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Rusty Gates passed on 12/19/09. He was a tireless, fearless guardian of the Au Sable River watershed. Rusty was the spearhead for special regulations resulting in the Holy Water as we know and enjoy it today, the unrelenting champion of cold, clean water throughout Michigan, and the icon for conservation in the upper Great Lakes.

He was gentle and patient with friends, a lion in defense of his beloved river, and a special hero to me.

For more information, including memorial contributions, please visit the Anglers of the Au Sable website.

Our Streamer Schools have received high praise over the past years from students with a wide range of angling skills. The dates for our 2010 Streamer Schools are May 2nd and May 16th. Click on Schools and Instruction for details. Enroll early to reserve your spot.

Overall, angling in 2009 was very good. Hatches started a few days later than normal, but typically extended a few days on the back end. Dry flies and nymphs produced nice catches throughout the season. Streamers fooled large trout all year but early May and late September were best. The Trick or Treat (a crayfish pattern) was our most consistently productive streamer in 2009.

We will have several new streamers for 2010, including an amazing pattern called 'The Ditch Pig." This is a long (7 -8 inch) slithery eel-like creature that is light and very easy to cast.

 

Dr. Craig Adams on the left with friend Bo Brines and Craig's beautiful 23 inch male brown. Craig caught this handsome fish on a baby brown trout streamer on September 30th.

Bob and partner Scott Smith caught these Atlantics on small nymphs
in the St. Mary's River at the Soo Edison plant. Guide Steve Kuieck, Riverquest Charters, made the two days in July remarkable - 40 Atlantics!


Doug Heady with beautiful brown caught on an Organ Donor streamer.

 

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Two short, exciting videos of Au Sable trophy water Brown Trout by friends Marv and Bruce Miller, and Jeff Minnis.
          •   Success
          •   Hendrickson Buffet

2009 Streamer School dates are May 3, May 24, and September 13. These dates should give students the best chance to connect with a trophy trout during the program. Click on “Schools & Instruction” for details.


Nick Torsky with brother Eric's giant caught on 5/10/09

 
Eric LaChapelle's 24 inch beast.

"Stopped by Bob Linsenman's Au Sable Angler. There he was, at the counter.  It had been nearly a decade since we'd seen each other.  Same wry smile.  He pointed at the coffee pot and a folding chair.  We talked hex hatch and books.  Anglers drifted in and rifled through bins of flies.  Their commentary rambled.  Each seemed to know who'd caught what the night before and where and on which pattern.  Struck me that this isn't just a tackle shop.  It's a country store where friends gather between hatches. – John Ross, author Rivers of Restoration (Skyhorse Publishing Summer 2008) and TU Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams (The Lyons Press, 2005)."
 

In Michigan, Bob Linsenman's Au Sable River Angler flyshop and Michigan flyfishing store on the banks of Michigan's ausable river serve flyfishers and Michigan fly fishing angling on rivers such as the Au Sable River, Betsie River, Rifle River, Sturgeon River, Black River and Manistee River fly fishing only water. Linsenman is the author of "Best Streams For Great Lakes Steelhead", "The Au Sable River", "Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout", "Michigan Blue Ribbon Fly Fishing Guide", "Trout Streams of Michigan", and "Great Lakes Steelhead".

Bob Linsenman's Michigan flyfishing guides provide guided fly fishing float trips and boat trips in Michigan fly fishing drift boats. The Au Sable Angler fly shop flyfishing guides include Mike Bachelder, Bob Linsenman, Scott Smith and Mike Moreau, all experienced fly fishing guides on Michigan rivers and streams such as the Au Sable, (Betsy) Betsie River, Rifle, Manistee, Black and Sturgeon.

Bob Linsenman's Au Sable Angler fly fishing outfitter is located in Mio, Michigan in Oscoda county. Mio, MI is the location of Mio Pond and the Mio Dam. The Au Sable River downstream of the Mio Michigan Dam is called the trophy water because of the trophy brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, steelhead trout, salmon and smallmouith bass that are caught there while flyfishing. The Ausable river is home to many insect hatches such as the Hendrickson mayfly, Mahogany (adoptiva), Light Hendrickson may fly, Sulphur PMD pale morning dun, Brown Drake mayfly, Isonychia white gloved howdy, Hexagenia Limbata michigan mayfly hex, White Fly ephoron. Streamer fly fishing with flies such Kelly Galloup's Zoo Cougar streamer, Conrad's Sculpin, Feenstra Strippin' Sculpin, Mercer's Rag Sculpin, Madonna, Galloup's T&A Bunker, Crafty Sculpin.

Flyfishing for trout in the Au Sable River in Michigan is a great Michigan family vacation idea. There is spring fly fishing for rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, steelhead and salmon, as well as summer fly fishing for rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout and flyfishing smallmouth bass in the michigan rivers, lakes and ponds in the area of the Au Sable River near Mio MI, Grayling Michigan, Fairview MI, Glennie Michigan, Alcona MI, Luzerne MI.

Fishing this area with the flyfishing guides from the Au Sabler Angler ensures that you'll catch trout, steelhead, smallmouth bass or salmon in the Michigan rivers, such as the Upper Manistee River, Rifle River, Sturgeon River, Black River, Pigeon River, and Betsie River. The river guides flyfish from Mckenzie style drift boats that are easy to fly fish from. The flyfishing float trips will give you an opportunity to flyfish Michigans best rivers with dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, terrestrials and streamers. Dry flies include the Hexagenia Limbata may fly or "hex", the brown drake mayfly, the hendrickson mayfly, the isonychia may fly or "white gloved howdy", the sulphur/pale morning dun/dorothea and the white fly or ephoron leukon mayfly. Stoneflies and terrestrials such as grasshopper fly patterns and bettle fly patterns also work well for trout fishing and smallmouth fishing. Streamer fishing with the fly rod, fly reel and fly line is done with floating fly lines, sinking fly lines and sink tip fly lines with flyfishing leaders. Streamer fly patterns include Kelly Galloup's Zoo Cougar, Conrad's Sculpin, Galloup's Bunker fly, Ray Schmidt's Rattlesnake and Madonna and many other Michigan streaamer fly patterns.

Beside fishing and flyfishing in the Au Sable River regions, there are many other recreational activities to be enjoyed throughout Michigan, such as:

Cadillac – golf, swim, shop, snowmobile, hunting
Gaylord – Michigan’s golf capital, dine, snowmobile, ski, hunting.
Grayling – AuSable River, fishing, canoeing, hunting
Higgins Lake – boat, swim, fishing, horse back riding
Houghton Lake – boat, swim, fishing, home of well known "Tip Up Town USA"
Interlochen – outdoor musical concerts with famous artists
Kalkaska – National Trout Festival, hunting, fishing, snowmobile
Shanty Creek – golf, ski, dine, horse back riding
Torch Lake - water sports, fish
Traverse City – golf, shop, dine, wineries, boat, ski, National Cherry Festival
Williamsburg – Turtle Creek Casino

The Rivers We Fish:
Au Sable River, Rifle River, Upper Manistee River, Betsie River, Black River, Sturgeon River

The Species We Catch:
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Steelhead, Salmon, Smallmouth Bass