We are finally seeing some hopper action on the Madison. The terrestrial bite was delayed a bit by a push of cooler than normal weather. In the past week our weather felt more like October than August. The daytime highs plummeted to the low sixties and it rained almost every day. The cloudy weather made for pretty good streamer fishing for those who were tough enough to fish in the rain. We caught a lot of nice trout on the Madison river. The cooler days and nights dropped our water temps a lot, which has kept the big fish happy. The biggest side effect of the rain was dirty water and rising fishing flows on some of the freestone rivers in the area. The Yellowstone and Jefferson spiked and saw come muddy water but in the long run having a little more and cooler water will make for good fishing.
We see a lot of wildlife on float trips. I have never seen as many moose in a summer as I have this year. The braids of the upper Madison river just south of Ennis Montana have been a hot spot for moose sightings. This photo was taken on the Jefferson river, which is always a great place to see a moose because there are usually no other boats to scare them away.
We see a lot of wildlife on float trips. I have never seen as many moose in a summer as I have this year. The braids of the upper Madison river just south of Ennis Montana have been a hot spot for moose sightings. This photo was taken on the Jefferson river, which is always a great place to see a moose because there are usually no other boats to scare them away.
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