Angus Drummond specializes in floating fly fishers down the Lower Colorado River. (Ed Engle/Courtesy photo) We then went to dry fly dropper rigs and fished the foam lines near the banks.

This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, the Au Sable River also was No. 1 in the the U.S.

Fly fishing mecca, the Au Sable River, is No. 1, according to USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.

Final Thoughts Fly fishing is not the easiest or the most effective way to catch a fish. The draw of the sport is the challenge and the adventure that lies therein. Embrace these aspects. If you just ...

No other fly, Lyons explained, gets the river’s large fish feeding with such reckless abandon. By 3 p.m., the reddish brown flies, less than an inch in length, arrived above the water.

Afloat on the wintry river You can do winter fly-fishing all across the state. But mostly it's confined to hard-core anglers "who just need that fix," Winchester says.

Stick Fight: Spin Fishing vs. Fly Fishing _Editor’s note: As hunters and anglers, we don’t agree on everything. We’ve even been known to argue on occasion.

This is the second time USA TODAY readers have honored the Au Sable for its fly fishing. In 2024's USA TODAY's 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards, the Au Sable River also was No. 1 in the the U.S.