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June 14, 2024 Northern Angler Fishing Report
It is that time of year! Christmas in June for those of you who covet dry fly fishing. The colder temperatures we had last week slowed the hatches down a bit and put things back on track. Hex are here
After a few false starts, the hex have come to the Au Sable. Not wanting to fall victim to rumor, I made it to the river tonight for some first-person verification. There hadn’t yet been a big blow-out hatch on the upper river, but tonight seemed, at least in the
River conditions in the region are ideal with temps cooled and their levels filled. There is a little stain to the river to offer the fish some comfort and anglers some stealth. The recent rains and cooler weather has corrected the advanced mayfly emergences on the rivers to a schedule
(Connor with a Muskegon River brown trout)
Here’s Connor from northern California with a nice brown trout that absolutely smashed a streamer pattern during the start of a rain shower.
(Connor with another beautiful brown trout)
Connor with another beautiful brown trout during the rain. Although the mid-afternoon rain shower
It seems every year the hex almost arrive, and then it gets cold and gray for about four or five days and this is what we call Iso week. Iso week is awesome. Iso week is fishing size 10 and 12 dry flies through the heavier runs of the Au
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Trout fishing on the Pere Marquette River has been pretty good on most outings. The weather and water level has
June 4, 2024 Northern Angler Fishing Report
If there is a fast forward button for the weather this sping/early summer, someone please hit pause! Things are ramping up really quickly in the hatch department. We are seeing Isos, brown drakes and the fish are looking up! Cooler
With May coming to an end, the Mayfly hatches and trout fishing continues. This time of year it’s often time for headlamps and evening spinner falls at dusk when the mayflies drop to the surface to feed the fish. Hatches have been sporadic and with the weather, they can emerge
To put it lightly: Mixed bag. It’s drake season on the Au Sable. I’m feeling it. I felt it when a brief rainstorm killed the spinner fall at the top of this report. I felt it when an all day rain provided some of the best day-time draking I’ve ever
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The river is in great shape! Holding a slight stain, but clearing quickly in the upper sections. Bugs are hatching most evenings when conditions are right…Gray Drakes and Sulphurs mostly, but yellow sallies and stones are around. I also spotted a damsel yesterday
