Monthly Archives: June 2013

Madison River Dam: 440 cfs Kirby: 649 cfs Varney: 968 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish extremely well despite unseasonably low water conditions.  We've been getting a lot of calls in regards to salmonfly whereabouts, and while it hasn't exactly "gone off," you'll find the bulk of the hatch half way between Story and Varney Bridge all the way down to 8-Mile.  My guess is that with the low flows and warmer temps in the forecast, we should see the majority of our salmonflies starting to crawl out from McAtee down to Palisades this week and possibly the entire [...]

Madison River Dam: 421 cfs Kirby: 713 cfs Varney: 1,200 cfs The Madison is running a little lower than usual for this time of year, as PPL has been holding back flows out of the dam in order to fill Hebgen Reservoir, but the fishing has been excellent this week throughout the Upper river.  The wade section between Quake and Lyon's Bridge has fished very well with caddis larva, midges, $3 dips, and yellow sally nymphs...most of the action has been sub surface, but we should start to see bugs popping in good numbers any day now. The float stretch [...]

Madison River Dam: 575 cfs Kirby: 1,130 cfs Varney: 2,110 cfs Clarity Update:  The recent 80 degree temperatures have sent the last of our snow pack heading for the creeks, and the Upper Madison is on the rise below the West Fork with a couple feet of visibility down by Ennis... The wade section between Quake Lake and Lyon's Bridge is still fishing very well with nymphs and streamers, but we've been getting mixed reports from the float stretch over the last few days.