From Slide Inn on 7/31:
PPL brought up the water today almost as quick as they dropped it last week. The reason for increasing the flow, again, is to cool down the lower section of the Madison below Ennis Lake. That being said, expect fish to relocate towards the banks over the next couple of days, and use this opportunity to give them an offer they can't refuse--- Terrestrials. #16 Ant-Acids, #10 Dave's Hoppers, and #8-10 Turk's Tarantulas were all good producers last week during the heat of the afternoon, as were #14-16 Beetle patterns. Caddis are not as big in numbers as they have been for the last six weeks, but there are still enough of them around to bring fish to the surface in the evenings. Epeorus spinner falls in the evenings have not been as epic in the last week, but they are still happening from around 8:30- dark. After days in which cooler fronts and rain has come in, there have been quite a few Pseudos on the water. We have also been seeing Gray Drakes hatching in between the lakes, which can produce some spectacular spinner falls at dusk. Streamer fishing continues to produce some great fish, despite the fact that many are convinced "they don't hatch until the fall." Some of our go-to-patterns this week have been T&A Bunkers, Black and Olive Sex Dungeons, White Articulated Zonkers, and Olive Circus Peanuts.