by admin | Jul 26, 2014 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
It’s been just over three weeks since the last fishing report. Sorry folks, the river guide lifestyle has gotten in the way of keeping this weekly, sometimes bi-weekly, report from the pages of our web site for your viewing enjoyment. Not to...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
I won’t see a day this good on dry flies for a while….it ranks right up there as one the best days ever on the Madison when the big bugs are out. Yesterday and the day before showed moments of greatness, but the river gave us a show today. We got on...
by admin | Jun 13, 2014 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, Madison River
At some point in the last seven days, the Madison went from greenish brown and high to damn near clear and lower than expected for June 13th. Some of this is due to no rain and cooler nights and some of this is due to PPL missing the mark and dropping the flows in...
by admin | Jun 5, 2014 | 05. MONTANA FLY FISHING, 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River, Missouri River
River Flows Missouri River at Holter: 6090 cfs at 6pm…….three days ago it was 11,200 cfs. Madison River below Hebgen: 1200 cfs…….five days ago it was 1850 cfs. Madison River at Kirby: 1880 cfs…….fishing’s not too bad at all...
by admin | May 30, 2014 | 11. JOE'S VAULT - Ramblings of a Fly Fishing Guide, Madison River, Missouri River
Snow is melting at rapid pace up high in the mountains all across Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. One glance at the flows online will show rivers on the rise, some of which are almost double for this time of the year. The white stuff is still pretty deep in the high...