Start to the MT Fishing Season

First day out for the Montana fishing season, which started March 1. Picked up my fishing license and headed out with Devun to the lower Madison. It was a little windy below the Bear Trap so we headed up river below the dam. We were hoping for some midge action, but not enough midges on the water for the fish to start looking up. None the less we did good on the nymph rig with the best fly being the pink lighting bug. Devun hooked a bunch and landed the first fish of the day, which ended up being the biggest brown caught all day. On the way back we stopped and fished below the Bear Trap and the wind had calmed enough for some more action with plenty of fish to hand on the small cray. Here is a little March montage of some of the action today.