The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report What a wonderful, mild beginning to March.  Temperatures have given us highs in the forties and even a beautiful stretch of fifties.  The trend has begun a slow melt of ice and snow that is much welcomed as winter winds down. Who knows what the coming weeks will hold? We could very well see snowstorms and big rains, but for now the promise of a gradual run-off is very much exciting.  We’ve had a nearly five year run of long, sustaine...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Blue Gills, Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Grouse Hunting, Hex, ISO, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Steelhead, Thunderstorms, Tourism, Trico, Weather

June 25, 2019 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report Hex are imminent. They have been for the last week. We saw the big fish-flies blow up  in enormous number on Lake Margrethe and have been waiting for the big mayflies to make an appearance ever since.  It normally takes about a week of eager angling before we see the glory hatch show up on the early parts of the Au Sable.  But this year has been anything but normal. It’s been over a seven days now by this ...

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Blue Gills, Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, BWO, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Fishing School, Fly Tying, Hex, ISO, Michigan Reports, River Reports, Streamer Fishing, Thunderstorms, Tourism, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report The rains keep falling. The rivers rise.  The hatches keep moving along. Some reaches of river have become too high and clouded to effectively fish. It can be stressful for the anglers that have planned a fishing adventure some twelve months ago and have arrived to high, cold water.  Some favorite reaches of the river are un-wadable and some stretches are unfishable even from a boat. Conditions like these can even make the guides...

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

July 12, 2017 The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report   With Guide Donnie   The shift into the Summer t...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, Brown Drakes, Michigan Reports, Steelhead, Streamer Fishing, Thunderstorms, Tourism, Weather

The Old Au Sable Fly Shop Fishing Report It’s been a great week of fishing for me. Now, granted, I really only get to go after the shop has closed.  And, while that limits me to hitting the stream for the evening rise, I’m fine with that because it’s usually the time to find bigger trout feeding.  Unfortunately, that hasn’t quite been case this past week and even though I was able to trick a couple of older fish, the last hour of daylight hasn’t fished like it should.

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

After it was announced that Andy won the 2016  Michigan Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Excellence Award we've had a bunch of requests to hear some. So here you are, the first one is "Bluegills"

By: Jeff Gardner   Category: Blue Gills, Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Fly Tying, River Reports, Thunderstorms, Uncategorized, Weather