Monthly Archives: June 2018

Madison River Fishing Report for June 20th, 2018 Dam: 2,510 cfs Kirby: 2,990 cfs Varney: 3,710 cfs NorthWestern Energy had been holding flows back last week in order to fill up Hebgen and with all the rain we received it got to full pool in a hurry.  With a full lake and a lot more water coming into it than they were letting out,  it was time to bring up the flows in a big way and we are back to almost 3,000 cfs at the Kirby Gauge.  Nobody knows when they will start to bring the water down, but [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for June 5th, 2018 Dam: 2,140 cfs Kirby: 2,950 cfs Varney: 4,550 cfs Clarity update.  The Upper Madison has cleared up considerably over the last few days and we are now sitting at over two and a half feet of visibility above the West Fork.  The West Fork is still putting in some dirty water, but it is starting to clean up a little more with each passing day.  Better reports are starting to come in from boats in the float section between Palisades and Ennis as well, so that will open up some new water [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for June 2nd, 2018 Dam: 2,340 cfs Kirby: 3,070 cfs Varney: 4,550 cfs The Upper Madison continues to hold its own in some of the biggest water we’ve seen in the last seven years.  Most of the river is blown out a mile or so below Lyon’s Bridge, and while you can certainly catch some fish in the channels around Ennis as we would still recommend heading up river and targeting the wade section between Quake and Lyon’s.  The flush that was planned to last three days turned into week due to all the water coming [...]