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Madison River Dam: 890 cfs Kirby: 1080 cfs The Upper Madison is in full swing, but fishing has been a little spotty due to high winds as of late. When the “W” has cooperated the dry fly bite has been really good, with yellow sallies, golden stones, caddis, PMDs, Epeorus, and even Grey Drakes being …
Madison River Dam: 890 cfs Kirby: 1,150 cfs Those who have been waiting patiently for the Upper Madison to explode are finally reaping the fruits of their labor. It seems like the bugs started popping in huge numbers on Wednesday, and the dry fly fishing is as good as it gets right now. PMDs, four …
Madison River Dam: 804 cfs Kirby: 1,380 cfs First off, let me apologize for the lack of river reports over the last week, as I have been out on guide trips everyday. The Upper Madison has been good early and late, but afternoons have been tough…especially in the float section. However, with the warmer temps …
Madison River Dam: 963 cfs Kirby: 1,670 cfs and falling Flows have been dropping as quickly as the river went up just a few weeks ago. Only four days prior they were letting 1,580 cfs out of the dam, and about two hours ago they dropped it to 963 cfs. This will do a couple …
Black/Olive Double Screamer With the low visibility we’ve been having, the combination of the darker silhouette put out by the olive and black marabou with the flash of silver ice dub body have made the ol’ black and olive double screamer a deadly fly on the Madison this week.
Madison River Dam: 1,390 cfs Kirby: 2,280 cfs Another letter from PPL: A flow change was made at Hebgen today about 1:00 PM. The flows were reduced from about 1610 cfs to about 1400 cfs. This adjustment plus the rain should bring the project up to full pool over the next few days. Hebgen Lake …
Madison River Dam: 1,990 cfs Kirby: 2,780 cfs She’s on the fall folks, and we received this letter today from PPL: As fast as the flows increased they are now decreasing. The flows on the Madison above Hebgen have dropped from a high of 1650 cfs on June 5 down to 890 cfs currently. Computed …
Dam: 2,650 cfs Kirby: 3,200 cfs and rising Another letter from PPL… Inflows into Hebgen Lake continue to be about 2615 cfs. To slow down the rate of filling the lake and account for potential rainfall forecasted for the next several days, two increases were made today. One at about noon and the second about …
Dam: 2,340 cfs Kirby: 2,580 cfs and rising We received this letter a couple minutes ago from PPL of Montana: Inflows into Hebgen Lake continue to be above 3300 cfs. To slow down the rate of filling the lake, three increases will be made today. The outflow will be increased from about 1430 cfs to …
Madison River Dam: 1,410 cfs Kirby: 1,940 cfs and rising Last week was another wet one throughout Southwest Montana. We all know that we’ll be counting our blessings when August comes around, but a lot of people around here are just flat out ready for summer. That being said, we received this letter from FWP …
