We are coming in to my favorite part of the Summer now! June and big Mayflies – brown drakes, iso and the best of them all HEX. Below is a brown spinner they typically start in light keep going into darkness. Drakes come first and it appeared they would start early last week with some […]
Most consider the lower Au Sable as one of the latest spring Steelhead runs in the lower peninsula of Michigan. This year after spring came so incredibly early most thought it would be over by May. That was not the case! Just like always there were some nice silver fish into the middle of May. […]
After a very dry and warm April finally a little rain came and some cool weather. Made for some very good streamer fishing! With water levels staying low we were not stripping in the Big stuff. Mostly the 4″ streamers – peanuts and variations of it, great lakes deceiver in small sizes, Dungeons, Sparkle minnows. […]
Its been a different kind of Spring here in Northern Michigan! When I came back from Arkansas in late March all snow/ice was gone along with all the run off. Most of April was warm and dry – sure not the best conditions for steelhead fishing. Numbers of steelhead coming in Au Sable were low […]
Been looking for a while and finally found the perfect fit for Streamside! Good friend and top notch fly fishing and bird hunting guide. Going to expand our water to the entire Au Sable – Grayling to Oscoda. Cameron started fly fishing on the North Branch of the Au Sable River at the age of […]