Dan’s client, Jan, with Big Brown, caught on a #14 Gold Tarantula, between Pal and Mac, August 20, 2008. The flow of the Madison is 951 CFS and has been stable for the past week: Upper Madison Flow at Cameron. Spruce moth patterns, hopper patterns, and ant patterns are all effective, although there have been some slow afternoons recently. Caddis are still coming off. Spruce moth patterns continue to work well even below the tree areas – sometimes all the way to Varney. Those moths don’t seem to sink quickly and the fish are eating them well downstream from where they are blown into the river.
You can pick your favorite spruce moth, hopper, ant, beetle, and caddis patterns and fish dries all day. It doesn’t get any better than that. The nymphing continues to be very good. The streamer fishing is good, if you’re on the river early or late.
SPRUCE MOTH
Recommended Flies
To see the Delektables™ go to: Delektable Flies Gallery
Dries :
Turk’s Tarantula Gold #12, #14; Half Down Hopper #12, #14 ; Delektable Twisted X tan #14, #12; Delektable Twisted Baby Tan/Brown #12, #14; Fat Albert-red, yellow, chartreuse #14, #12, #10, #8; Triple Decker Hopper–Pink #12, #10; Delecktable Flying Ant, Cinnamon or Black #16, #18 (sometimes ants are working right out of the gate in the morning); Delektable Twisted X Black with Red Butt #10; Super Spider #12, #14; Delektable Sparkle Bugs, Delektable CDC Elk Hairs, and Delektable Halos #16, #14–tan and olive; La Fontaine Emergent Sparkle Pupa brown #16
Delektable Flying Ant Cinnamon
Riverborn Fly Company www.riverbornflies.com
Turk’s Tarantula
Nymphs:
Pat’s Rubberlegs Brown #6,#8; ; Delektable Mega Prince #6, #8; Delektable Lil’ Spanker Silver, Red, or Pheasant Tail #16, #18; Lighting Bug #16, #18; Tungsten Beadhead Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle #16,#18; Tungsten BH Amber or Olive Studly Nymph #16, #18; BH Superflash #18, #20; WD40 Olive #18, #20; BH Tailwater Tiny Olive #18, #20; many different kinds of beaded nymphs
Delektable Lil’ Spanker
Riverborn Fly Company www.riverbornflies.com
Streamers:
Delektable Screamer Yellow and Brown, Olive Black, Olive and Yellow, Single and Double, #6, or your favorite pattern.
Dan 
Marty
Nancy
Brad 
August 15, 2008
The flow of the Madison is 982 CFS and has been stable, after a small rise two days ago: Upper Madison Flow at Cameron. Spruce moth patterns, hopper patterns, and ant patterns are all effective, although there have been some slow days with the cooler weather recently. Caddis are still coming off and even some PMDs. Spruce moth patterns continue to work well even below the tree areas – sometimes all the way to Varney. Those moths don’t seem to sink quickly and the fish are eating them well downstream from where they are blown into the river. You can pick your favorite spruce moth, hopper, ant, PMD, and caddis patterns and fish dries all day. It doesn’t get any better than that. The nymphing continues to be very good. The streamer fishing is good, if you’re on the river early or late.
SPRUCE MOTH
Recommended Flies
To see the Delektables™ go to: Delektable Flies Gallery
Dries :
Turk’s Tarantula Gold #12, #14; Half Down Hopper #12, #14 ; Delektable Twisted X tan #14, #12; Delektable Twisted Baby Tan/Brown #12, #14; Fat Albert-red, yellow, chartreuse #12, #10, #8; Triple Decker Hopper–Pink #12; Delecktable Flying Ant, Cinnamon or Black #16, #18 (sometimes ants are working right out of the gate in the morning) Delektable Sparkle Bugs, Delektable CDC Elk Hairs, and Delektable Halos #16, #14–tan and olive; La Fontaine Emergent Sparkle Pupa brown #16; Rusty Spinner #16, #14
Delektable Flying Ant Cinnamon
Riverborn Fly Company www.riverbornflies.com
Nymphs:
Pat’s Rubberlegs Brown #6,#8; ; Delektable Mega Prince #6, #8; Delektable Lil’ Spanker Silver, Red, or Pheasant Tail; Lighting Bug #16, #18; Tungsten Beadhead Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle #16,#18; Tungsten BH Amber Studly Nymph #16; many different kinds of beaded PMD nymphs
Delektable Lil’ Spanker
Riverborn Fly Company www.riverbornflies.com
Streamers:
Delektable Screamer Yellow and Brown, Olive Black, Olive and Yellow, Single and Double, #6, or your favorite pattern.
Dan 
Marty
Nancy
Brad 