Monthly Archives: April 2016

Madison River Fishing Report for 4/26/2016 Dam: 861 cfs Kirby: 1,140 cfs Varney: 1,610 cfs Madison river fishing report.  The visibility has improved on the Upper Madison above the West Fork and we are now sitting at roughly 2 feet of visibility in the wade section.  That said, the West Fork is still putting plenty of mud into the river, and the visibility around Ennis is holding steady at about a foot.  The mud seems to be mixing between windy point and palisades, so there is still good visibility to be had in the float section below Lyon's.  The good [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for 4/18/2016 Dam: 910 cfs Kirby:1,040 cfs Varney: 1,210 cfs Madison River fishing report.  With many of the surrounding rivers on the rise, the Madison has been one of the most consistent options around southwest Montana over the last several weeks.  The cold snap we had last Thursday slowed some of the melt down, but with sixty to seventy degree temperatures in the forecast for the rest of the week it shouldn't take long before we start to see the creeks on the rise once again.  Beaver and Cabin have been putting enough mud into Quake that it [...]