Monthly Archives: May 2012

Madison River Dam: 1,430 cfs Kirby: 1,700 cfs Varney: 2,190 cfs Visibility has improved on the Upper Madison over the last few days, and we are now holding at just over two feet and green.  Fishing continues to be very productive in the wade section with nymphs and streamers, and we've even had a few good reports from the dry fly crowd with BWOs in the slower pockets and slicks when the clouds have moved in.  PPL did raise the water from 1,250 to 1,430 cfs yesterday, and the afternoon bite seemed to slow down a bit as a result, [...]

Madison River Dam: 1,230 cfs Kirby: 1,610 cfs Varney: 2,190 cfs It's easy to forget the fact that you were fishing in 70 degree temps a few days ago when you wake up to 3 inches of fresh snow on the ground, and we are still very much in the middle of quite the winter storm.  Despite the foul weather, there were more than a few anglers braving the wind and snow, and most of them were all smiles when we asked how they did.  Brown and black rubberlegs trailing a red worm seemed to be the ticket today, but [...]

Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,560 cfs Varney: 2,300 cfs We awoke yesterday morning to frost on the windshield, and an empty parking lot at 7:00 a.m.-- a true rarity for opening day, but with salmon flies and goldens on the Henry's Fork it was bound to take a little pressure off the Madison.  The river above the West Fork is still holding at a little over a foot of visibility, but fishing is good and the crowds are much thinner than in years past.  Sounds like the ticket yesterday was a rubberleg and a san juan under an [...]