The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a great week of fishing for me. Now, granted, I really only get to go after the shop has closed.  And, while that limits me to hitting the stream for the evening rise, I’m fine with that because it’s usually the time to find bigger trout feeding.  Unfortunately, that hasn’t quite been case this past week and even though I was able to trick a couple of older fish, the last hour of daylight hasn’t fished like it should.

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Thunderstorms, Tourism, Uncategorized, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The caddis KaBoom! happened and the Sulphurs got rolling. The first warm days after a cold spell often make good things happen and the yellow sun did its part to make ...

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s hard to believe we’re already this deep into May. Hendrickson hatches are starting to wane, but there are lots of other bugs filling in the afternoon emergence.  The black caddis hatch has blown up and little mahoganies, olive stoneflies, black quills, and mattress

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Tourism, Uncategorized, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. We’re having a nice, typical Spring here in Northern Michigan. We’ll get a stretch of sunshine that warms the spirit and then a stretch of cool, rainy stuff that greens up the grass.  The fishing has been good and poor in both sets of conditions.  The good news is that the ups

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Tourism, Uncategorized, Weather