Madison River, MT

Lower Madison float #2

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
8:30am to 5:00pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Great
Classification
Public
Water Temp
-
Water Clarity
Clear - 5'+ visibility
Water Level
-
User
Tony Broderick

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Fish Caught

Brown Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
10 15"
8 19"
1 27"
19 17.32"

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
10 16"
10 14"
1 22"
21 15.33"
Total: 40 fish Top Patterns: Unspecified (40)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Sunny X X
Precipitation
None X X
Wind
Heavy - 15+ knots X X
Air Temp High/Low
55.0°F / 60.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
98% Full (Full)

Other Patterns Tried

No other pattern information for this outing.

Hatches

No hatch information for this outing.

Insect Seining

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Fishing Partners

Lisa (wife)

Waypoints

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Tides

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Notes

Day #3, floating Madison again.
Met up with Bryan from Blue Ribbon Flies. Easily the best guide we had for the trip. Fun, knowledgeable, really customer-focused. Helped me a lot on mending in the high wind.
As usual, Lisa killed them. I'd pick-up as she landed one and then she land the next before I could mend the line from the back of the boat.
The 2 highlights were the HUGE Brown Lisa hooked early in the float - a monster! The second was the large Bow I got speed-stripping a streamer through a shallow riffle. The fish literally attacked the escaping fly! Both trophy catches you only see in magazines!
Awesome day but the wind was howling. I had a hard time casting and mending in the small target area from the back. And it didn't help having to pick-up after all the fish Lisa caught!
But a great day of fishing with an A+ guide. Will ask for him again when we go back.