October 10, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We’ve continued with the Summer-like weather trend for the entire Fall so far and it’s been a tourism boon to ou...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, BWO, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports Tags: Woodcock Hunting, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Grouse Hunting, Streamer Fishing

October 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Gotta admit, I’m struggling out there in the Grouse and Woodcock covers so far this year, and a lot of my friends are as well.  ...

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

September 28, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report I spent a week in Wyoming chasing Sage Grouse.   It’d been too long since I’d visited the West.  The Wyoming grasslands were spectacular with wide vistas and rolling hills and flat topped buttes dripping with green draws and drainages.  Seemingly everywhere

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Dry Fly Fishing, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Steelhead, Streamer Fishing, Tourism, Uncategorized

Brown Trout Safari Late fall is an excellent time to hunt for big post spawn Brown Trout with streamers. This hardcore fishing trip is planned to...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports, Streamer Fishing

September 23, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report So much for Summer being over—we’re up against a September heat wave like I’ve never seen.   The weather man says we’re going push the mercury toward the ninety degree mark.  That’s not only gonna make the grouse hunting tricky but will also make trout fishing strange. The heat has the grouse feeling pretty safe during the afternoons.  Hunters are at a disadvantage.  We’ve got a couple of hours i...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Uncategorized

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