Monthly Archives: October 2012

Madison River Dam: 900 cfs Kirby: 937 cfs Varney: 1,060 cfs The last few days have been pretty windy over here, and it looks like we are in store for some more 20 mph+ afternoons through the weekend.  Nymphing small midges and baetis patterns remains your best option if you are looking for numbers, but dragging zonkers along the banks and inside seams can be a good option under the indicator too.  Streamer fishing has been a little more inconsistent, but we are still having some great days in the upper section when it hasn't been blowing too hard  Top [...]

Madison River Dam: 900 cfs Kirby: 948 cfs Varney: 1,080 cfs Sounded like it was a little tougher out on the river today, but the Madison has been fishing well this week. For the Dry/Nymph anglers looking to hit the wade section, you'll do best nymphing midges and baetis nymphs in the #18-20 range in the morning and afternoon, and some of our top producers have been small BWO Barr's Emergers, Triple-B Flashbacks, RS-2s, and black zebra midges.  Over the last few days we have started to see our larger BWOs emerge, and there have been decent numbers of small [...]