Montana Help...Please!

[Trout-Crazy]

I posted this message in the Montana forum but people only go there like once a year. Anyway I was just wondering what the conditions are a Hebgen right now. I am heading up there for memorial weekend and it is usually awesome producing some huge browns and rainbows. Any help with when you might think the ice will be coming off would be very helpful. Thanks again!
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[tubeN2]

We are still hoping for more members from various states. Here is some info that I was able to get from Montana State website.

" The weather has really helped the fishing around the various inlets on Hebgen lake. Leech patterns, zonkers, and buggers are taking nice fish."

It looks very much like a fly fishing report. You may be able to e-mail this fly fishing guide to get some more details. Just click on this link. [url "mailto:info@wildtroutoutfitters.com"]mailto:info@wildtroutoutfitters.com[/url]
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[daymere]

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Flows from Hebgen dam have stayed at a steady 750 cfs for the past little while. There are a lot of rainbows up from Quake Lake and the nymphing has been quite good. Rubber leg stoneflies have worked very well since early March, but for the past week or so the fish seem to prefer smaller bead head nymphs. Pheasant tails, and serendipities have been very effective in sizes 14-18. Cabin Creek is putting some color into the river and in the discolored water San Juan worms and bigger Stoneflies have been the ticket. Snow no longer limits access to the river close to Quake, so it is much easier to get around than it was a few weeks ago. Enjoy the part of the Madison that is open, but show a little respect for the resource! Let the spawners be, and don't walk on the redds.

Well, it is very early this year, but the ice is coming off of Hebgen Lake in a hurry. From the Madison inlet to the Narrows, Hebgen is ice free, and each day a little more lake peeks out from under the ice. Most anglers are fishing in the Narrows, using streamers and leeches. Many of the roads down to the lake are still gated, or blocked by snow drifts. Hebgen Lake: It’s been a good gulper year down here, but I’m afraid these colder days will probably put an end to the callibaetis hatches we’ve been seeing. If you still want to fish the lake, you should be able to pull streamers off the weed beds in the Madison and Grayling Arms and move some of those big browns getting ready to spawn.
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[BrianID]

If you can't get the details on here that your looking for call a fly shop in that area. Some of the fly shops up there have some decent websites so you could probably email some of them as well. You might have a hard time getting a hold of any one at the fly shops until after this weekend because of the Fly tying expo though.
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[BrianID]

Well, it is very early this year, but the ice is coming off of Hebgen Lake in a hurry. From the Madison inlet to the Narrows, Hebgen is ice free, and each day a little more lake peeks out from under the ice. Most anglers are fishing in the Narrows, using streamers and leeches. Many of the roads down to the lake are still gated, or blocked by snow drifts. Hebgen Lake: It’s been a good gulper year down here, but I’m afraid these colder days will probably put an end to the callibaetis hatches we’ve been seeing. If you still want to fish the lake, you should be able to pull streamers off the weed beds in the Madison and Grayling Arms and move some of those big browns getting ready to spawn.

I was a little by this paragraph. Is this two different reports bunched together or are they saying that browns are spawning in the spring???
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[Trout-Crazy]

Thanks guys you helped a bunch
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[daymere]

all the reports i could find
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