The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report June 24, 2015 It’s the end of June and there’s only one word that fly fishermen want to hear—Hex.  The long fabled, Michigan Hexagenia Limbata hatch is the stuff of legend.  Over the years, legions of fly anglers worldwide have come to our beloved Crawford County to ply the waters and try their luck on our streams and to match wits with the thick shouldered and rarely fooled trophy brown trout of the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers.Â...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, River Reports, Tourism

Hello Folks this is Andy with the Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Okay, we’ve had enough rain now.  We didn’t get nearly the deluge that was predicted and we didn’t get as much as the folks downstate, but we did get enough to pump up the Au Sable River to spring run-off levels.  The North Branch of the Au Sable and the ever clear Manistee held up very well and remained good and fishable since the rains but the South Branch and the Mainstream of the Au Sable flexed their mu...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: River Reports

Free Fishing Weekend June 13 & 14th. Au Sable River anglers are all a bit bleary-eyed.  We’ve been chasing the Brown Drake hatch in every corner of the river system.  Most of the Au Sable still has the big drakes and that should continue for the coming week, and though the hatch has climaxed, we’re still getting some fresh hatchers and some less consistent spinnerfalls. The hatch progression is moving.  You should go to the river expecting Sulphurs, march b...

By: Aaron Dexter   Category: River Reports

Nothing but good news this week. Brown Drakes have started in the Au Sable system.  It happened right on the tail of last week’s report.   Since then, we’ve been able to get in on some great fishing to both hatching daytime drakes and to thick mating flights of the big, size ten and twelve bugs when the weather has allowed. And the fishing was rounded out nicely with a diverse cast of other insects.  Sulphurs are everywhere on both the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers and ar...

By: Aaron Dexter   Category: River Reports Tags: Drakes