Bighorn River Fishing Update 7/13

Flows are finally on their way back down.  We’re currently at 13K CFS and should continue to drop.  Mostly a subsurface game right now, but a few fish are starting to look up!

Worms still dominate subsurface but we are starting to pick up some fish on big Carpet Bugs, Rays and various Sowbug patterns. Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update 7/5

We hope everyone had a great and safe 4th of July!  Bighorn River flows were on the way down, but have since stabilized at 15000 CFS.  Bighorn Lake inflows are the major contributing factor of whether flows will drop or not.  It was on the drop, but is now back up.  Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update June 26

 

The Bighorn is rolling along at 16K CFS and fishing remains excellent!  Water clarity is good, above Soap Creek but there is some sediment in the water with the higher flows.  Please be careful rowing out there.  There has already been one boat sunk and hopefully no more.

WORMS are on the menu and the fish are taking full advantage of them.  Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update June 22

Bighorn Flows are up to 15ooo CFS at the moment from all the copious amounts of precipitation that has caught up with us since early Summer.  Fishing has been very very good in the softer spots as the fish have been really concentrated.  This is not a good time to learn how to row and unless you are an experienced oarsperson, we do not recommend floating the river.  Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update 6/10

Flows are on the way up to 7k CFS.  Water temps have come up considerably as the BOR is releasing over the top of the dam.  This has made for some really good fishing and will be even better when flows stabilize.  The river feels BIG out there right now, so please be careful as this is not a time for learning how to row a boat!    Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update June 4

Water is up again a bit on the Bighorn.  Flows were increased to 3450 CFS a few days back in anticipation of the downpour.  The rain showed up heavy and blew out a good portion of the river below 3 Mile.  With the bump in flows, the moss got let loose a bit as well.  Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update May 31

Bighorn flows are down to 2850 CFS and should stay that way for the rest of the Summer.  Our snowpack got depleted quickly so that is the result.  Water temps are in the low to mid 40’s, so wet wading is a bit tough.  We’re starting to see a fair amount of drifting moss below 3 Mile. Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update 5/24

Fishing has been great lately on the Bighorn.  Flows are currently down to around 3100 CFS and the river remains very clear.  We’re starting to see some moss below 3 Mile, but not bad yet.  Water temps are bumping just a bit and we’re seeing fish moving into some of the faster shelves.  Read more...

Bighorn River Fishing Update May 15

Fishing is plugging along here on the Bighorn.  Cloudy days have provided tremendous Baetis hatches in the afternoons with good numbers of fish up on them.  There aren’t many fish up on the sunny days until evening hours.

Most folks are putting up good numbers of fish nymphing with Sowbugs, Scuds and Baetis nymphs.  Read more...

Bighorn River Update May 9

It’s finally go time!  We’re seeing pretty consistent numbers of Baetis getting fish up in the afternoons.  Cloudy days are good, sunny days not so much.   If you don’t enjoy fishing around people, this might not be the place to be right now.  It’s pretty busy most days, but fishing has been solid.  Read more...