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Wednesday August 20th. Who said you can't catch a big fish on a small fly? Michael above from Chicago gets to fish some pretty good streams. Nothing beats the Au Sable for selective, big, hard to catch fish. This nice South Branch brown was caught on a #22 fly, on very light tippet. A wee bit of clouds... that's all that's needed now. Maybe some moisture. Water temperatures are incredible for this time of year. Has to do with night time lows all last week hitting 45 degrees. Last night, 37 degrees. Might not last but it has the water temps below sixty and fish looking up most of the day. Been a wonderful late summer heading into fall season. That morning rise is still strong. But tougher, cause the fish have seen about three trillion flies by now, and seem to be more selective. Or water is lower and clearer, often requiring a longer leader than we could use even a few weeks ago. Not moving anything... Put a nice tippet on a normal nine foot leader. Afternoons are for ants. Best attractor fishing of the year. These guys grow wings and fly around to mate. They are attracted to the movement of the streams surface, and are available to trout as food for a good steady six week period up here. Late afternoon, if you sit and watch the stream there will be fish sporadically rising in all the right places. Eating ants.... Evenings should be spent watching it snow. Mio white flies will peak out in the next ten days. Wonderful way to exercise a few trout. Then again... swinging Gartside Gurglers around after dark up here has also been pretty productive. Have a friend in a pickle. Northern Quebec, September 18th-24th. The George River for Atlantic Salmon and Brook Trout. Trip of a lifetime... casting to huge fish....dry fly often... watching them rise out of the depth of a pool to take your fly. Huge brook trout as a diversion from the main river. Three spots open on an amazing world class trip. And this guy has been there many times before so he knows the river. Email me for his phone number. I'd go in a heartbeat, if I didn't have a business to run. Putting another stamp in the passport for a fishing trip.... is a wonderful thing. I'm putting the hammer down on a quit smoking campaign. Just because I know it's way past time to do so. Haven't chewed my arm off yet, and day nine is feeling much better than day three. Everyone has been warned to be careful with that first remark of the day. Day two with no cig's. In walks a guy... one of those famous book writers we all hear about. He's wearing his macho on his shoulders, and the side of his car. First statement out of his mouth is.... "I hear there isn't any good trout fishing in Michigan." I had all I could do to not jump over the counter and grab him by the throat! I calmly reached around and pulled down the "Trophy Release Club" list for this year. I suggested these folks might differ with him on that. He scans it over.... says "That's an impressive list." I suggested some water he might find a few fish to test. He'll never know how close he came to getting flogged... here on the Au Sable. Can't make it to the river clean up? We need a crew to assemble cages for Cedar Tree Plantings. Saturday of Labor Day weekend, at the lodge 9 AM. Bring gloves and pliers. Registration is going strong for Clean Up. We have a few spots left, but need folks to help plant trees. Crews will be just below Canoe Harbor and again around the Downey's Stone Way area. Requires hiking shoes, weak back, and no afraid to get dirty. Bring shovel.
14th Annual Anglers of the Au Sable Clean Up Saturday, September 6th, 10:00 AM here at the Lodge, we'll once again host this special event. Post cards went out this week to Anglers members to sign up for a stretch to walk. It's a wonderful day of giving back to the river each year. Sign up for your favorite stretch with a team or come alone and we'll assign you to a stretch and you'll make some new friends. We flag the casting field with signs for each run. Ultimate goal is everyone that is coming knows their beat before they arrive that day. The George Alexander Memorial luncheon will follow, as teams return with their treasures. Pre-registration is essential.
2008 Fishing Licenses are available on line, starting April 1st! Your 2007 license is good till then. Simply tap here to go the Department of Natural Resources site and purchase your fishing license. You will print this valid license on your home printer. This will save you valuable time to hit the stream....once you are up north. The are also available in the fly shop.
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