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<\/a>Here in Northern Michigan, conditions are rarely perfect for the plans you\u2019ve made weeks prior. So my advice is as always\u2014take advantage of Michigan\u2019s versatile outdoors and fit the play to the conditions at hand.\u00a0 Square peg, square hole I say.<\/p>\n
Even though I\u2019ve heard of a few folks shuffling out onto some area lakes, ice fishing is an impossibility right now for most sane human beings. There\u2019s nothing wrong with being crazy for your passion, but if you\u2019re just a casual enthusiast like me, give it another week or wait until you see some shanties out there. \u00a0A thin skim is covering some of the smaller water bodies and on lakes like Margerethe and Houghton but there is not much safe ice just yet.\u00a0\u00a0 Forecast cold temperature next week should help the situation.<\/p>\n
Until then, take advantage of the warmer weather. Trout fishing on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers with nymphs and small streamers has been great fun.\u00a0 If you have the time, throw a canoe in the Holy Waters and spend a few hours sliding down the stream and jumping out at the pools.<\/p>\n
And just getting outside for a hike right now is time well spent. There\u2019s nothing quite like the stillness of winter woods.\u00a0 The quiet that settles after your boots quit squeaking will make you hold a breath.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also time to start tying flies. January ninth is the beginning of our free eight week tying program at the Old Au Sable Fly Shop.\u00a0 Free beginner fly tying classes will start on January ninth at 10 a.m. and go until 11:30.\u00a0 Supplies will be provided but may be limited depending on how many folks attend, so please bring your gear if you have it.\u00a0 Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. I hope to see lots of new faces.\u00a0 This week is wooly bugger week.<\/p>\n
There will also be an open tying session at 12:30 for more advanced tyers to work on technique.<\/p>\n
Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The warm winter continues. Winters these recent years have been like the story of the Three Bears and it\u2019s easy to start feeling like a little, whining Goldilocks\u2014this one\u2019s too cold and this one\u2019s too hot. Here in Northern Michigan, conditions are rarely perfect for the plans … 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":[148,84,7,5,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934"}],"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=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}