Monthly Archives: February 2013

Madison River Dam:  1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,130 cfs I suppose these reports are getting a little repetitive, but the dry fly action continues to produce consistent numbers of browns and rainbows throughout the wade section, and the nymph bite is just as good if not better.  The most effective patterns have been  #18-20 Griffith's gnats and Kelly's new Goober midge, but we're 99.9% positive that they aren't the only ones working out there for anglers--John's black Three Dollar Crip was also effective when fished in the film, and we've heard of other gray or black midge imitations taking good numbers [...]

Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,110 cfs Kelly and I headed down river today around the West Fork, but 10-15 mph winds made the dry fly fishing a little tough as all the midges were getting blown off the water and no heads were poking up.  Time for plan B.  We headed back above Raynolds, and while there were plenty of midges on the water we saw very few trout willing to rise to them.  Time for plan C.  We went upstream a couple hundred more yards and there they were--Lots of heads up on midge clusters and adults, [...]