Monthly Archives: March 2017

Madison River Fishing Report for March 24th, 2017 Dam: 1,290 cfs Kirby: 1,350 cfs Varney: 1,550 cfs Madison River fishing report.  As most of you know, we had two weeks of unseasonably warm temperatures in the region in addition to several days of rain, which muddied up many of the creeks and rivers at lower elevations.  The good news is that the forecast is calling for cooler nights and highs in the forties through next week, which should slow the melt down considerably from what we saw earlier in the month. Flows out of the dam were raised another 100 [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for March 13th, 2017 Dam: 1,150 cfs Kirby: 1,180 cfs Varney: 1,370 cfs Madison River fishing report.  Not much has changed on the Upper Madison over the last month, and fish are still eating nymphs and dry flies very well throughout the Upper River.  As you can see from the river gauges, the flow out of Hebgen was increased  by 300 cfs last week, and we are currently running at just under 1,200 cfs at the Kirby gauge for the time being.  While much of the low level snow has started to melt from the Slide area [...]