The upper Madison is still fishing well. Most days have been good for bigger fish on streamers. The hopper thing has still not come together yet. You can catch fish on hoppers but it is not really consistent yet. For those who are interested in dry fly action Ennis Lake is hard to beat. Not much is better than seeing a fish chomp a size 8 foam grass hopper but sight fishing to a flat full of big rainbows audibly slurping mayflys is pretty fun too. This time of year there are huge hatches of tricos and callabaetis in the mornings where the upper Madison river flows into Ennis lake. The south end of the lake is shallow enough to wade and there are plenty of pods of risers to chase throughout the mornings. Most of the fish are large...15-22inches but the water is flat and they are all pretty spooky. If you make a nice cast and have some patience you can usually end up with good number of hook ups on big strong trout. Keeping them out of the weeds long enough to get them to the net is another story. It is not a fishery where you get a lot of freebies but it is great to have a place where we can consistently find big fish eating dries ten minutes from home.
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