Fall is slowly sneaking into the Bighorn valley as we near the end of our busy season. Fishing has been good, but certainly more ‘on and off’ days lately. Lots of Tricos still around, but the fish seem to be more content feeding subsurace. Cool night-time temps has the grass breaking off, otherwise the river is still looking good. Read more...
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Fishing is rolling along as we move into Fall. The dry fly bite is winding down a bit but subsurface fishing has been stellar! Lots of big healthy fish throughout the entire Bighorn River system right now. The upper 3 has a bit of grass growth, but everything below remains clean and fishing very well. Read more...
We’re nearing the end of Summer and the Bighorn continues to kick out some solid fishing. Water temps are reaching into the low 60’s, so please be careful handling fish and keep them wet!
The Tricos are fairly thick most days and fish are on them, but not in huge numbers yet. Read more...
What a great summer it’s been on the ‘Horn! Low, cold flows have provided us with tremendous hatches and the fish are in about as good of shape as we’ve seen in some time. We’re nearing the end of Summer but the warm weather is sticking around.
The Tricos are starting to make an appearance below 3 Mile and as far down as you want to look. Read more...
We had a recent cooldown in weather, which put the bugs off a bit, but that didn’t keep the fish from gorging underneath! The hatches kicked back into gear yesterday and fishing has been outstanding this Summer.
We’re still seeing localized hatches of PMD’s. Black Caddis are strong and we’re seeing good numbers of big Tan Caddis below 3 Mile. Read more...
It is fully game on! PMD’s and Caddis have exploded the past few days. Water temps remain in the low to upper 50’s (depending on the time of the day). Dries, Nymphs, Streamers, it’s about as good as Summer fishing gets right now! No hoot owl restrictions for us!
We’re seeing a couple good windows throughout the river about 9-10 AM and then again late afternoon. Read more...
It’s game on here on the Bighorn! PMD’s showed up big time with the heat wave that hit us. However you want to catch them (Dries, nymphs, streamers) this is the time!
We’re seeing good numbers of fish up on PMD’s, which is a bit early this year, but we’ll take it. Read more...
It looks like Summer is officially here! Flows are currently at 4000 cfs and talk of dropping to 3500 is a probability. The river remains gin clear with some drifting moss below 3 Mile. The fishing has been very steady this past week and we are impressed with the size and quantity of big fish in the system! Read more...
Bighorn River flows are stable at 5000 cfs. The river is super clear, but there is some drifting junk below 3 Mile. There are still plenty of wade options at this flow. Most importantly, fish are happy and eating well!
Sowbugs and little Baetis nymphs and Perdigons are the name of the game right now for bobber fishing. Read more...
Well it looks like the B.O.R. flow forecast was a bit off for this month. Flows will be back up to 5000cfs as of this afternoon. The river fished great yesterday during the flow bump. We just need to get it to stop raining!
The Baetis have come back pretty heavy later in the afternoons on the cloudier days. Read more...