September 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report And just like that Summer is over.  Our spectacular Spring fishing stirs the beehive of activity and the shop doors swing open and shut with eager anglers for many months until Summer’s crescendo.  Labor Day inflates our local population by tenfold and then, on that first September Tuesday, the southbound traffic drains the people from woods and waters of Northern Michigan leaving the outdoors to deer and grouse and...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Bow Hunting, Brook Trout, Deer Hunting, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Tourism Tags: Au Sable River, Grouse

August 31, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The young Miss Craft with a beauty of a Brown Trout! The last ...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Tourism, Trico, Weather

August 15, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Jack's First Trout It’s hard to believe how well the...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Tourism, Trico

  August 14, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s hard to believe how well the daytime fishing is holding up so far this August.  I took Jack on a float this past week for his first ever trout fishing trip.  We dropped the Au Sable boat into the Manistee at about noon—with little expectations other than having a fun float in the heat of a Summer Day.  Fishing for trout during the heat of an August day is, historically, just a nice way to get sunb...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Michigan Reports, River Reports

August 11, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Trout fishing on the streams of Northern Michigan is holding up very well so far this Summer.  Usually, the stream conditions deteriorate as the Summer rolls along.  The water gets low and clear and even, sometimes just a bit too warm for good fishing throughout the day. That just hasn’t really happened this year.  Trout like it cold, dark, and wet and this year we’ve had plenty of that weather.  The cool ni...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Tourism

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Whew! My shoulders are officially lowered.  I just spent a week with my fine wife and sweet little boy exploring the wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s been nearly twenty years since Gloria and I have taken an entire week to explore the wonders that Northern Michigan has to offer. It had been too long and with Jack at four years old, our youthful spirits were rejuvenated.  And that is one of the best gifts that having a young...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Blue Gills, Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Tourism, Trico, Weather

July 12, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report   With Guide Donnie   The shift into the Summer t...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Michigan Reports, Steelhead, Streamer Fishing, Thunderstorms, Tourism, Weather

June 22, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The Hex hatch is rolling on the Au Sable.  And the fishing has been great. It has been the strangest emergence I’ve ever witnessed.  Our river is a giant spring creek and by its nature warms unevenly.  Small springs, rivulets, creeks, and larger tributaries add volume and cold water along the river’s length.  So we have a river that looks much like a small stream best suited for canoes at its headwaters in fro...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Blue Gills, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Hex, Michigan Reports

  June 13, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Big bug fever has caught fire here in Northe...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brown Drakes, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Hex, Michigan Reports, River Reports

  June 8, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a cool spring, but now as we wade deeper into June, we’re getting summer warmth and we’re getting some heat on those rive...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Michigan Reports, River Reports Tags: Manistee River, Au Sable River, Brown Drakes, Brown Trout