Monthly Archives: May 2019

Madison River Fishing Report for May 22nd, 2019 Dam: 1,260 cfs Kirby: 1,640 cfs Varney: 2,080 cfs It’s been cold and wet on the Upper Madison over the last week, and the cooler temperatures have slowed much of the melt from the surrounding creeks as a result.  As the inflow into Hebgen has decreased, so has the outflow and we are currently sitting around 1,650 cfs above the West Fork and just over 2,000 cfs around town.  These are great flows for this time of year, as we are usually too high and dirty to do any floating below Lyon’s [...]

Madison River Fishing Report for May 10th, 2019 Dam: 1,500 cfs Kirby: 1,670 cfs Varney: 2,040 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish extremely well, and it appears that we may have turned a corner today, as highs in the sixties and seventies are in the forecast for at least the next week.  That should definitely get the creeks going, and I think it’s safe to say that our Spring runoff is just around the corner. We have seen the West Fork of the Madison and Cabin/Beaver Creeks putting in some dirty water over the last five days but the colder [...]