The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Our river systems have blown up with insect life. The sand flies are out - you know, those little black critters that draw blood from your ears and nick you a...

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Every Spring of every trout season there’s a great fish story. This time it’s mine. We’ve been struggling Up North to get the 2019 Michigan trout season kicked int...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Tourism, Weather

May 3, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The opening week of trout fishing in Michigan is in the books. It was a tough one.  We had some very warm days that pushed Hendricksons to the surface and had a few fish looking up. But a cold front bumped water temperatures back down and thwarted any solid dry fly action.

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

April 25, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The opening week of the Michigan trout season has arrived. On the

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The highest April snowfall totals in many Northern Michigan communities happened.  We hit records.  Big records.  So I guess congratulations are in order?  But it’s hard to shout out a woohoo!  We were all of us Michiganders primed with Spring Fever and then the awful came to visit.  But like a bad house-guest, it will leave sooner or later.

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

    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

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 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

Donnie with a Hendrickson Fish May 4, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Trout season 2017 is well underway.  We saw th...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Blue Gills, Brook Trout, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Weather Tags: River Conditions, Hendrickson Hatch, Au Sable River, Dry Fly Fishing

  Nice fish Adam   April 13, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Here we...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Weather