Fly Fishing the Madison River in Montana

[@dkni231]

You were fishing from your boat in the "wade only" section. You can transit the "Wade only" section with a boat, just not fish from a boat. Learn the laws and rules before you come to my home and plaster it all over the internet.

[@olivermurray7033]

They weren’t fishing from a boat in the wade section you dummy

[@kevinr4700]

Why do all these dingleberries feel the need to document everything. You’re kinda ruining what the sport and what it’s all about.

[@schmoonkie]

I'm also from Colorado. Last year ( 2022 ) I spent most of my Summer fishing the Madison. I camped up there in a trailer. It was my 30th year fishing that river, so I'm well familiar with the stretches of river in your video. When the river was running high and dirty, fishing was absolutely amazing. In fact, it stayed that way for most of the season. I'm going again on May 1 and will camp there until the end of September.

[@ParkerOutside]

It sure seemed like the dirty water drove fish into the banks so we were picking em off without having to float the boat half the time. I can’t wait to fish the Madison again! Staying for the summer would be awesome!

[@michaelstorti8390]

Fished that beautiful river for 30 years

[@Pmeisenhauer]

Don't besmirch white fish. As are canaries to the mine, the white fish are to😅 the river. Whie fish indicate a healthy creek. As Joe Brooks put it, "I'd rather catch 8 white fish and 13 trout than 13 trout."

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Amazing video

[@ParkerOutside]

Thanks for watching!

[@Perspective_Outdoors]

Beautiful place

[@ParkerOutside]

Truly heaven on earth

[@natefinnerty7668]

Sweet video brother!

[@ParkerOutside]

Thanks Nate! 😊

[@troutntrails]

Awesome video dude. New subscriber here. Glad y'all got into some nice fish!

[@ParkerOutside]

Thanks man! We had a ton of fun!

[@clintshiflet4851]

You should give a shout out to your guide. Looks like he worked really hard for you.

[@ParkerOutside]

He did! He’s an amazing guy and someone we fish with every year. Not really an on camera type of guy as much though, so I try not to make him uncomfortable or give him too much exposure. Just tryna be respectful of everyone’s wishes with a camera around. He does get caught in the footage here and there and I used that footage with his permission but again… Not everyone is looking to be exposed to the world on the scale that this video would have done.

[@michaelstorti8390]

Smoked the white fish I caught. Delicious

[@ParkerOutside]

Good to know for next time!

[@miknev5]

Smoked white fish is the best.

[@briharesfishingtours]

Nice! My profile picture is a trout caught on private property just off of the Madison.

[@ParkerOutside]

Nice fish! It sure is a beautiful place to fish with some giants lurking in the depths!

[@imaxfli]

Whitefish...let me guess you used a bobber(indicator) and a nymph....

[@mick455556]

Great video! Who did you use as a guide?

[@ParkerOutside]

We worked with the Firehole Ranch

[@SBee270]

where is the best city/town/place to go to in Montana to have a lot of fishing around you? Me and my dad are planning a trip to Montana in April. Where should we go?

[@ParkerOutside]

You can’t go wrong anywhere in Montana, but the Blackfoot and Madison are legendary trout waters for sure

[@Jerflyfisher]

Missoula area. Hands down. Rock Creek, Forks of the Bitterroot, Clark Fork, ect.

[@AlfieinMontana]

I live here in Montana and I’d say Madison & Big Hole are the most popular but all the rivers and creeks are great to fish honestly.

[@chicken_953]

April can be hit or miss. Water starts to get high, possibly cold weather and snow etc....

[@jeffersonstowers5321]

Depends on time of year also; early summer definitely Madison valley/Gallatin. Starting late July when NE park area warms up, Gardiner is very good HQ.

[@therusticcollectionebaysto7028]

New sub ! Liked 🙏🤩😊

[@alexhendrick8288]

Did you go to slide inn?

[@ParkerOutside]

Sure did. Bought my fishing license for the trip there.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Those aren’t white fish , there short fin Grayling :-)

[@25falcons]

are you with a guide? or more of a DIY trip?

[@ParkerOutside]

We did that trip with a guide out of West Yellowstone.

[@25falcons]

@@ParkerOutside I’m new to fly fishing so forgive me if the question is dumb, but why did you decide to go out there with a guide instead of by yourself if you already have the fishing skills?

[@ParkerOutside]

@@25falcons Not a bad question at all. A guide knows the local fisheries inside and out (what’re they biting on, water quality, where the fish might be in the river at that particular time of year, etc), so when you’re in a new place, having someone with that level of knowledge means you catch more, bigger fish.

[@25falcons]

@@ParkerOutside makes sense!! how much was the guide per day? do you think you could have done the fishing all on your own without him?

[@ParkerOutside]

@@25falcons definitely could go without the guide if need be. They’re usually between 300-500 for the day plus a tip.

[@jeffersonstowers5321]

Please tell us that your guide didn’t put you up to fishing from a boat on the "wade fishing only" section. The fact that you were the only boat on the river should have been a hint….

[@ParkerOutside]

We weren’t fishing from the boat. We floated through on the boat and then got out and waded from the gravel bars in the middle.

[@jimtruscott5670]

Is this supposed to be a fishing video ?

[@imaxfli]

A guide netting your fish 50 yards from you? That ain't fishing.....

[@ParkerOutside]

Well, whatever it was, it was hella fun!

[@mikemcnamara3777]

Man bun?

[@ParkerOutside]

Man bun!

[@JB-ig5pk]

Get a freakin haircut 🙄

[@ParkerOutside]

No.

[@marktunstill9076]

The fish are still there, it was the Yellowstone river that flooded😎

[@ParkerOutside]

All the rivers in that area flooded. The Yellowstone river was the major flooding that made the news but we definitely saw the effects of flooding along the Madison.