Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2017 Spent the past 2 days back on the Au Sable with my good friend Mark chasing trout. Had to cut the trip 1 day short due to a big storm that knocked the power in town/motel out, but we can't complain because the fishing was outstanding. Spent the morning's & mid day's stripping streamers on the spey rods and the evenings fishing dries on the 4wt's and had just an unreal time catching nice healthy browns & rainbows up to 18" with a vast majority of them being in the 13"-16" range. I turned the OD of the grip on my spey rod I built down a bit before this trip and it was just what I needed. It's so much more comfortable now I felt really good with the two handed rod and was throwing 80ft casts with ease this time. Excellent trip with a great friend with tons of beautiful good size Au Sable trout put in the net, just does not get much better than that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2017 Awesome stuff Steve ! We are headed to Maine the first week in July. Should be good too. One of these times we will hit the drake hatches again up there, maybe this is the year LOL ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2017 Congrats on a fine memory-building trip. FWIW I have also found that fish go nuts feeding just before a major storm front arrives. Somewhere around here I have a fading photo -- at least four decades old -- of a tarp laid out with a double limit of large mouth bass 5lbs and up and two freshwater stripers 13 and 17 pounds. They were all caught on plastic worms over a classified spot in one evening just before a deluge. The storm chased us out out of our tents and into dens of inequity in town. The rest of the week was a bust fishing wise... Rocco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hatchet Jack 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Well that's funny, I counted just brown, one rainbow, and one smallie. No seriously, that looks like beautiful water full of fish, thanks for taking us there. One atta boy on those rods too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Just two days of fishing, and all those beautiful fish pictures! I know you've shown healthy fish from the Au Sable River before, but I think these show the health of the River, too. Great fishing. I am glad Mark caught some, too (and you have pictures of it). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Yeah I don't know who was happier when Mark caught that nice brown, he or I For some reason he always has issues catching anything nice on trips so I was really praying that he caught a nice one this time. He had that one on and I was wading down to net it seeing it was a decent one just thinking in my mind "please don't be a sucker" because there are some river suckers in that area as well. Got down to him and slid the net under it for him and he had a smile on his face like a little kid at Christmas. Was nice to see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GC59 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2017 Steve, Thanks for posting the pictures of your trip. What a wonderful experience to combine fishing with catching. A great story and wonderful pictures. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiralspey 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 Looks like a good trip, and sounds like you're getting the hang of casting the two hander. Many of those fish look wild, that's promising to me. I'll be spending two months this fall in Wisconsin, and although the Au Sable is probably out of my driving range while there, it gives me hope that I can find some wild trout on rivers big enough to cast a light two hander. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zip 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2017 Good looking fish there Steve!Anyone ever tell you that you look like uncle Si? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites