May 2021 - Guided Fly Fishing Madison River | Lodging

Madison River Fishing Report for May 29th, 2021

Dam: 460 cfs

Kirby: 886 cfs

Varney: 1,360 cfs

It’s been a crazy month here in southwest Montana, with seventy degree blue bird days, cold rain and snow, and everything in between. The good news is that our last storm brought our snowpack levels up over twenty percent and we are now sitting at roughly 70% in the Madison Range. Flows out of Hebgen are still crazy low for this time of year and will continue to stay that way until the reservoir gets closer to full pool. Obviously this is less than ideal for spawning fish between the lakes, so please take that into consideration if you are in the neighborhood.

Madison River Fishing Report for May 5th, 2021

Dam: 655 cfs

Kirby: 886 cfs

Varney: 983 cfs

Despite the low flows out of Hebgen, the Upper Madison has continued to fish well over the last several weeks and we have been catching good numbers of fish throughout the entire stretch. If you are floating, be careful on the flats between Storey and Varney as well as below 8 Mile as there are plenty of spots out there that will take a good chunk out of your chines if you aren’t paying close attention. Flows were dropped again yesterday to just over 650 cfs out of the dam and we are unlikely to see an increase until we start to get Hebgen back into the 90 percentiles of full pool — in other words…it’s going to be awhile.