Since we got our place in Driggs I’ve taken a real love to the Madison River in SW MT. I probably fish it twice as often as the Henry’s Fork even though I drive past the entire HF to get to the Madison.
Today was an awful weather day. 60ish, rain, low clouds. Too warm for waders, too cold to go wet. I woke up at 5am and made the two hour drive north. My reward was certainly the best streamer fishing day of my life. I rolled at least 20 fish over the fly today and while I only hooked 25% of them, I landed a 26” and jumped off another that size. Connected briefly to a possible 28-30”.
Earlier this summer my wife and I made a quick overnight to Ennis to partake in the salmonfly madness. On that trip I landed the largest trout I’ve ever taken on a dry - 27” and roughly 8#. Pics attached from that one.
If there’s a better widely accessible river in the lower 48 where you have a legit chance at your personal best any given day you step in the river I would love to hear about it!
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