Monthly Archives: May 2018

Madison River Fishing Report for May 26th, 2018 Dam: 2,470 cfs Kirby: 3,530 cfs Varney: 5,470 cfs The Upper Madison hit 3,500 cfs at the Kirby gauge this morning, and flows out of Hebgen are projected to stay at roughly 2,500 cfs through Tuesday for the scheduled flush from NorthWestern Energy.  While we were told that this would last for three days there is still a good chance that flows will hold at this level until the water coming into Hebgen begins to drop.  As of yesterday there was almost double the amount of water coming into the reservoir than [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for May 14th, 2018 Dam: 1,390 cfs Kirby: 1,850 cfs Varney: 2,590 cfs Madison River fishing report.  The Upper Madison has seen a drop in flows over the last week, as North Western energy looks to fill Hebgen Lake in order that have enough water for the big flush taking place around June 1st.  In case you haven’t heard, they will be flushing the river around the first of the month and you can expect approximately 3,200 cfs pouring out of Hebgen for at least three days.  In the meantime, we are still sitting at roughly [...]