The Madison is in prime shape for the summer. With the flows at 1600 cfs out of Hebgen there is plenty of water for long floats and dry fly fishing. The river temps are hovering around 60 degrees in the morning and topping out at 70 degrees by 5:00 pm. 70 degrees is a...
Madison and Missouri Fishing Report
Over the past 5 weeks I have been guiding the Missouri and Madison rivers everyday. The Missouri fished very well with caddis and pmds. The mornings fished the best, but I was too tired to go out until dark.....I know the evening fishing was good as there were wade...
Madison River Fishing Report
The Madison is in prime shape for this time of the year........which quite frankly is a little scary. Hebgen is filling up at a slow pace, but in another week to ten days the flows on the Madison should come up from its current flow of 421 cfs. The float section is at...
Madison River
This past week end was the opening of Montana’s General Fishing Season. The Madison River from Quake Lake to Mac Bridge is in great shape, it is almost scary how good the river looks for this time of the year. Our snowmelt has peaked and we are in need of some...
South Holston River
One of my roommates and good friends, David Stelling, guides for App Angler and we put in below the dam with brothers Justin and Rhett who both work and guide for App Angler as well. We started out nymphing with a SJW and a BWO nymph. Once we got below the weir it...
North Carolina – Watauga River
I have been fishing several times since arriving to Blowing Rock, NC for the Winter, but it hasn't really felt like Winter until today. Finally, we got some snow. The ski hills around here are in need of this snow fall and colder temps. Two days ago, in a rainstorm...
Madison River
Yes.......it has been awhile since this page was last updated. Things have been busy around here with trips to the Missouri, Fall fishing on the Madison in the Park, bird hunting trips and a little elk hunting. I leave for a 2 week long bird hunting trip on Sunday and...
Madison River
This morning I went out at 6:00 am to listen for elk to bugle. The fog was thick and the air was warmer than we had hoped, but we did here two sound off at the early hint of Fall. The opener for archery season is this Saturday.........Friday is the upland bird opener....
Madison River
The last 3 mornings have seen 30-32 degree temps. For mid-August, that is pretty damn cold. I would like to take a walk in the woods tomorrow morning and listen for an elk to bugle........the cold might fool a young bull into letting one rip. Yes sir, archery season...
Salmon Flies
The Big Bugs are at the banks, hanging in the grass and drying their wings around Shelton's Bridge on the Madison. The trout will eat a well floated fly down the bank but they are sneaky about it. It takes great timing and a little luck to hook half the fish that rise...
Madison River
The flow out of Hegben is 1460 cfs. That is about 350 cfs higher than the average. Thankfully, the river is keeping cool from the higher flows and the daytime temps are back to normal. This morning at my house it was 46 degrees. Felt like Fall...........4 more weeks...
Madison River Fishing Report
I spent the last 20 days in a row on various rivers throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Thus the reason for a lack of fishing reports posted here. Thanks to all the clients that have fished with me thus far and I look forward to seeing the rest of you soon....
Madison & Missouri
Lyons Bridge and Beyond Every morning upon arriving to the put-in, there has been hundreds of PMD Spinners fluttering above the river. The trout are eating them in the morning and then on to the Duns about 10:00 am. The females are creamy-yellow with a light olive...
Madison River
The flow out of Hebgen is 740 cfs. At Kirby it is 1250 cfs. So much for keeping the Madison at 1500 - 2000 cfs for the summer. Hebgen Lake is not yet full, but should be by July 4th. I guided yesterday on the Madison from Lyons to Palisades and we had reasonably good...
Madison River
I guided the Madison today from Lyons to Windy and was pleasantly surprised to see the fish on the bite. The river is not clear, but one can see the rocks about 12-18 inches down. Plenty of visibility for trout see stone flies and caddis pupa. We caught fish drifting...
FLOW UPDATE FOR THE MADISON
The keepers of the dam are cutting back and trying to fill Hebgen. Over the past two days the rive has dropped 460+ cfs to 1620 cfs out of Hebgen Dam.Cabin Creek is still brownish- green, but Beaver Creek is flowing green. Quake is a mixture of both and the Slide is...
Madison River
"There's mosquitos on the river, fish are rising up like birds, it's been hot several weeks now, too hot to even speek now.....did you here what I just heard?" GD The Firehole River in YNP has been on fire since the opener. There have been beatis, PMDs, caddis and...
Madison River
"Cold Rain and Snow........rain and snow. Let me out in the cold rain and snow" - Grateful Dead Friday afternoon the weather blew in and with it came rain and snow. Saturday was just the same and my guide trip canceled. Throughout the day on Sunday, snow squals blew...
Madison River
For those how didn't know, the flow regulators bumped up the Madison last week to clean out the silt in the river and make room for more snowmelt in Hebgen. It is still to early to know what affects it will have, but there has been some restructuring of the river...
Madison River
The biologists that study the flows, river quality and the trout have decided to raise the river to 3500 cfs at the Kirby station. The Kirby station is currently reporting 2280 cfs as of today May 21, 2006. Starting on Tue. at 8:00 am, the dam managers are going to...