Monthly Archives: May 2021

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 [...]

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 [...]