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Madison River Dam: 861 cfs Kirby: 1,060 cfs Varney: 1,230 cfs Just a reminder that the Madison between Quake Lake and McAtee Bridge is closed until May 18th, as is Ennis Bridge to Ennis Lake. We took a drive up to the Dam this morning, and what a difference a little wind and some 65 …
Madison River Dam: 851 cfs Kirby: 956 cfs Varney: 1,060 cfs The Madison between the lakes has been fishing well with nymphs over the last week, and while we’ve had some good days throwing streamers, it’s been far more consistent running the indicator rig. That’s not to say that you can’t go out there and …
Madison River Dam: 942 cfs Kirby: 994 cfs Varney: 1,200 cfs Spring has officially sprung throughout the Madison Valley, and fishing has been heating up all over SW Montana. The rainbows are starting to make their presence known between Hebgen and Quake, and we are even starting to see a few spawning redds pop up …
Madison River Dam: 974 cfs Kirby: 1,090 cfs Varney: 1,180 cfs As most of you know, the section between Quake Lake and McAtee Bridge is closed until May 18th (as is Ennis Bridge to Ennis Lake), so we’ve been heading up between the lakes over the last week. Rainbows are just starting to trickle in …
Madison River Dam: 1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,130 cfs I suppose these reports are getting a little repetitive, but the dry fly action continues to produce consistent numbers of browns and rainbows throughout the wade section, and the nymph bite is just as good if not better. The most effective patterns have been #18-20 Griffith’s gnats …
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,110 cfs Kelly and I headed down river today around the West Fork, but 10-15 mph winds made the dry fly fishing a little tough as all the midges were getting blown off the water and no heads were poking up. Time for plan B. We headed back above …
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,110 cfs Well the sun didn’t come out until I was walking back to the house but no matter, there were heads everywhere I went, and they were eating every bug they saw…including mine. Clusters, singles, doubles they were eating them all. As usual this time of year, the …
Madison River Dam: 1,060 cfs Kirby: 1,110 cfs     It’s been more of the same on the Upper Madison these days, with very little pressure and lots of fish to be had. There were four cars down at Raynold’s Bridge and two cars parked at the Three Dollar entrance, so we headed down to Pine …
Madison River Dam: 1,100 cfs Kirby: 1,130 cfs Temperatures in the Madison Valley climbed above 32 degrees over the last couple of days, and there has been relatively no wind south of Lyon’s Bridge. I went down to Raynold’s Pass for an hour an a half hoping to get in on some dry fly action, …
Madison River Dam: 1,150 cfs Kirby: 1,210 cfs We’ve been blessed with a lot of snow over the past week, and our snow pack is currently holding at 124% in the Madison Range…..Hopefully it keeps on dumping and we’ll have plenty of water for the upcoming season. Water temps are hovering around 35 degrees Between …
