I leave Montana tomorrow morning after another amazing fishing trip. The end always brings very mixed feelings: excited to be home but also a touch of heartbreak to leave such an amazing fishery. I guess that is life? Fortunately, the last day was outstanding. The morning featured clouds and no wind. I saw a huge
Category: Madison River
A Montana Streamer Bite
With temps still high and bug hatches become more scant, I decided to mix it up and throw streamers at dawn. My hope was that fish would be eager to eat. The drive over was stunning. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) Thankfully, it worked: many vicious strikes and some
Back to Nymphing
A local advised me to focus on nymphing now that the local hatches are waning. So, I did, and it was a great morning. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) I both tightlined and threw the bobber. The Sulphur Nymph continued to dupe fish, particularly when it was paired with
Epeorus Albertae
In just a few days, the Upper Madison has transformed. Gone are the salmon flies and thick mayfly hatches. You still see some risers, but the windows are brief. One local has refocused on fishing the lakes. Jake at the Slide Inn fly shop says that we are now in an “in between” phase: bug