Madison River Salmon Fly Hatch
The salmon flies are out in full force here on the Madison River. The hot weather has the bugs out all the way from Palisades to Ennis. The larger concentrations of bugs seem to be above Burnt Tree fishing access as they have almost moved past Ennis. The dry fly fishing got off to a pretty slow start with with bright sunny days and few of those salmon bugs actually hitting the water but it seems to be improving in a hurry. Big winds the past few days have made casting and rowing difficult but the bugs have been blowing into the river and the fish are starting to eat them better and better. Nymph fishing has been great most days. We have massive numbers of caddis, yellow sallies, golden stones and even a few PMDs. Even when the top water bite has been less than great, there are some really big fish being caught on the salmon fly dries by those who are dedicated enough to stick with it. Get it before its gone...This is the only time of year that you get to see Madison River trout crush the biggest dry flies in our box!
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