Every Hex Hatch season is a bit different! This year’s bugs got going early after the first week in June in the lower river with just enough heat. Some excellent night and then there were some very cold nights making it pretty short lived. Hex continued to go in July and we had a number […]
Some years the Brown Drake hatch can blow thru the entire Au Sable River very quickly but then we get years like this one! Going to get over two weeks out of these Drakes this year. Early heat got them going in late May/early June and then came all the cold nights. A trickle hatch […]
Our plans for the upcoming Salmon season are finally all set. We are booking guided float trips for both NW and NE Michigan from late August thru December. Kings come first and we start doing guided float trips in NW MI on the Betsie River in mid to late August. I will be staying again on […]
Enjoying all the waters the Au Sable has to offer from the Lower Au Sable to the Upper Au Sable. There is bigger, open waters as well as smaller, freestone style fishing on the upper sections. I had some clients in town from Boston for four days, that wanted the whole experience of the Au […]
The first 3 weeks of May our hatches and dry fly fishing had been pretty inconsistent but that is starting to change now. That’s a pretty common occurrence for that time frame when spring brings us a lot of high water. Of late the Au Sable is getting below normal flows with the lack of […]
Coming into a very popular time to fish the Au Sable River with all the summer like weather of late. Many do get sick of the end of winter and early spring with a mixture of cold weather. Then the last few days come along and they want to spend it outdoors fly fishing with […]
Thats the question now on the Au Sable – Steelhead or Trout! Both are doing pretty good. A good answer is both in the same days and I have done a number of these floats in the past. Currently the lower Au Sable below Foote Dam is in very good shape. Water levels are up […]
The last couple weeks it’s been all about high water on the Au Sable. At times this is a good thing and can produce some excellent steelhead or trout fishing. Of late its been up and down – from decent bite to no bite. River was starting to get back to a good high level […]
We will be conducting another survey of fishing results on these two streams from April 15th to November 1st Participants must have an All Species fishing license and agree to fish at least ten (10) days on the designated waters. Licensed fishing guides are not eligible. Each trip will be recorded on a form and […]
Cam and I spent last weekend at the New Jersey Fly Fishing Expo. Had a great time seeing a lot of our old clients and friends from that region. This weekend we are off the Atlanta, GA. If in the area we will be in booth #531.