Update on Re-Opening, Guiding and staying safe while we do it, 4/24/2020….

Update on Re-Opening, Guiding and staying safe while we do it, 4/24/2020….

I am not even calling this one a river report. It was questionable whether the last one was truly a river report or me just being canid about what’s happening at Montana Fish Man with no sugar coating. That is just the way I like it. Darci tells me to sugar coat things a little… Continue reading Update on Re-Opening, Guiding and staying safe while we do it, 4/24/2020….

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March 2nd, Late Winter Madison River Fishing Report

March 2nd, Late Winter Madison River Fishing Report

Hebgen Dam 880cfs Old Kirby Ranch 959cfs Varney Bridge 1120cfs Lower Madison River 1460cfs March 2d in the Madison Valley and it is really starting to feel a lot like spring. Markedly different than this time last year. At this time last year myself and others where scrambling to dig drift boats out of 3… Continue reading March 2nd, Late Winter Madison River Fishing Report

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See with a great big rainbow trout caught on a grasshopper during a recent guided fly fishing trip on the Madison River near Ennis Montana.

Madison River Fishing Report 8/28/19

Hebgen Dam 1110cfs Old Kirby Place 1100cfs Varney Bridge 1180cfs Lower Madison 1620cfs I’m going to do this fishing report thing kinda quick. It’s hopper season. Fish a hopper. Maybe add an ant or moth or beetle if you’d like to get fancy. Waters good, temps are good, fish are bigger and they’re plentiful. That’s… Continue reading Madison River Fishing Report 8/28/19

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Run Off on Hold….For now, Madison River Fishing Report 5/24

Run Off on Hold….For now, Madison River Fishing Report 5/24

Hebgen Dam 1220cfs Old Kirby Place 1490cfs Varney Bridge 1920cfs Lower Madison 2080cfs It has been a cold week here in South West Montana. Steady 15-20mph winds out of the North and cold temperatures have really slowed the progression of run off over the past 7-10 days. Water levels have been dropping and the river… Continue reading Run Off on Hold….For now, Madison River Fishing Report 5/24

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