Doug with Guide Jamie and a Great Brook Trout     May 11, 2017 The Old Au Sab...

By: Andy Partlo   Category: Brook Trout, Dry Fly Fishing, Fishing Tips, Fly Fishing Community, Michigan Reports, River Reports Tags: Hendrickson Hatch, Manistee River, Au Sable River, Black Caddis

Spring keeps marching on and with it so does everything in nature.  The spring fly hatches are no exception.  Hendricksons continue to emerge on all reaches of the Au Sable, of course, some days are better than others and that hatch is getting a little long in the tooth.  That said, the mating flights have been delayed by recent cool and even cold nights.  The bugs just haven’t been able to fall to their full potential.  Thousands in the air that keep flying back to the trees.  It’s...

By: Aaron Dexter   Category: River Reports Tags: Mahoganies, Black Caddis, Hendrickson, Au Sable, Blue Winged Olive

Though it took a little longer than we expected, the fishing is finally getting going.  We’ve had the Hendrickson hatch now for about ten days and each day the fish have taken a bit more notice.  It was a slow start to the season but the trout fishing is light years better than last May.  And it’s promising to get even better now that the black caddis and Hendrickson mating flights have started. It has been a strange Spring, however, so the things you thought you knew about

By: Aaron Dexter   Category: River Reports Tags: Black Caddis, Blue Wing Olive, Hendrickson, Stonefly