The Madison is probably the easiest river I ever fished. No, moss covered boulders, swift water, brush, trees, cliffs and logs, fallen trees or waterfalls. I have taught a dozen to fly fish. Usually start with a rod blank, cork, reel seat and a kit with vise, feathers, senile, silk , hooks , thread and clear finger nail polish. We hike in with a blow up boat and float but, fish from the bank. For years I built 7.5 foot rod and double tapered #6 line that you can reverse. Now I have a 9 foot Loomis EMX with a #5 weight forward. My favorite is Charlie. A cadis on a # 12 three extra fine forged mustad. Golden pheasant tail, red silk body, palmer ginger, deer hair and calf tail wing. l call it my desert fly. The best is Oregon (my opinion) is foating the Willamette from Eugene to Corvallis. How do you create a hatch from a boat?l Iguana
Excellent video. I have fished the Madison 100+ times and this video is a great introduction.
Why use 2 flies...what do you think happens to the line/fly of the dropper when the trout hits the top fly? It wraps around the fish, thats what!
Great day on the Madison...4 sure.
The Madison is probably the easiest river I ever fished. No, moss covered boulders, swift water, brush, trees, cliffs and logs, fallen trees or waterfalls. I have taught a dozen to fly fish. Usually start with a rod blank, cork, reel seat and a kit with vise, feathers, senile, silk , hooks , thread and clear finger nail polish. We hike in with a blow up boat and float but, fish from the bank. For years I built 7.5 foot rod and double tapered #6 line that you can reverse. Now I have a 9 foot Loomis EMX with a #5 weight forward. My favorite is Charlie. A cadis on a # 12 three extra fine forged mustad. Golden pheasant tail, red silk body, palmer ginger, deer hair and calf tail wing. l call it my desert fly.
The best is Oregon (my opinion) is foating the Willamette from Eugene to Corvallis.
How do you create a hatch from a boat?l
Iguana
nice
The angler in purple has very poor casting technique.
Not alot of "casting" going on, just tossing it out there.