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River Flows: Hebgen Dam: 449 cfs Kirby: 684 cfs Varney: 904 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well over the last week, and visibility has improved throughout the entire river with the recent cold front that rolled in last week. Right now water clarity is around 3 feet or better with a nice green …
Hebgen Dam: 665 cfs Kirby: 788 cfs Varney: 960 cfs The Upper Madison continues to fish well this Spring and I think everyone will agree that the river has been fishing a lot more like late April and early may since the better part of February. Flows out of Hebgen are holding steady at 665 …
Hebgen Dam: 733 cfs Kirby: 803 cfs Varney: 949 cfs Fishing on the Upper Madison is still a little tough these days, but if you keep at it you can bring 6-8 good fish to hand as long as you capitalize on your opportunities — You’ll have some smaller fish and a whitey or two …
After a fantastic month of fishing on the Upper Madison we have finally returned to relatively normal conditions where some days are good and others…not so much. While you can still find a few caddis and PMDs hovering around the banks, most of the aquatic bugs are done for the year and the focus has …
Fishing on the Upper Madison is about as good as it gets right now, and we are getting some much needed water out of the Dam this week. Flows were increased to just over 700 cfs yesterday and we are holding at just under 900 cfs at the Kirby gauge and 1100 cfs at Varney …
Despite the low flows the Upper Madison continues to hold its own and fishing has been pretty good over the last couple of weeks. Hebgen is about 96% full right now and if we get some of the rain in the forecast for next weekend that should get things a little closer to full pool, …
Dam: 699 cfs Kirby: 965 cfs Varney: 1,340 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well this month and we are currently running at just under 1,000 cfs at the Kirby Gauge with roughly 24″-30″ of visibility. The water is a little dirtier down by Ennis, but not enough to affect the fishing. We should …
Dam: 853 cfs Kirby: 988 cfs Varney: 1,210 cfs 5/5 Update: The Upper Madison is still running clear between Quake and Lyon’s Bridge but clarity is not great from Windy Point down to Ennis Lake. The West Fork and Indian Creek and putting in a lot of dirty water, so your best bet is to …
Hebgen Dam: 716 cfs Kirby: 779 cfs Varney: 994 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well this Winter with the usual fare of midges, small stonefly nymphs and smaller streamers. A lot of our lower elevation snow is basically gone from Ennis to Palisades due to the recent warm spell, and all the boat …
Hebgen Dam: 806 cfs Kirby: 909 cfs Varney: 1,090 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing decent over the last several weeks, but there definitely have been some tough days in the mix as well. Flows out of Hebgen dropped to 800 cfs yesterday and we should see them hovering around there for the foreseeable …
