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Madison River Dam: 910 cfs Kirby: 959 cfs Varney: 1,050 cfs The cold snap last Thursday made for some tough fishing over the next few days, particularly down by Ennis, as water temps dropped between 6-8 degrees above their normal highs. Sunday was a different story though, and we saw more than a few bent …
Madison River Dam: 931 cfs Kirby: 948 cfs Varney: 1,060 cfs The nymph bite has been pretty impressive over the last three days on the Upper Madison, and we are soaking up the last warm rays of Indian Summer before the snow hits tomorrow night. Grey RS2s, BWO Barr’s emergers, $3 dips, #18 silver lightening …
Madison River Dam: 931 cfs Kirby: 971 cfs Varney: 1,060 cfs As far as nymphs and dries are concerned, its been more of the same on Upper Madison these days. The dry bite has been tough both in the wade and float sections, and we are still waiting for some colder temps to come in …
Madison River Dam: 942 cfs Kirby: 994 cfs Varney: 1,050 cfs Fishing has slowed down a little bit over the last four days, particularly with the streamer bite, and it seems we must wait again for colder temps to move in and stir the proverbial pot. Don’t get us wrong…You can still go out there …
Madison River Dam: 953 cfs Kirby: 994 cfs Varney: 1,100 cfs As Fall temperatures continue to keep water temps at more ideal levels, fishing has picked up throughout the Upper Madison. We are starting to see our first waves of fish coming out of Ennis Lake, and even the resident browns have started to put …
Madison River Dam: 974 cfs Kirby: 1,030 cfs Varney: 1,100 cfs It’s starting to feel a bit more like Fall in Southwest Montana, and colder nights have brought water temperatures down to more reasonable levels. We had a TON of people out on the river over Labor Day weekend, but the crowds have subsided and …
Madison River Dam: 1,010 cfs Kirby: 1,040 cfs Varney: 1,130 cfs Not much has changed over the last week here on the Upper Madison. Mornings and evenings continue to produce the most consistent fishing, but the afternoons are still a little more day-to-day than we’d like to see. One day we have a great nymph …
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,090 cfs Varney: 1,180 cfs Colder nights, and thus colder water temps have improved fishing throughout the wade section over the last week. We are still seeing a few caddis above Raynold’s Bridge as well as Epeorus spinners, which has made for some good evening dry fly fishing after …
Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,140 cfs Varney: 1,270 cfs While mornings and evenings are still going to be your best bet on the Upper Madison, we’ve been getting more reports of good terrestrial fishing in the wade section from late morning through the afternoon over the last few days, so there is a …
Madison River Dam: 1,270 cfs Kirby: 1,360 cfs Varney: 1,500 cfs It’s been more of the same on the Upper Madison these days….great mornings and evenings, and much tougher afternoons. The dry fly bite has been good to excellent from O-Dark-30 until 11:00 a.m., and we’ve been doing best on Nocturnal stones, PMD Cripples, rusty …
