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<\/a>fly boxes.\u00a0 Spring fever is rampant.<\/p>\nThe weather has continued to be just warm enough to keep fishermen thinking about trout. Folks are stirring around the fly shop everyday simply happy to be around the stuff of fishing and around other people that are equally as excited to talk about fishing.\u00a0 The talk is of old stories of success, of yesterday\u2019s trip down the river, and of springtime weather predictions.\u00a0 And, of course, we\u2019re all peering into our personal magic eight balls hoping to prognosticate the first appearance of the Hendrickson hatch.<\/p>\n
An early run-off has us all guessing at a fine dry fly season that may I saw a fantastic omen of things to come on a trip down the Mason Tract. The water was high but because of the consistent and steady run-off, the river clarity was perfect.\u00a0 Streamer fishing was average at best but the day was exceptional\u2014the sun warm on our backs and returned memories around every bend of our old friend\u2014the South Branch.\u00a0 As we passed the High Banks, we saw something I\u2019d never seen this time of year.<\/p>\n There may just be some magic in this season.<\/p>\n Dust off your gear and we\u2019ll see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n PS This Thursday,\u00a0March 24th community members are gathering at the Ole Barn on M-72 to learn some facts about the happenings at the old Grayling fish hatchery.\u00a0 Anyone concerned with the health of the Au Sable should attend. More info here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 18, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. There\u2019s a lot to be excited about right now for Northern Michigan fishermen. Unseasonably warm weather this past week largely cleared the landings and river accesses of snow and had anglers rummaging through their garages, digging out gear, and organizing fly boxes.\u00a0 Spring fever … 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":[202,148,84,7,154,5,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973"}],"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=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> just show up before the traditional opening day. I\u2019d just about bet on it.\u00a0 Regardless of hopes and predictions, after the frigid Springs of 2014 and 15, we surely deserve some trout softly rising in the gentle of the Au Sable on a mild May evening. \u00a0Odds must count for something.<\/p>\n<\/a>We saw caddis flies. First one, then two, then a few until around one corner there was a bonified hatch. \u00a0There were literally hundreds.\u00a0 We dropped anchor and watched.\u00a0 These were diving caddis.\u00a0 They\u2019d flit about and then hit the surface of the water and dive under swimming for a length.\u00a0 Then, as we marveled, there it was\u2014the first rise of the year.\u00a0 The first rise of the year to a hatch I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n