Madison River Dam: 974 cfs Kirby: 1,030 cfs Varney: 1,100 cfs It’s starting to feel a bit more like Fall in Southwest Montana, and colder nights have brought water temperatures down to more reasonable levels. We had a TON of people out on the river over Labor Day weekend, but the crowds have subsided and … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,040 cfs Varney: 1,130 cfs Not much has changed over the last week here on the Upper Madison. Mornings and evenings continue to produce the most consistent fishing, but the afternoons are still a little more day-to-day than we’d like to see. One day we have a great nymph … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,090 cfs Varney: 1,180 cfs Colder nights, and thus colder water temps have improved fishing throughout the wade section over the last week. We are still seeing a few caddis above Raynold’s Bridge as well as Epeorus spinners, which has made for some good evening dry fly fishing after … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,140 cfs Varney: 1,270 cfs While mornings and evenings are still going to be your best bet on the Upper Madison, we’ve been getting more reports of good terrestrial fishing in the wade section from late morning through the afternoon over the last few days, so there is a … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,270 cfs Kirby: 1,360 cfs Varney: 1,500 cfs It’s been more of the same on the Upper Madison these days….great mornings and evenings, and much tougher afternoons. The dry fly bite has been good to excellent from O-Dark-30 until 11:00 a.m., and we’ve been doing best on Nocturnal stones, PMD Cripples, rusty … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,310 cfs Kirby: 1,420 cfs Varney: 1,590 cfs It’s been a hot one out there for the better part of two weeks, and water temps are now peaking at around 71 degrees at Kirby…not so good for the afternoon bite. If you are planning on wetting a line in the Upper Madison … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,140 cfs Kirby: 1,310 cfs Varney: 1,530 cfs It’s been a hot couple of weeks throughout the state, and water temps are now peaking at around 70 degrees above the West Fork. The forecast is calling for more reasonable weather patterns (high 70’s-low 80’s) this week, so hopefully that will cool things … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,120 cfs Kirby: 1,290 cfs Varney: 1,640 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish very well these days, and although the dry fly fishing isn’t quite as good as the three week extravaganza we had from late June on, fish are still looking up and the nymph fishing has been very consistent. … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,240 cfs Varney: 1,640 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish exceptionally well, and the dry fly fishing has truly been some of the best we’ve seen in recent years. There are still a few isolated patches of salmon flies below Palisades, but the majority of the hatch is … Read more
Madison River Dam: 900 cfs Kirby: 1,200 cfs Varney: 1,660 cfs The Upper Madison is in top shape right now, and the dry fly fishing has been great to just downright ridiculous over the last ten days. The bulk of our Salmonflies are between Ruby and Quake Lake, as are the golden stones and yellow … Read more
