of the … 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":[203,151,148,152,84,7,149,5,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914"}],"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=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> archery season looks like a terrific option to extend your days in the woods. Deep snow and deep freeze made sitting in a tree stand all but impossibility in recent years, but with fifty degree highs in the ten day forecast, bow hunters should be able to spend almost as much time in the branches and have almost as much fun as the grouse hunters are having in the covers and the trout anglers are having in the river.<\/p>\n<\/a>ground is bare and damp and the scenting conditions are nearly ideal.\u00a0 Normally, deep snow will push the birds into the tree tops looking for food in the form of aspen or cherry buds. \u00a0This year we\u2019re finding grouse on the ground in the typical young aspen covers and are finding even more in the pine and balsam thickets that are adjacent to food sources.<\/p>\n<\/a> conditions for streamer fishing that we\u2019ve had all year.\u00a0 Every day is cloudy and mild and perfect.\u00a0 You shouldn\u2019t go out expecting to catch every fish in the river, but you should go out eager and focused and ready for your best fish of the year.\u00a0 Swing by the shop and we\u2019ll show you how and where.\u00a0 Our streamer bins are loaded with all the right stuff.<\/p>\n