June 16, 2025

Summer has come early here in the Madison Valley, with warm and dry conditions causing all sorts of bugs to hatch a little ahead of schedule. Fishing has been great!

ennis, Mt weather

Warm and dry conditions persist for the next few days before taking it down a notch over the weekend. Expect the occasional thunderstorm in the PM hours.

Madison river flows

Flows remain quite below what we typically see this time of the year. It appears that runoff is over except from the occasional push of mud after a heavy thunderstorm. Hebgen has been cranked down as they fill up the lake. Naturally, we're seeing a similar flat line on the flows throughout the upper Madison River. It's as fishy as it gets right now!

Madison River fishing techniques

The fish are responding well to various foam body dry flies in different colors and sizes. The salmonfly is hit-or-miss as always, but it's nice to have the goldenstone and yellow sallies as a fall back. When in doubt you can get bring fish up to small micro chubbies to imitate a large caddis. You can also just stick to the salmonfly knowing that something is going to eventually take it! Nymphing is the ticket for numbers. A girdle bug goes a long way and there are lots of small flashy nymphs working right now.

Madison River flies

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