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<\/a>It was snowing when we got to the boat launch but the wind was down and we were cozy in Jamie\u2019s heated cabin as we zipped up the stream. Short minutes after the anchor dropped, steam still rising from the coffee and we had the first steelhead of the day doubling a rod.\u00a0 The day just kept on like that.\u00a0 We fished steelhead for a few hours until the bite slowed and then we switched the program to lighter, five weight fly rods and targeted brown and rainbow trout.<\/p>\nThe action was fast. We only traded two rods between the three of us and it was \u201cbobber down\u201d and \u201cfish on\u201d so much that we were all happy to hand off the wand and watch from sidelines a bit.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have a clicker with me and don\u2019t know how many trout from 12 to 18 inches we landed but I can tell you that, at times, it was a fish every cast.\u00a0 Jamie had the highlight of the trip when, while fishing for trout, a thick buck steelhead grabbed his bait.\u00a0 By the time all the thrashing and charging was over, he had boated a ten pounder on my five weight SAGE ONE that was strung with a little Tibor Spring Creek\u2014a reel intended for 3 and 4 weights.\u00a0 It was quite a day with countless trout and around half a dozen steelhead.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to make a trip to the Manistee with Jamie, just give the shop a call and we\u2019ll get you on the water.<\/p>\n
Winter fly tying is rolling right along at the Old Au Sable. Beginner Be sure to clear your calendar on February 6th<\/sup> so you can spend some time watching tying legend Jerry Regan spin up historic, local fly patterns as well as his parachute Hex spinner\u2014a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n I hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. When you work in a fly shop, you\u2019re fortunate enough to be surrounded by some real fishy folks and skilled guides. I was lucky enough to fish with two of them this past week on a steelhead trip to the Manistee.\u00a0 One of my guides, Donny, and … 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":[84,7,5,153,150,68],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948"}],"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=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> fly tying starts every Saturday at 10 a.m. and a featured fly tyer for intermediate and advanced tyers takes over at noon.\u00a0 Both sessions have been great fun.\u00a0 The beginner class lets me play teacher a bit\u2014a profession about which I have always admired and dreamed about.\u00a0 And the intermediate sessions are rich with advice and tips.<\/p>\n