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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,060 cfs Kirby: 1,580 cfs Varney: 2,260 cfs Not much has changed over the last four days…lots of solitude and great fishing on nymphs and streamers up here on the Upper Madison. Visibility is still holding at around a foot and the river is running green. We got word today from PPL … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,170 cfs Kirby: 1,270 cfs Although streamer fishing is still a good bet right now, every day that passes brings us closer and closer to winter fishing (basically what we consider unproductive streamer fishing). We fished between the lakes for about 4 hours yesterday, and there were actually a few people out … Read more
Feels like Winter out there (probably because it is), but there is still plenty of good fishing and miles of solitude to be had. We are still fishing streamers with success in the wade section and between the lakes, but the fish are definitely a little more sluggish this week in response to colder water temperatures.
