July 10, 2008 - Steve Hoovler
More dry fly fishing on the Madison. Michael and Pam Graham joined me today from Texas. We started the day wading at Raynold's Pass. Fish were working as soon as we arrived to egg-laying caddis and PMD's. Michael started off the day with a chunky 18" Rainbow that had stuffed himself with Salmonfly nymphs. Two nymphs were lodged in the back of its mouth when we brought him in, and you could feel a gob of them in his belly.
After lunch we slipped the boat in for a float from Lyons to Pallisades. Fish rose to caddis and pmd's right below the bridge. We switched to a dry Salmonfly after Wolf Creek and rose nice fish for the remainder.
The wind decided to blow a gale downstream for most of the afternoon, but we hammered away regardless, and had a great day. Thanks for toughing it out with me guys!


