Monthly Archives: May 2011

Madison River Dam: 1,620 cfs Kirby: 1,910 cfs Varney: 2,510 cfs Yesterday was another great opener on the Upper Madison, and we had good reports all through the wade section.  Water clarity remains around 8 inches of visibility, and the usual suspects were top producers:  Warbirds, Pat's Stones, San Juans, midges, and caddis larva all caught fish.  We also had good streamer reports from our buddy Trey who ended up floating Lyons to Ruby Yesterday.  Trey said it was a toss-up between the Olive Peanut Envy and the Olive/Black Double Screamer, but fishing got a little tough once they got [...]

Madison River Dam: 1,250 cfs Kirby: 1,580 cfs Varney: 2,120 cfs Mud, Chocolate Milk, Bosco, Nestle's Quik, Hershey Syrup, Yoo Hoo, Ovaltine...whatever you want to call it, she's made it all the way through Quake, and probably won't be going anywhere for quite some time.  That being said, The visibility is right around 6 inches, and those of you who have fished the mud before know that that is more than enough to make some magic happen.  As long as there isn't a dramatic change in water levels over the next few days, the wade section should fish very well [...]