The Upper Madison River originates in Yellowstone National Park and flows through Hebgen Lake, past the town of Ennis, Montana on its way to Ennis Lake. Because river flows are managed from Hebgen Dam, water levels remain pretty consistent throughout most of the fishing season. With gorgeous scenery and great fly fishing, anglers from all over seek out Montana's famed Madison River.
The Upper Madison has been fishing excellent lately and should continue to be good as we move further into winter! Fishing has been great recently with mostly nymphs and streamers. We have not seen the crazy midge hatches quite yet this year but as it gets colder it should continue to get better. There are still a few midges out but not a ton of fish up quite yet. For nymphing, various midges like the holo midge, frenchdipity, zebra midge, black or gray RS2, Ny perdigon, Inferno-Gon, or serendipity has been working best paired with a rubberlegs, jiggle stone, TJ hooker, masked marauder, wire worm, San Juan worm, or twisted worm. Streamers are also working pretty well out there with the smaller and flashier flies recieving the most attention. Streamers like the Kreelex, Micro Meat, sparkle minnow, short shank redemption, sir sticks a lot and Munchy Minnow are always a good bet out there in the winter.
Parachute Adams (16-20), Purple Haze (18-20), Griffiths Gnat (16-20), Razor Midge (18-22), Buzz Ball (16-18), Chubby Chernobyl (8-16), Water walker (8-12), Corn Fed caddis (14-18), Stubby Chubby (12-16)
Woolly Bugger Black/Olive (6-12), Mini Loop Sculpin Olive, Natural (6), Mini Dungeons Yellow/White/Black (6), Baby Dragon Sculpin/Black/Yellow/Whitey (4), Sparkle Minnow Smoke/Sculpin/Brown (2-8) Heisenberg Black/ Olive/ White (6), Kill Whitey Black/ Olive/ White (4), Montana Intruder (6), Sparkle Minnow Smoke/JJ/Sculpin (8) (8)
Pats Rubberlegs Black/Coffee, Olive, Black, Orange (4-12), Rainbow Warrior (16-20), Copper John Red/Copper(16-20), Pink/Natural Quilldigon (14-18), Green Machines (16-20), $3 Dips (14-18), Steel Worm (6-8), Matt’s Shagadelic Mop, Eggs
