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Madison River Dam: 1,910 cfs Kirby: 2,910 cfs Varney: 4,440 cfs As the water continues to drop, fish seem to be scrambling for new holding water, and its been a tough couple of days on the Upper Madison. We are seeing tons of caddis pop, but pupa imitations, as well as everything that had been …
Madison River Dam: 2,490 cfs Kirby: 3,990 cfs Varney: 6,430 cfs Our head guide, Steve Mock, just returned with two very happy clients about ten minutes ago. Steve said the fishing was outstanding from Raynolds all the way down to the West Fork Bridge, and his top producers were red and pink san juan worms, …
Madison River Dam: 2,650 cfs Kirby: 3,870 cfs Varney: 5,910 Cabin and Beaver Creek have been putting in a lot of mud over the last three or four days, and some of it has actually made it through Quake already. Visibility is currently at just over a foot, but its still fishing well. Just wanted …
Madison River Dam: 2,650 cfs Kirby: 3,660 cfs Varney: 5,310 cfs Visibility has improved on the Upper Madison, especially above Pine Butte, and we’re now looking at somewhere around 2 feet of greenish-brown water, while water clarity below the West Fork is still just over a foot. Nymphs and streamers are still doing mighty fine …
Madison River Dam: 3,100 cfs Kirby: 3,680 cfs Varney 4,900 cfs As promised, PPL began raising the flows out of Hebgen on Friday evening and it finally hit 3,000 cfs this morning. I would guess that they probably won’t be raising it too much more since they are trying to keep the gauge at Kirby …
Madison River Dam: 2,720 cfs Kirby: 3,390 cfs Varney: 4,530 cfs Just want to give everybody a quick heads-up that flows out of Hebgen Dam will likely be increasing over the weekend. We received a letter from PPL, and the long and the short of it is this: “ ‘The excess precipitation this spring, around …
Madison River Dam: 2,490 cfs Kirby: 3,240 cfs Varney: 4,900 cfs Good reports keep coming in from the wade section, and the word seems to have finally gotten out, as we are starting to see “more” people out on the river this week, but the crowds are still slim compared to what we’ll see in …
Madison River Dam: 2,430 cfs Kirby: 3,370 cfs Varney: 4,760 cfs The wade section continues to fish very well despite high water and 6-8 inches of visibility, and this weekend has been no exception. Just about everyone who stopped in yesterday said they did well, and we also had some very happy clients come back …
Madison River Dam: 2,410 cfs Kirby: 3,350 cfs (rising) Varney: 5,030 cfs The mud finally came through Quake last night, and the Upper River currently has about 10 inches of visibility above the West Fork. Flows were also raised about 100 cfs today, but we are expecting that to increase over the next few days, …
Madison River Dam: 2,280 cfs Kirby: 2,950 cfs Varney: 3,860 cfs After a great weekend of solid fishing, the Madison is still running with stable flows and about 3 feet of visibility above the West Fork Bridge. The West Fork of the Madison has started to throw a lot of mud into the river as …
