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September 16, 2023 Upper Madison Fishing Report

Date: 09/16/2023
Posted by: Toby Swank

Current Conditions

We have had some really nice weather the last few days and started to get fish on hopper/dropper rigs in the afternoons with some pretty slow mornings. The best success for us has been fishing streamers with a small nymph dropper under an indicator in the mid-river troughs until noon, or so. Once the sun is nice and high in the sky, we have been getting fish to come up to a variety of small dries with the better fish still eating hoppers. There has been a noticeable shift to using smaller tippet than we were using a few weeks ago on those dries, with a lot of 5x spools laying empty in the boat bags right now. Next week is shaping out to present some nice weather for streamer fishing later in the week.

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Stream Flows

September 16, 2023 Upper Madison Fishing Report Streamflow

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Recommended Flies

				  Little green machine gray

Gray Little Green Machine

				  Copperzonker

Copper Zonker

				  Purple lite brite perdigon nymph

Purple Lite Brite Perdigon

				  Tan Sweetgrass Hopper

Sweetgrass Hopper

Upper Madison River Fishing

The Fins and Feathers "Upper Madison River Fishing Guide" features a comprehensive overview of the river stretches and seasonal highlights with Madison River fishing tips from our Bozeman fly fishing guide staff.