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Digg! Madison River Fishing Report
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Madison River
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Ennis, Montana  

Date 17-Jul-08
Water Condition Madison River Flows
Water Temperature  


Conditions : Madison River: The Salmonflies are somewhere around Lyons by now, probably higher again tomorrow, but that hasn't seemed to matter to the fish. Despite the big bugs being up high, fishing has been great all over the river, lots of boats, but lots of fish and lots of action. The big bugs are up high, but most of our guides have been running Varney to Town or Storey to 8 Mile, and the fishing has been outstanding. Fish are chomping the Chubby Chernobyl. Your go-to attractor nymphs like princes and lightning bugs are also producing. The river has been hot and everyone knows it. If you like solitude, you need to be up and out of bed by dawn and get to the river before the driftboat armada comes through. If you are on foot, try wading around Varney or head up around McAtee, we finally have foot friendly flows on the Madison, so it's a great time to take advantage of that and get out. Just be aware that not everyone with a boat has manners and unfortunately we all have to share the same resources, so be courteous while out on the river. Often times during the heat of the hatch I've done better throwing goldenstone patterns, keep in mind that big bug fishing behind the hatch about a week or so can be pretty damn good, just ask my buddies that floated from Storey to Varney on Sunday and caught fish on dry salmonflies with no bugs really around any more…

Fly pattern suggestions: Chubby Chernobyl Red, Golden: 6-12 Yaegermeister Red, Peacock: 14-16 Ugly Bugs: 4-8, Gummy Stones Black: 6-8, Delektables (all of em): 6-8 Lightning Bugs Silver, Pearl, and Gold: 12-16, Little Bit of Everything: 12-16, Micro Zonkers Black, Natural: 12 Stinger Sculpin Natural: 2, Sculpzilla Black: 2-4 Hairy Sculpin Brown: 2 Kory's WMD: 2 Sluggo Rainbow Trout: 1/0 Cat Puke Orange and Black: 4-6-8 Chernobyl Salmonfly: 2-4 RL Henry's Fork Special: 4-6

Reported by: Montana Troutfitters


Species Hatches: Patterns Lures & Spinners
  • Cutthroat trout
  • Whitefish
  • Rainbow trout

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Misc Info: - Madison River Fishing Regs, Madison River Access Map



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