Monthly Archives: October 2016

Madison River Fishing Report for October 26th, 2016 Dam: 722 cfs Kirby: 882 cfs Varney: 1,030 cfs Madison River fishing report.  The Upper Madison has been fishing extremely well over the last two weeks, despite being one of the windier Octobers we’ve experienced in quite some time.  The nice thing is that the upper wade stretch and the Madison between the lakes are generally a lot more protected from the wind tunnel that can occur from the West Fork down to Ennis Lake, so there are always areas to seek refuge if need be.  The nymph fishing continues to be outstanding throughout the upper river, but fish [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for October 7th, 2016 Dam: 714 cfs Kirby: 839 cfs Varney: 891 cfs Madison River fishing report. The Upper Madison has been fishing very well this October, and it should only continue to get better through the end of the month.  We have seen good hatches of #20 BWOs, pseudocloeons, and midges this week with the cooler temperatures and overcast skies, and the dry fly fishing in the wade section has been good to excellent depending on the day.  The nymph fishing has also been extremely productive up high and we have been doing best on a [...]