Salmonflies are still the story on the Madison. Along with Golden Stones, PMD's, and several species of Caddis, big bugs continue to bring fish to the surface on the 50-mile riffle. The head of the hatch seems to be around Pallisades. We floated from Pallisades to McAtee today for a quick 4th of July float. Cloudy skies and cool temps kept the majority of stoneflies crawling on the bank, and not flying over the water.

The dry fly bite was a little off for us this morning, but we managed to find a few willing fish including this toadly brown who ate a size #8 olive PMX.  W also saw some action on a #16 PMD Cripple.

Happy 4th of July! Stay tuned.