Madison River Fishing Report
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Madison River Fishing report 7-28-2017
The weekend has begun and it is time to get out and go fishing. July is almost over and the dog days of august are just around the corner. Unlike other rivers in Montana that have been suffering from low water and high water temps lately the Madison is still holding strong . The Madison river is flowing a little above average for this time of year and with the cooler air temps we have experienced the past few days the water temps have stayed between 60-68 degrees. With the water levels above...
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Madison River Fishing Report for 7-22-2017
The weekend has arrived and it's time to get out and fish the Madison river. The fishing is still going strong even with the warmer temperatures and we have seen some truly nice fish being caught. With the warm temperatures the best times to fish are in the mornings and in the evenings. PMD's, yellow sallies and caddis are still flying around along with the nocturnal golden stone, keeping the dry fly anglers busy all morning . We are also starting to see some grasshoppers along the banks so...
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Fishing Report for the Madison river 7-8-17
The Fishing on the upper Madison river near Ennis has been great the past few days. The main salmon fly hatch has come and gone but not to worry there are still plenty of bugs out for fish to eat. We are seeing PMD's, golden stones , yellow sallies in the mornings and early afternoons, the caddis hatch in the evenings has also been doing really well. Even though we aren't seeing lots of salmon flies anymore the fish still remember them and that they love to eat them so don't be afraid to thro...
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Fishing Report for the Madison river 7-15-2017
Happy weekend all, from the Madison river in Ennis Montana. The fishing this week has been pretty spectacular. we are seeing lots of PMD's in the morning and the caddis are still going strong in the evenings. The golden stones have move quite a ways upriver but you can still fish a golden stone with plenty of success. Along with the PMD's and Caddis there are lots of yellow sallies . Anglers have been having the best luck fishing a small chubby Chernobyl flowed by a PMD or caddis in the mor...
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Fishing Report for the Madison River 6-30-2017
The Madison river has been fishing great this week. The colder weather we saw the past couple of days really didn't slow the fish down any. The salmon flies are hatching all over the river with the majority for them hatching up above windy point FAS. There are a ton of bugs out right now. We are seeing PMD's in the mornings, salmon flies with a mixing of golden stones and yellow sallies in the afternoon. The caddis hatch in the evening has been pretty spectacular. The mornings are still a lit...
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Fishing Report for the Madison River 6-24-2017
salmon flies - dog puke 6-8, chubby Chernobyl salmon 6-8, flutter stone 6-8 are some of my fav's caddis- Elk or x caddis size 12-16 PMD's golden stones 8-10
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Fishing report for the Madison River 6-17-2017
The Madison River is slowly starting to come back into shape. The fishing will steadily get better as the week goes on with the falling water levels. Nymph fishing is still your best bet for catching fish with streamers and pats rubber legs being the most productive. Some fish have started to eat dries around the town area (mostly caddis) we still haven't seen any salmon flies yet but I would expect they will make their appearance very soon. The river as a whole will start to fish well wi...
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Fishing Report for the Madison River in Montana 4-28-2017
The past few days the river has been dropping and slightly improving on clarity. The fish have enjoyed their slight break from the runoff bump and have started to feed again. With the warmer temperatures in the forecast we will be expecting another bump in the near future. Anglers brave enough to fish the muddy water have enjoyed scattered suggest through out the upper river. The best clarity is still above the west fork and is still your best bet for fishing. Steamers and pats rubbers legs f...
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Fishing Report for the Madison River in Montana 4-19-2017
The continued spring like weather brings great fishing to the Madison River. The fish are happy and the water is cold so it is a good time to be a fisherman in Montana. Nymphing will keep the rod bent most of the day. Standard spring fare of stone flies, worms, BWO nymphs and eggs will keep you into fish. More and more skwalas are showing up and fishing a single dry fly chubby all day is now an option. Good reports river wide of dry fly eats and good fishing all afternoon. Streamers a...
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Madison River Ennis Montana 4-14-2017
Fishing report for the Madison River Ennis Montana April 14th 2017. The river as a whole has been fishing fairly well. It is still mostly a nymphing game with worm and egg patterns still being the most productive. but the water temperatures have started to reach the high 40's through out the day. With the water temperature rising we are starting to see some bugs in the air. Look for Midges , Skwallas and Blue wings on cloudy days when the wind is low. Fish are still laying in there winter hi...
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