April 4, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s April now. I don’t know much, but I know that. That means that your two thousand and eighteen Michigan fishing license is no longer valid. As of March thirty-first, Michigan anglers need to hold a twenty nineteen sticker to legally ply the waters of our peninsulas and Great Lakes. I swiped my driver’s license early this year and got current before the deadline. That’s actually rare for me. Far too

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

July 6, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report

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

March 27, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report     By inches and nudges Spring is slowly creeping in.  We’re moving from highs in the thi...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports, Uncategorized, Weather Tags: Streamer Fishing

January 11, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report   Jan 6th, -28 to start the day  ...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Blue Gills, Fly Tying, Ice Fishing, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Streamer Fishing Tags: Nymph Fishing, Fly Tying Class

January 1, 2018 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report We are flat in the clutches of winter.  Ice fishing is rolling in most of the state.  We have safe ice conditions in on many of our local waters.  The West side of the state seems to have the most dubious conditions, however.  Heavy lake effect snow over there has insulated ice on lakes and the ice quality is tricky.  You’ll want to be very careful on water with lots of snow on it.  You can run into thick slush and...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Blue Gills, Fishing Tips, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, River Reports

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

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

Brown Trout Safari Late fall is an excellent time to hunt for big post spawn Brown Trout with streamers. This hardcore fishing trip is planned to...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Michigan Reports, Michigan Winter Fishing, 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

August 15, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Jack's First Trout It’s hard to believe how well the...

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