The Madison River in the Park is one of our favorites, and hallowed ground to many.  Even though the Park released all restrictions on Park waters last week, we’re going to stick to our guns that you probably shouldn’t be fishing this water for another couple of weeks or whenever it cools off.

Our concerns are the very low flows and the water temps - the Firehole hit 77 F on the 29th, and the lower Gibbon is right there too.  We’re due unseasonably hot weather for the next 3 to 5 days it appears as of this morning’s forecast.

Things are getting better, but the Madison will be healthier with a little rest.

We hear that there has been a decent Trico spinner fall after 9 in the mornings, and agree that given the lack of pressure afternoons could be decent with hoppers. 

Flows today near West Yellowstone are 317 cfs at 0515, with the average for today 421 cfs, and the 20% marker 351 cfs.  She’s obviously still running quite low.

The  Upper Madison river in Montana below the lakes continues to fish   well - check our Madision River Reports (divided into Upper Madison and Lower Madison) at Best Fly Fishing Montana.com.(this link will take you right to the report blog).  The Upper and Lower Madison reports were updated yesterday.

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Flies to have in the box:

In keeping with the above, we are not recommending flies at this point.

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