Montana Fly Fishing Report
Fly Fishing on the Madison and Missouri RiversArchive for February, 2010
Winter FlowsThese taste better in cans…… Over the past couple of months the flows on the Madison River below Hebgen have been running just at or a little over 1000 cfs. The flows dropped yesteday to 841 cfs…..finally. Did you know that PPL was afraid to run the river at 1000 cfs last summer during August and [...] 
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Bombing through YNPWolf on a elk kill. Madison River. I haven’t fished for over a 2 weeks now. Sad to say, but a mans got to work. However, driving a bomb through YNP is not a bad way to spend the day. There are trout rising on the Firehole River. I really wish I could sneak the [...]
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Puddle Duck SoupTomorrow…..lunchtime. Last November, we shot a bunch of mallards on our 14 day bird hunting trip. Most guys I know, dislike eating too many ducks. Why? Too red? I don’t know, but I know they love shooting them over their decoys. When I was a kid, my father would grill mallards whole, indirectly, on the [...]
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Winter’s WildlifeTwo bulls on the Madsion. During the winter months, large wildlife such as elk are creatures of habit. They live in the same neck of the woods, not wanting to expend their fat reserves on needless travel in deep snow. Even with the threat of death from wolf predation, the two bulls above won’t move [...]
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Going on a guide trip?G. Falls on the Madison River I often get over loaded with questions when someone has booked a guide trip with Big Sky Anglers and rightly so. Most of the time, these questions revolve around what is included, where will we fish, how long is the day, local lodging, dinner opportunites after the day….you [...]
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$3 and the Valley$3 Bridge The Madison Valley continues to fish this winter, maybe one of the better angling winters in recent years. With only 25 more days of fishing above McAtee Bridge, you better get down there. I arrived to the river around 12:30 yesterday afternoon and strolled on down to $3. I counted 8 anglers at [...]
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