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<\/a> seventeen.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cheap ticket to one of the greatest shows in Northern Michigan.\u00a0 You can\u2019t hardly buy a steak dinner for that.\u00a0 Of course, my advice is to get your 2016 license and try to go often enough to make it cost only pennies per trip.<\/p>\nSteelhead angling is in full swing, but with the recent rains, most of the rivers that house those critters will be tough to fish. Wading is difficult nearly everywhere.\u00a0 Think about jumping in a boat if you Also, we\u2019ve still got a bit of wading available in our neck of the woods. The North Branch and the Upper Manistee offer a couple of options for do-it-your-self trout fishermen. \u00a0Streamer fishing will certainly be the order of the day.\u00a0 In the Upper River, plan on fishing a six or seven weight and flies up to about five inches long.\u00a0 When wading, I fervently believe that the smaller waters are best served by floating fly lines and weighted flies.\u00a0 The floating line allows you to mend and let your bug slide into difficult lies. \u00a0When you wade you can only cover relatively short stretches of stream and taking advantage of every possible haunt is completely necessary.<\/p>\n Streamer fishing on the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers has been If you\u2019d like to give streamer fishing a try, but don\u2019t really know where to start, give the Old Au Sable a call and ask about our Streamer 101 classes. \u00a0At only $149 per person for six hours based on double occupancy, it\u2019s a great introduction into the most effective fly fishing tactic for trophy trout.<\/p>\n We also have our last of the Spring Streamer 201 schools coming up. The class will be April 8th<\/sup>, 9th, and 10th<\/sup>, includes lodging and is based on double occupancy.<\/p>\n On May 14th and 15th<\/sup>, Sage Fly Rod sales representative Ben Hunting will be hosting an introduction to fly fishing class. The class is held over two days and includes a FREE FLY ROD.\u00a0 Cost is $200 for the event.<\/p>\n Expert fly tyer and designer, Dennis Potter will be giving FREE tying demonstrations over opening weekend this year. He\u2019ll be in the tying seat starting on the day before opener during our Annual Celebration of the New Season.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot going on this year at the Old Au Sable, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n Hope to see you soon,<\/p>\n Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 1, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report April first means it\u2019s time to belly-up for a new Michigan fishing license. Cost is eleven dollars for seniors and twenty-six for youngsters.\u00a0 Kids don\u2019t need a license until they age up to seventeen.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cheap ticket to one of the greatest shows … 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":[84,7,154,5,153,150,68,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979"}],"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=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oldausable.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> want to tie into one of those leaping rainbows.\u00a0 A good guide can be worth his weight in gold.\u00a0 Our boys still have some limited dates open.<\/p>\n<\/a>about the only game to play recently in Michigan\u2019s fishing world, but it\u2019s about to be the best of all games to play. A slow and tiered run-off is already peaking and, barring any huge rain events, the river levels will continue to very gradually shrink.\u00a0 There\u2019s some fine fishing in the near future.<\/p>\n