by admin | Jun 18, 2008 | Madison River
Molly and I floated yesterday and did not wet a fly until we passed under Lyon’s Bridge. The views in the Madison Valley are mind blowing right now. I had a several photos to post, but my camera is currently malfunctioning ’cause it hit the snow a few...
by admin | Jun 12, 2008 | Madison River, Missouri River
I just got back a few days ago from the 5 days on the big river to the north. The Missouri (14,000 cfs) is huge and one day we floated at 15,900 cfs. We caught trout on long leaders, 13ft to the second bug, using a 3/0 split and one tung head worm. After dropping our...
by admin | May 15, 2008 | Madison River
The Madison below Hebgen Dam is flowing 942 cfs and 1160 at Kirby Ranch. These flows should sustain for a few more days depending on how warm it actually gets this weekend. We took a drive yesterday over Reynold’s Pass and stopped at Reynolds bridge to have a...
by admin | May 13, 2008 | Madison River
I just got an email back from Lance Elias at PPL and he is bumping the flow tomorrow. Since they can’t raise the river more than 10% of the previous days flow, I would expect to see 87 cfs more in the river sometime tomorrow afternoon. He said that there are no...
by admin | May 13, 2008 | Madison River
The past few days here in West Yellowstone have been snowy followed by bits of sunshine. The rest of MT has rolled into Spring, but Mother Nature just won’t allow us to keep with the Jones. This morning at 7 am it was 23 degrees……burrrrr. These cold...
by admin | May 12, 2008 | Madison River
Yesterday was my girlfriends 30th and the first float in my new boat from RO Drift Boats. Since there are way too many anglers down inbetween the lakes on the Madison and we like to float, we took a lovely drive down to Varney Bridge. With rain comes rising water...
