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Conditions Great for Inland Trout Opener

The Detroit News reports that with near-perfect water and insect-hatch conditions on the Au Sable and Manistee rivers, Saturday's inland-water trout opener should be a classic. Grayling Fly Shop owner Steve Southard says "We have black stone-flies, blue-winged olives, Hendricksons, and a few caddis. Water levels are great. And everything, including the South Branch (Au Sable) is fishable." Southard feels brown trout are up while brook trout are down.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle also had a story about the Crawford County town of Lovells, which grew from a logging camp in the 1870s to a renowned fishing hamlet, first for native grayling and later for the trout that were introduced to the ecosystem. Celebrity sportsmen such as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Ernest Hemingway stayed at the Douglas House, where the North Branch Outing Club was formed by lumber baron T.E. Douglas.

Read Good fish story: Forecast is promising for Michigan's trout opener in the Detroit News
Also see A trout fisherman's delight in the TC Record-Eagle

Posted/updated Apr 26, 2006
by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan)