September 16, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. On September fifteenth I was awake at four a.m. and just couldn’t force myself back to sleep.  The opening day of grouse season is one of my favorites of the year.  A dog on point, like a spawning colored

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The great migration has begun.  Many thousands of cars, trucks, and SUV’s hit the blacktop trail after the holiday weekend and flowed southward from their Summer grounds.  Folks pulled their docks and

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s hard to believe that another fine Michigan Summer is nearly in the books—it’s been a good one.  The River has treated us allvery well this season.  There were lots of second and third year trout in the systems that were willing to play the game, so most anglers were happy having plenty of fish to catch.  And the trophy fish showed up as well right when they were supposed to appear.

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Bow Hunting, Brook Trout, Deer Hunting, Dry Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Community, Grouse Hunting, River Reports, Tourism, Uncategorized

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. The rains came and all is well in the Au Sable River Valley.  Perhaps the best aspect of life in Northern Michigan is in the weather changes.  That is, at least, when the changes are in your favor.  We’ve

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

August 11, 2016 Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Trout like it cold, dark, and wet.  We don’t have much of that in the heat of August here in the Au Sable River Valley.  But we’ve been fortunate enough this seas...

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

August 4, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. You just gotta love Northern Michigan.  We’ve been vacillating between hot, sunny days best suited for beach blankets, blow up toys, and water fights and with cooler fall-like, cloudy days primed

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Al Borchers The dog days of Summer can make trout fishing tough.  But we have yet to experience ...

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. It’s a great time to be a fisherman on the trout streams of Northern Michigan. There are many tactics that can work in the weird, little world of fly fishing and right now all of them are in play.

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

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Black Bear Encounter On the South Branch It’s July. Seems like I just woke up yesterday scr...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Hex, River Reports, Tourism, Weather

June 23, 2016 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report. Well that was a great week we just had.  The Hex hatched and spun and big fish took notice.  We always see man...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Hex, River Reports, Tourism, Weather