The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Welcome to the white-tailed deer rifle season in Northern Michigan. We had an early cold snap that brought with it a blanket of snow. Snow is welcomed by all deer hunters.  It makes it easier to spot the brown ungulates as they sneak through the spruces and makes tracking animals easier.  That’s especially welcomed by grateful hunters who have to follow up a mortally wounded buck.  Blood

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Holiday, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports, Tourism, Weather

October 31, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.   New Canoe Launch   We’re moving...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Deer Hunting, Fishing Tips, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Streamer Fishing Tags: Manistee River, Au Sable River

October 17, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.   Fall at Wakely   It is time for bi...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Deer Hunting, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports Tags: Grouse, Au Sable

September 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report.     The first whiffs of Fall are finally in the breeze.  The mornings are crisp and cool.  It feels good to p...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Bow Hunting, Brook Trout, Deer Hunting, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Grouse Hunting Tags: Au Sable River

December 20, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     We’re moving out of the in between time.  That time in December that when deer season is ending and grouse seas...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Fishing Tips, Holiday, Ice Fishing, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports

  December 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     The first big winter blast is here and it looks like the freeze is upon us for the f...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Deer Hunting

November 21, 2017

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Bow Hunting, Deer Hunting, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Tourism

November 7, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Anglers are moving those brown trout around in fair numbers.  The bigger streamers seem to be garnering attention but smaller flies in the three inch range are the best bet—you simply target more fish.  The rivers are in much better shape than the deluge last week left them and the clarity is such that black, olive and copper are all great color choices.  Wading is still an issue but the strong of heart and weak of m...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Deer Hunting, Fly Fishing Community, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Steelhead, Streamer Fishing Tags: Michigan Deer Hunting Camp

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 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