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Madison River Fishing Report 5-17-19

This last week of sun has taken it’s toll on the Madison’s feeder creeks. The West Fork is now pumping in more mud by the day and has increased flows significantly with current flows reaching 3,100 CFS. With the flow being higher right now some of the bridges may be harder to navigate under so use extreme caution.Right now is a great time to be fishing big streamers and nymphs tight to the banks. People have picked up a number of fish on natural sculpin patterns and zirdle bugs. With rain in the forecast fish will start keying in on sculpin in their diet. Fishing the cleaner water up high near Three Dollar bridge and between the lakes have produced the most amount of fish as of late. Now is also a great time to get out on the lakes. Water temps have stayed consistent which means larger fish are still cruising and haven’t gone deep for the summer yet. Fishing leeches and chironomids under an indicator have been quite successful as of late.

As always stop by the shop for the most up to date conditions and fly recommendations. Plus there is always free coffee to keep you warm.

Dries

Peacock Caddis, Dancing Caddis, Matt’s Caddis, Tilt Wing Bwo, Olive Haze, Para Bwo

Nymphs

Pat’s Rubberleg, Zirdle Bug, Prince Nymph, Silver Lightning Bug, Pink San Juan Worm, CDC Baby, Military May, Copper John

Streamers

McClune’s Sculpin, Trevor’s Sculpin, Sculpinator, Mini Sex Dungeon, Egg Sucking Leech, Sparkle Minnow

Fishing Reports and Trips

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