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Madison River Fishing Report for 8-19-2017

The fishing on the Madison has been doing surprisingly well for being the third week in august. The river temperatures are starting out at about 59 degrees in the morning due to the cooler night time air temperatures and the flows are about average for this time of year. We are seeing some really nice fish being caught now that the full moon is over. Morning fishing is still your best option but some anglers are seeing success throughout the whole day. There are some trico’s in the morning and small caddis in the late evenings but hoppers and ants should be your go to dry patterns think hopper dropper. The streamer bite is starting to pick up with green and white being the best colors. Deep nymph rigs as always will help put fish in the net.

Dries

black gnat 18
delektable flying ant 18
brown foam ant 14-18
flying ant cinnamon 14-18
elk wing caddis 16-18
purple haze 14-18
swisher’s pix royal 14-18
chubby chernobyl (purple, tan, peach and pink)10-12
more or less hopper 10-12

Nymphs

psycho may pmd 14-16
bh soft hackle red ass 14-16
LeBug olive 14-18
psycho prince olive 14-18
the fly formerly know as prince 14-16
bh hares ears flashback 14-18
rainbow serendipity 14-18
green Mo pt14-18

Streamers

sculpin the one
grandmaster flash back
zonkers pearl natural
flu-shot olive
sheila sculpin
laser legal
white sex dungeon

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