Category Archives: Upper Madison River

The Beartooth Work Crew were treated to a day on the Madison. It was a sunny, warm day, which lends itself to tougher fishing but nice weather for being outside on a break from work. What a beautiful day on … Continue reading →

We continue to be busy at Beartooth Flyfishing. Folks are spreading out across different rivers as all the rivers are fishing well now. The Upper Madison is shifting into some fun dry fly action including Ants, Hoppers, Spruce Moths, PMD’s, … Continue reading →

I’ve been way too busy guiding in July to post fishing reports. Before the season got underway I predicted the best dry or die season since 1997. After fishing Salmon Fly and Goldenstone Dries for over 3 weeks; it has … Continue reading →

It’s Salmonfly and Golden Stone Time! The fishing with big dries has been epic this last week.  Everything came together after weeks of waiting: the flows dropped, the water cleared, the salmonflies moved up the river, and the fish started … Continue reading →

Salmonfly Dries Now Working Above McAtee The water has cleared enough now that the the fish can see through a good distance of water, they are looking up, and are hitting salmonfly dries.  There were a lot of salmonflies in … Continue reading →