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River Flows Hebgen Dam: 760 cfs Kirby: 875 cfs Varney: 960 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison continues to be inconsistent, but you will certainly get some shots at great fish every day if you keep at it. Flows are a littler lower than usual for this time of year, but it is still floatable …
River Flows Hebgen Dam: 806 cfs Kirby: 976 cfs Varney: 1,090 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison has been tough over the last couple of weeks, and the hot sun and smokey skies haven’t done the fish or anglers any favors either. The cooler weather and precipitation that we’ve experience over the last few days …
River Flows: Hebgen Dam: 955 cfs Kirby: 1,110 cfs Varney: 1,260 cfs We have had a very good start to July on the Upper Madison and some incredible dry fly fishing as well. Unfortunately we have a bit of a heat wave descending upon the Rocky Mountains starting today, with temperatures in the mid to …
River Flows Hebgen Dam: 699 cfs Kirby: 942 cfs Varney: 1,140 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison has picked up this week, and we are in seeing good numbers of bugs hatching from top to bottom. Flows are still a little low for the last week in June but there is certainly enough water to …
River Flows Hebgen Dam: 699 cfs Kirby: 842 cfs Varney: 1100 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison has been pretty decent over the last several weeks, but it’s been a windy one out there. When Aeolus decides to descend upon the valley most people have been staying up high or have tried to find some …
River Flows: Hebgen Dam: 449 cfs Kirby: 684 cfs Varney: 904 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well over the last week, and visibility has improved throughout the entire river with the recent cold front that rolled in last week. Right now water clarity is around 3 feet or better with a nice green …
Hebgen Dam: 665 cfs Kirby: 788 cfs Varney: 960 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish well this Spring and I think everyone will agree that the river has been fishing a lot more like late April and early may since the better part of February. Flows out of Hebgen are holding steady at 665 …
Hebgen Dam: 733 cfs Kirby: 803 cfs Varney: 949 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison is still a little tough these days, but if you keep at it you can bring 6-8 good fish to hand as long as you capitalize on your opportunities — You’ll have some smaller fish and a whitey or two …
After a fantastic month of fishing on the Upper Madison we have finally returned to relatively normal conditions where some days are good and others…not so much. While you can still find a few caddis and PMDs hovering around the banks, most of the aquatic bugs are done for the year and the focus has …
Fishing on the Upper Madison is about as good as it gets right now, and we are getting some much needed water out of the Dam this week. Flows were increased to just over 700 cfs yesterday and we are holding at just under 900 cfs at the Kirby gauge and 1100 cfs at Varney …
