The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s one curve ball after another when Mother Nature pitches November weather.  Hunting bucks in the Michigan rifle season is the big leagues.  So far this year, I’m batting below the Mendoza line, but it’s not over yet and I’ll keep stepping up to the plate.  Two years ago, I didn’t connect with a rack until late into muzzleloader season.  You’d better believe, that when the deer I’m looking for slips up and steps out, that Iâ...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Deer Hunting, Holiday, River Reports, Tourism, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Wild weather swings are about to bend to more seasonable trends.  We went from an early season snowstorm to an incredibly warm Indian Summer. The summer-like stretch made fishing and hunting difficult.  Grouse hunting fell apart with the heat.  Whipped dogs lolled tongues over water dishes in the bird covers by mid-morning.  It felt more like September than November. Fishing changed starkly.  Most of the post spawn brown trout...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Bow Hunting, Brook Trout, Deer Hunting, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Tourism, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Fall color is upon us.  We’re getting close to peak change in Northern Michigan.  This is easily my favorite season of the year.  Splashes of red and orange and gold pop against evergreen ridges.  And over every rise and in buried in every swale, drumming grouse and whistling woodcock and white-tailed deer hunker down. It’s hunting season and fishing season still, and the two merge together to make the Au Sable river valley a wond...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Blue Gills, Bow Hunting, Brook Trout, Deer Hunting, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, Grouse Hunting, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports, Tourism, Weather

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