I must apologize to those folks who read my report on the Madison River. There is no excuse, but I have been guiding everyday since my last report on 7/19. July ended as one of the very best dry fly fishing months that I have seen in a while. Once the PMDs starting...
Madison River: Lyons Bridge to Varney
The last two days on the river were pretty darn good. With the flows at 1230 cfs the Madison has come into great shape. There are salmon flies up past Ruby Creek, but not yet to Palisades. Most days, at some point, the trout will rise and eat on top for awhile. It is...
Madison River: Lyons Bridge to Ruby Creek
The past three days have been fantastic dry fly fishing all day long from ramp to ramp. Today I floated with an long time client/friend and we had a great time casting elk hair caddis and parachute pmds. We put on at 11:00 am and floated until 9:15 pm. I was expecting...
Madison River below Quake Lake
It has been 10 days since my last report, but there has been no time at night to sit down and write one out. Everyday has been spent on the river guiding the Madison and then one day over on the Yellowstone. The Madison has been fishing quite well for several weeks...
Madison River
I guided two very nice guys from California today on the Madison from Story Ditch to Ennis. We had good fishing out of the gate with big rubber legged stones and #12 Yellow Sally nymphs. It was spotty, but good. Once we got down into the Cottonwoods and out of the...
Summer Solstice
With the Float section flowing 2720 cfs I figured that we might as well float from McAtee to Ennis on the longest day of the year. Usually that is two different floats, but it only took us 8 hours to float and fish. The river is still high, but clearing up ever more...
Missouri River
6/17/05 - 6/20/05Headed up to the Missouri River below Holter Lake for several days of guiding. The flow started out at 3200 and had been stable fore well over 2 weeks. We floated Mid-Canon to Pelican Point and had good dry fly fishing with various caddis patterns....
Madison River: Lyons to Palisades
I had a float trip today with some great folks from the Mid-West. We have floated the river before, but this was the earliest they have come out to fish and Mother Nature was not kind. The entire night before and most the day it poured down rain. The river jumped from...
Madison River: Renolds Pass
The Madison is running a bit higher (1440 CFS) than we have seen it at this time of the year compared to the past few seasons, but the river is in great shape and the trout are definitly on the bite. Early June finds a lot of fishing guides with time on their...