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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...

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...

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...