For those looking for Big Brown Trout this is the time to float all night long! Mouse and frog patterns are top producers in the heat of our Michigan summer. This is the season where day time feeding is really not ideal for Big Browns – sunny, warm, low water, clear, small hatches and plenty […]
The lower river every year gets a good hatch of late hex in late July and August. These are a different species than out June Hex. They are a darker bug and they start much earlier. 9pm is peak time. These lower waters most years over heat and this hatch becomes a Smallmouth Bass hatch. […]
July and August is prime to chase Smallmouth Bass on the Au Sable and some other rivers here in NE MI. This time of year for day time fly fishing this is much more action than trout fishing and some really quality Smallies. Currently the lower Au Sable has been fishing real good! During daytime […]
This years hex hatch on the Au Sable River didn’t start like normal! Typically we going by June 10th but this years high water and cold temps pushed thing back a bit till later in June. Did make for some excellent evening dry fly fishing in mid June on the Brown Drake hatch! Third week […]
The products we sell are what I use personally and for my guide service. This time of year 2 rods that are in my boat every day are the Winston 9′ 5wt and 6wt BIII Plus. The 5wt Plus has turned into my favorite rod on the Hex Hatch and for other big dries. Here […]
After a cool May the shore line of Lake Huron finally took off in early June. Hard to beat beautiful Tawas Bay to fly fishing for Smallmouth and Carp! The last couple weeks has been excellent for Smallies but still a little slow for Carp. With the high water levels of Lake Huron makes for […]
Au Sable/Manistee Fishing Report – June 12th – by Eric Swies Let’s get right to it – , well, let’s face it, we’re addicted to drakes. It’s a special one, and this weekend saw the beginning of this hatch in many places on our sister rivers. By all accounts, that would be a week […]
Still could be a few hennies hatching and spinner falls but they are really on the way out. Was not a banner May for this bug but it still produced some nice trout. Lower water and more heat is what we need for more consistent dry fly fishing! The last few night our 2nd major […]
The cool wet spring continues here in North East Michigan. For the lower Au Sable this has been a good thing! Water temps have stayed in the lower 50’s and water levels remain up. New Atlantic Salmon continue to trickle in from Lake Huron along with a decent number of Steelhead. Typically Atlantics are just […]
Mid May is a great time of the year for dry fly fishing! With the cool spring so far there have not been as many trout rising as some years but of late its been pretty good. More warm weather will keep improving the dry fly fishing. In the Big Waters of the Au Sable […]