Fishing on the Madison river hasn’t changed a whole lot since last week. Hoppers and ants are still your best bet for dry fly action. the nymph fishing is still doing quite well and streamer fishing with olive and white sculpin patterns are starting to be pretty productive as well. we are seeing some nice browns being caught around the town of Ennis and showing some pre spawn activity. The three dollar bridge area is still a great place to wade fish, approach the river carefully up there though the fish can be pretty spooky at times.
Dries
cinnamon para ants
brown foam ant
carnage hopper
chubby chernobyl
delectable chubbyness royal
Daves hopper
purple haze
Nymphs
psycho prince amber
soft hackle red ass
lightening bugs
shop vacs
copper johns
green mo pt
lil’ spankers green /silver
worms
Streamers
trevors sculpin
sheila sculpin
zonkers
sculpin the one
olive boogie man
sculpzilla olive
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