April 16, 2013 River Report

Winter is slowly lifting her blanket of cold and despair. We have seen rain and rising river levels for the past week. Personally, I have been on the Boyne River at least every other day, from the mouth to the dam. Maybe next week I can hit the Jordan or Sturgeon and...

Expo Eve.

It is the last day of November 2012. According to the Mayans, you had better get up here and fish before it is too late. You have 22 days.Here is the latest fishing report from our good friends at OAFS~ be sure to stop in and say hello to Andy, Jeff, Alex and the rest...

Quiet Nights

Sometimes, you just need to sit in the dark and wait. There is something about solitude in the dark that allows one to clear their mind, focus on the task at hand and contemplate the bigger picture. No apologies for not putting finger to mouse and getting more writing...

OAFS Early January Report~

January 12 Au Sable Fishing Report A kind angler found a fly patch and left it. Flies are rotted now, but it’s a good clue to where we fished over this last warm-up. With a number of days pushing the forty degree mark, fishing this past week was a must. I met up...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Early June, 2010

Normal is a relative thing, but after some really warm conditions the past week’s weather has put our hatches and the fish’s behavior back in line to a normal progression. The Upper Manistee and Boardman Rivers received some much needed rain and the rivers have cooled...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Early June, 2010

Temperatures in the 70’s isn’t typically considered cool for this time of year, but after what we have experienced the past two weeks, it feels cool and good. This is good – water temperatures in the rivers were getting way too high stressing out fish and making...