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After a fantastic month of fishing on the Upper Madison we have finally returned to relatively normal conditions where some days are good and others…not so much. While you can still find a few caddis and PMDs hovering around the banks, most of the aquatic bugs are done for the year and the focus has …
Fishing on the Upper Madison is about as good as it gets right now, and we are getting some much needed water out of the Dam this week. Flows were increased to just over 700 cfs yesterday and we are holding at just under 900 cfs at the Kirby gauge and 1100 cfs at Varney …
Despite the low flows the Upper Madison continues to hold its own and fishing has been pretty good over the last couple of weeks. Hebgen is about 96% full right now and if we get some of the rain in the forecast for next weekend that should get things a little closer to full pool, …
Dam: 699 cfs Kirby: 965 cfs Varney: 1,340 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well this month and we are currently running at just under 1,000 cfs at the Kirby Gauge with roughly 24″-30″ of visibility. The water is a little dirtier down by Ennis, but not enough to affect the fishing. We should …
Dam: 853 cfs Kirby: 988 cfs Varney: 1,210 cfs 5/5 Update: The Upper Madison is still running clear between Quake and Lyon’s Bridge but clarity is not great from Windy Point down to Ennis Lake. The West Fork and Indian Creek and putting in a lot of dirty water, so your best bet is to …
Hebgen Dam: 716 cfs Kirby: 779 cfs Varney: 994 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing well this Winter with the usual fare of midges, small stonefly nymphs and smaller streamers. A lot of our lower elevation snow is basically gone from Ennis to Palisades due to the recent warm spell, and all the boat …
Hebgen Dam: 806 cfs Kirby: 909 cfs Varney: 1,090 cfs The Upper Madison has been fishing decent over the last several weeks, but there definitely have been some tough days in the mix as well. Flows out of Hebgen dropped to 800 cfs yesterday and we should see them hovering around there for the foreseeable …
Hebgen Dam: 843 cfs Kirby: 942 cfs Varney: 1,110 cfs The Upper Madison continues to hold its own this summer, and we are still having good dry fly fishing and early morning streamer fishing depending on the day. Flows are still hanging around 950 cfs at the Kirby gauge above the West Fork with just …
Hebgen Dam: 985 cfs Kirby: 1,080 cfs Varney: 1,230 cfs After three weeks of blistering heat we are finally getting some cooler temperatures and some much needed precipitation here in the Madison Valley. Flows out of Hebgen Dam were lowered slowly as the heat wave has started to subside during the last week in July, …
Hebgen Dam: 1,130 cfs Kirby: 1,300 cfs Varney: 1,530 cfs It’s been a hot one out there ladies and gentlemen, but the Upper Madison continues to hold its own and we’ve been having some pretty good fishing out there lately. Water temperatures are starting to get into the 69-70 degree range by 3:30 pm, so …
