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May 19, 2024
An Observant Approach to Fly Selection
Approaching fly selection with purpose.


May 16, 2024
Sick Trout
What's up with the sick fish in SW Montana?


May 1, 2024
State Of The Madison: 2023 Fisheries Monitoring Efforts
Read about 2023 monitoring efforts on the Madison River and Ennis and Hebgen Reservoirs.


Apr 22, 2024
2023 Upper Madison Bug Report
Summary of 2023 macroinvertebrate survey on the Upper Madison river.

Apr 14, 2024
Something In The Water?
Strange findings in the water below Hebgen prompt questions about water quality.


Mar 26, 2024
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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