Montana Fly Fishing Report
Fly Fishing on the Madison and Missouri RiversArchive for August, 2010
Snow….August 31This morning at 8 am. 32 degrees outside. The clouds broke through and revealed a skiff of snow. This should make the elk and birds think. Will there be more sunshine, warm weather and hopper fishing you ask???? Damn straight! 
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Ennis Lake – Madison Dam Rock SlideOn my way home from the Missouri this morning, I stopped by The Madison River Fishing Company, to catch up with the boys there in the shop. When I walked in the door, Mike Lum had just got off the phone with PPL and had this “oh shit” look on his face. At 5 am [...]
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Gulp……erHaving been way to busy to fish Hebgen much at all this summer, I finally got out there a couple of days ago with my good buddy Brian Worely. He lives on Hebgen for most of August guiding clients. Since BSA doesn’t have the proper GNF permit to outfit the lake, I don’t guide Hebgen anymore. However, I am [...]
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Late August and the river is emptyThe Madison is almost empty of anglers……not complaining though. It is nice to see the river with less pressure. Hopper fishing is stupid good in many stretches up and down the river. I landed a 21 in brown yesteday on the Chubby Lady and about 10 rainbows from 10 to 15 inches. I missed quite a [...]
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Custom flies, hoppers and good clients.I floated from Windy to Mac yesterday and Windy to Story the day before. I am now tired of the Lyons crowd and since I met my clients yesterday a little later, at Lyons, I could not stomack putting in with 20 some odd other fishing guides. If you get there early, say around 8 [...]
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Wind, rain and few rising troutJust when things looked like they might slow down a bit, the rest of August is now filling in quite nicely. Truth be told, I was looking for a few days off to fish, tie flies and catch up on life outside of the trout stream. Oh well, we will make more hay since the sun is shining………..or when [...]
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August AnglingFLOWS Madison River Below Hebgen: 1050 cfs @ Kirby: 1160 cfs Missouri River Below Holter: 4100 cfs Still very busy for us here at Big Sky Anglers. The river is fishing well in the am, but the afternoons are spotty. Totally dependent on how much cloud cover we have. There are spruce moths around on [...]
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