Madison River Blog

May 19

An Observant Approach to Fly Selection

Approaching fly selection with purpose.

May 16

Sick Trout

What's up with the sick fish in SW Montana?

May 1

State Of The Madison: 2023 Fisheries Monitoring Efforts

Read about 2023 monitoring efforts on the Madison River and Ennis and Hebgen Reservoirs.

Apr 22

2023 Upper Madison Bug Report

Summary of 2023 macroinvertebrate survey on the Upper Madison river.

Apr 14

Something In The Water?

Strange findings in the water below Hebgen prompt questions about water quality.

Mar 26

State of the Upper Madison: Macroinvertebrates

A summary of current conditions and long term trends for macroinvertebrates on the Upper Madison River.

Dec 21, 2023

Big Hole, Beaverhead, Ruby Trout Declines Prompt Research

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in partnership with the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit at Montana State University is seeking...

Dec 21, 2023

50 Years of Wild Trout Management

Prior to the 1880's, Montana rivers and lakes were all filled with native fish. If we could teleport with our drift boats back to the...

Mar 12, 2021

Upper Madison Monitoring Efforts

For a river as famous as the Madison, we fall far short I think in collaborating together our efforts to monitor water quality and...

Mar 7, 2021

First Water Supply Forecast for 2021

We've all been paying attention to the lagging snowpack levels in the upper Madison basin for this winter. After a record setting...

Mar 1, 2021

Salmonflies: A Madison Keystone

Pteronarcys californica The greatest event of the natural world on the Madison River annually is the emergence of the king of all aquatic...

Feb 24, 2021

Is Instagram Killing Big Trout?

Most of you reading this, including myself, have taken a few hero shots with trout over the years. Since the dawn of the smartphone, it...

Feb 15, 2021

Upcoming Northwestern Energies Fisheries Projects On The Upper Madison In 2021

Conservation Projects Carry On In 2021 Northwestern Energies (NE) operates nine hydro developments in Montana under Project License 2188...

Feb 12, 2021

The "Red Line"

On angling pressure, water temperatures, monitoring, and stewardship. 2020 was a tumultuous year, for a variety of reasons...

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