Monthly Archives: August 2011

Madison River Dam: 851 cfs Kirby: 971 cfs Varney: 1,100 cfs Things have definitely picked up on the Upper Madison over the last week or so.  With colder water temps up high, the wade section is still your best best for numbers, but we are starting to see more and more flying ants in the float section.  Ant imitations in size 16-18 have been the most consistent producers on top, but we've been getting a few to eat a hopper or a beetle every now and again.  There are still quite a few caddis from three dollar bridge up to [...]

Madison River Dam: 1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,250 cfs Varney: 1,610 cfs Things have definitely slowed down a little bit up here, but I guess that's what we get for having such an exceptional June and July.  Mornings and evenings have been far more productive than the afternoon, and we still have a good number of Epeorus and Caddis popping, with a few PMDs and yellow sallies thrown into the mix.  However, some days we're just not seeing the bugs like the day before, and you'd think with everything coming off late this year that the caddis activity would be in [...]