A Windy, yet Fishy Afternoon on the Madison
I had tied up a few red midge larvae this morning. One afternoon last week I was releasing a rainbow that had taken a Zelon Midge when I noticed a tiny natural bright red midge larva between the teeth of the trout. Today I wanted to try my sparkling red pattern. I had taken a couple of Rick Smith's (BRF's Minori's husband) ideas from a fly he'd shown me last winter. One he and Minori had had great success with winter fishing the Gallatin River near Big Sky.
When I got to the river at 2:30pm the truck's thermometer registered 35 and the winds came strong out of the southwest. I slugged through stiff, windblown snowdrifts to the river. I remembered this time to knot on fresh tippet and a fly before I left the house. I knew the windchill would not allow me much fishing time this afternoon.
On the second cast I had a 12" rainbow on the red larva. A 15" rainbow came to my Ghost Net on the very next cast...I scored 6 great rainbows...the best a male just over 17" sporting pre-spawning colors and jumping twice before coming to net. I sloshed another 20 yards upstream and changed fles. This time I cut back my 5x tippet to 3x and knotted on a big brown stone. After several casts and no takers I changed back to the red midge larva and caught 3 more rainbows on the water I'd just fished through with the stone nymph. I'm tying more sparkling red larvae this evening!
As is often the case fishing December and January, on the Madison in particular, brown trout seem to lay low. I find once the days begin to lenghten in early February and the water temps warm a degree or two brown trout become more active and key on stonefly nymphs which come from under the rocks in the late afternoon hours to graze on algae. Then too, they might be taken more readily on midge imitations both on and under the surface.
The forecast is for colder temps moving in later this week, then a warm-up by week's end. I will bring you some more fishing news, and la few photos from the river too!
Cam and I will be filming and tying a couple fly patterns this week so get your tying gear ready and follow along!
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