Date: 5/15/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 625 cubic ft/sec main stem Clarity: clear Temperature: 50-55 Hatches: Caddis, Stoneflies, Hendricksons Hot Flies: Dries: Hendrickson Comparadun 12-14, Elk Hair Caddis Grey, Tan, Green 10-16. Fluttering Foam Caddis 16-12, Ausable Wulff, Ausable Bomber, Haystack, Rusty Spinner Nymphs: Birds Nest, Soft Hackle Hares Ear, Girdle Bug coffee/black, Olive Napoleon (perdigon), prince […]
Date: 5/5/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 2550 cubic ft/sec main stem Clarity: clearing Temperature: 40f Hatches: Early Brown Stone, Caddis Fishing Outlook: The Ausable is high, but will be fishable this weekend with careful wading. Bank fishing and hitting the edges will be ideal on variety of attractor nymphs and streamers. Still quite cold, […]
Date: 5/1/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 9490 cubic ft/sec main stem Clarity: brown Temperature: 40f Hatches: Early Brown Stone, some BWO Fishing Outlook: The river is absolutely pumping! Just shy of 10000 cfs and the Ausable and surrounding waters are in flood stage at the moment. Always happens once or twice during the spring! […]
Date: 4/30/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 917 cubic ft/sec main stem Clarity: clear Temperature: 40-44f Hatches: Early Brown Stone, some BWO Fishing Outlook: Not a lot of change lately since our previous report other than reduced flows and more fish! The state and county has been stocking up and down all rivers in the […]
Date: 4/26/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 1560 cubic ft/sec Clarity: clear / slightly off Temperature: 40-48f Hatches: Early Brown Stone, some BWO Fishing Outlook: The state and county has been stocking up and down all rivers in the north country. The Ausable has started picking up because of the stocking, obviously, but also because […]
Date: 4/13/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: Main Stem: 3790 cubic ft/sec East Branch: 2290 cubic ft/sec West Branch: (Main – East) 1500 cubic ft/sec Clarity: slightly off Hatches: Early Brown Stone, nothing to write home about Fishing Outlook: Early season conditions continue with high, cool water due to run off. The warm nice weather […]
Date: 4/7/2023 Stream: West Branch Ausable River Flow: 3930 cubic ft/sec Clarity: off color/ murky Hatches: Early Brown Stone Fishing Outlook: Early season conditions persist! We had a brutal rain the other day with over an inch falling in some nasty thunderstorms. The river was raging the past few days nearing 8000 CFS on the […]
