Madison River Dam: 813 cfs The repetition continues…The Upper Madison is still fishing extremely well with nymphs throughout the day, and the late morning-early afternoon midge activity has continued to produce incredible dry fly fishing. Make sure you check the forecast if you are coming over to look for heads, as 15-20 mph winds can put … Read more
Madison River Dam: 776 cfs Kirby: 850 cfs The Madison Valley has been unseasonably warm over the last week, and the fishing has been just as hot. The wade section between Quake and Lyon’s Bridge has been fishing very well with both nymphs, dries, and streamers. Nymph fishermen have been doing well on smaller pat’s … Read more
Madison River Dam: 785 cfs Kirby: 850 cfs Fishing has been very good throughout the Upper River this week. Nymphs are still your best best for numbers, and we have had a lot of good reports on baetis nymphs/emergers, $3 Dips, Midges, and Pat’s Rubber legs from customers over the last few days. We have … Read more
Madison River Dam: 740 cfs Kirby: 809 cfs Varney: 891 cf One only needs to glance up at the snow covered peaks towering above the withering expanses of sage to understand why Fall is our favorite time of year in Southwest Montana. Then again, big buttery brown trout chasing streamers and pods of rising fish … Read more
Madison River Dam: 740 cfs Kirby: 809 cfs Varney: 921 cfs The Madison has been fishing well this week, and both air and water temps have steadily increased after our first big snow storm on the 4th. The river between Quake Lake and Lyon’s Bridge seems to be producing the most consistent action with both … Read more
Madison River Dam: 749 cfs Kirby: 799 cfs Varney: 875 cfs Fishing continues to improve on the Upper Madison and I think it is pretty safe to say that Fall has officially made its presence known in this little corner of the world. We are seeing good numbers of Pseudos and even a few larger … Read more
Madison River Dam: 560 cfs Kirby: 937 cfs Varney: 1,550 Fishing has been outstanding this week throughout the Upper Madison, with almost perfect visibility and very few crowds. Streamer fishing has been good to downright e-p-i-c depending on the day, and we are still doing best on food based imitations like sculpin and fry rather … Read more
Madison River Dam: 740 cfs Kirby: 1,200 cfs Varney: 1,810 cfs The clarity has improved once again in the Upper River and we are currently holding at roughly three feet of visibility and 1,200 cfs above the West Fork…just about perfect. Not much has changed as far as effective nymph patterns are concerned, with pat’s … Read more
Madison River Dam: 722 cfs Kirby: 1,150 cfs Varney: 1,800 cfs Water clarity has improved throughout the upper river and we are now sitting at around 2 feet of visibility in both the wade and float stretches of the Madison. We had our first report of decent dry fly fishing from a few customers that … Read more
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 … Read more
