Montana Fly Fishing Guide Service
Fly Fishing Report / Blog for the Madison and Missouri RiversMadison River Guided Fly Fishing
Feels like Fall…..cause it is.Flows @ Kirby – 948 cfs…..not bad for this time of year…fish it dry 
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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 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 the various rivers here in SW [...]
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Oh Brother 2 footBig Sky Anglers has been busy guiding anglers from the Missouri to the Madison and even a couple of days in the backcountry of YNP. The trout above was caught this morning on a #18 dry fly. Well done Doug, that is a toad. Our rivers here in MT are continuing to fish, the mornings [...]
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Flash in the PanThe Missouri was pretty good this time around. Some dry fly fishing, a bunch of nymphing and several long days. On the road a ton this time of the year….. been back for four days and rowing the Madison. Our trout or getting smarter by the hook set. The big browns are hiding throughout the river and the rainbows [...]
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