Monthly Archives: April 2018

Madison River Fishing Report for April 30th, 2018 Dam: 1,910 cfs Kirby: 2,120 cfs Varney: 2,460 cfs Madison River fishing report.  We are in the early stages of runoff on the Upper Madison, and as water levels continue to rise with each passing week you can rest assured that we are in store for a big water year.  Most of the creeks are still running clear below Quake with the exception of Indian and the West Fork, but all it takes is one good rain storm and we will start to see the mud coming in full force.  The section [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for April 11th, 2018 Dam: 1,370 cfs Kirby: 1,410 cfs Varney: 1,600 cfs  Madison River fishing report.  It’s been a while since we had a normal Spring in the Madison Valley, as random weeks of rain and highs in the sixties have been far too common for March and early April in years past.  We had been fishing ice out at Quake and Hebgen for almost two weeks at this time last year, but colder temps and high elevation snow have kept the melt at a very slow pace…which is a good thing by the way.  [...]