Madison River Outfitters Fishing Report 5/22/2025
It's Only Up From Here
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MRO Shop Staff Nina Lett with a beautiful Hebgen Brown. (supported by Gordy Loebl)
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MRO Shop Staff Nina Lett with a beautiful Hebgen Brown. (supported by Gordy Loebl)
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Montana
Hebgen & Quake Lakes: (not much has changed out there) Its been very hit or miss out on the lakes but if you can time it right and get a day with little to no wind, the chironomid nymph and leech fishing has been pretty solid. There are a few adult chironomids hatching and buzzing around but the dry fly fishing still has a bit to go until its consistent. Streamers have been moving some fish on the less than ideal condition days.
Flies We're Fishing:
#18 Black, Olive, OR Red Zebra Midge, #14 O/S Opal Buzzer, #14 Olive Nugget, #14 Turkey Callibaetis, #16 Brush Hog, #14 Black/Red Ice Cream Cone, #8 Black Vegas Booby Leech, #8 Black OR Olive Simi-Seal Leech, #8 Hot Bead Thin Mint
Madison Flows:
Hebgen Lake Inflow: 1249 CFS
Hebgen Lake Outflow: 697 CFS
Kirby Flows: 976 CFS
Cameron Flows: 1360 CFS
Water Temp @ Kirby: High 54 F
Low 44 F
Flows as of 12pm May 22nd 2025
Water Temp @ Kirby: High 54 F
Low 44 F
Flows as of 12pm May 22nd 2025
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MRO Guide Mike Loebl cheesin over a nice Brown
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Upper Madison:
The Upper is fishing great despite runoff spinning up - The cooler weather has stalled the west fork for the most part, but expect it to start blowing again once the weather warms up at the end of next week. The wade section looks perfect right now. We've seen some caddis on the float section on the sunnier days but otherwise nymphs and streamers have been getting the bulk of the workload.
Upper Madison:
The Upper is fishing great despite runoff spinning up - The cooler weather has stalled the west fork for the most part, but expect it to start blowing again once the weather warms up at the end of next week. The wade section looks perfect right now. We've seen some caddis on the float section on the sunnier days but otherwise nymphs and streamers have been getting the bulk of the workload.
Flies We're Fishing:
#16 Olive Hot Spot Perdigon, #16 Sunburst Perdigon, #18 S&M Dark Baetis, #18 Purple JJ Baetis, #16/#18 Black OR Red Krystal Dip, #14 Pilva's Perdigon - Olive, #20 Bucky's Midge Cluster, #20 Low Water Baetis, #20 Missing Link, #16 Royal Chubby Chernobyl, #16 Peacock Chubby Chernobyl, #4 Olive Supernatural Peanut, #6 Olive MT Mouthwash, #6 Olive/White Barely Legal, #8 Hot Bead Leech - Olive, Black, Brown
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MRO Guide Hugh Himan & Shop Staff Cole Bedics with a gorgeous blue Madison Brown
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YNP
The Park is CLOSED to fishing until the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend!!!
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MRO Guide Hugh Himan & Shop Staff Cole Bedics with a gorgeous blue Madison Brown
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YNP
The Park is CLOSED to fishing until the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend!!!
(the Madison from the WY/MT line to Hebgen Lake, & the Gardiner from Osprey Falls downstream to the confluence with the Yellowstone are both open year round as of fall 2024)
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Get out there!
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Get out there!
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Nina & Gordy were the dynamic duo on the lake this week!
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