The first major hatch of the season has begun. Spring fly fishing is in full swing here in Montana.
Mayfly Mania
The lower Madison is starting to show good numbers of blue winged olives (mayflies) and the fish are starting to figure it out. I fished with a couple of buddies down there a few days ago and we found a couple different pods of rising fish.
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To tell the truth they were kind of dumb. 4x to a size 18 Parachute Adams was money. Nothing big, but good fun after stripping junk for the last month.
BWO's will probably hold out for the next couple of weeks. Although the upper Madison never gets as many as the lower, they should start there soon and hopefully in high enough numbers to get the fish looking up. Next in line: Mother's Day caddis hatch. Oh boy! Until then, tight lines.
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