Montana Fly Fishing Report
Fly Fishing on the Madison and Missouri RiversArchive for May, 2008
The Mighty MO is Mighty again!Jonathon and I just got back from 3 days of guiding and a couple days of fishing on a rain soaked Missouri River. The river swelled huge with all the rain and I haven’t seen the Prickly Pear or the Dearborn at these levels for 10+ years. As of this morning, the MO is flowing [...] 
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a new season is upon us74 degrees is one heck of a way to start MT’s General Season Opener after a long winter endured. The weekend weather was nice to see, but it is bringing down the snow pack like a pack of wolves on a old tired bull elk in Lamar Valley. Luckily, we have Quake Lake to filter out [...]
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Flowing Green……for now.The Madison below Hebgen Dam is flowing 942 cfs and 1160 at Kirby Ranch. These flows should sustain for a few more days depending on how warm it actually gets this weekend. We took a drive yesterday over Reynold’s Pass and stopped at Reynolds bridge to have a look. The river is Bitch Creek Green [...]
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Up again.I just got an email back from Lance Elias at PPL and he is bumping the flow tomorrow. Since they can’t raise the river more than 10% of the previous days flow, I would expect to see 87 cfs more in the river sometime tomorrow afternoon. He said that there are no more increases planned [...]
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Warming Up……maybeThe past few days here in West Yellowstone have been snowy followed by bits of sunshine. The rest of MT has rolled into Spring, but Mother Nature just won’t allow us to keep with the Jones. This morning at 7 am it was 23 degrees……burrrrr. These cold overnight temps don’t allow Hebgen to thaw very quickly, [...]
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Varney to 8Yesterday was my girlfriends 30th and the first float in my new boat from RO Drift Boats. Since there are way too many anglers down inbetween the lakes on the Madison and we like to float, we took a lovely drive down to Varney Bridge. With rain comes rising water and finally there is [...]
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Shorts, sandals and even a few BWO’s……Leaving West Yellowstone last Friday on my way to the Missouri to pre-fish before trips, I was hoping for clouds and balmy weather. I arrived in Craig late that night and slept along side the river at the boat ramp with the geese, stars and only a couple of other folks in the Camp Ground. The river [...]
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