July 2010

Bighorn River Hopper Fishing

July 31, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Nice Fish Caught On A Hopper The Yellow Sallies and PMD’s are all but gone at this point. A few good areas with PMD spinner falls as well. The most consistent match the hatch fishing is now the evening Black Caddis. There are also a few pseudos starting to show themselves as well. There has [...]

Bighorn River Guided Fly Fishing

July 28, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Rainbow That Fell For a Black Caddis Dry The river continues to fish well from top to bottom. An angler can really choose their fishing style and be successful right now. Dry fly fishing, nymph fishing and streamer fishing are all good right now. The hopper fishing has been solid the past two days, the [...]

Bighorn River Dry Fly Fishing Continues

July 27, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

John with a long rainbow caught on a hopper mmmmm…..fish food The dry fly fishing was so good even John from Ohio could catch em. Good PMD Spinner falls in the morning, sallies around noon, and steady hopper fishing added to the mix during the day. The evening caddis were good as well. Caddis Pupa [...]

More Great Dry Fly Fishing

July 26, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Laurie From Canada With A Big Bow On A Caddis Dry The great dry fly fishing continues on the Bighorn. The hopper fishing has started to become a trend bringing fish more consistently to the surface. The Yellow Sallies are a touch smaller but coming off strong midday. PMD Spinner falls were incredible yesterday river [...]

Ready Set Go, Well Maybe?

July 23, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

After a good morning of nymph fishing the wind began to blow in the afternoon and the hoppers came in droves. The wind blew numerous hoppers into the river throughout the upper 13 miles. The fish caught on in a big way and exploded on the large morsels. After relatively slow to non existent hopper [...]

Bighorn River Dry Fly Fishing

July 21, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Timmy From Wisconsin With His First Bighorn Trout Daniel From Wisconsin The river over the past two days has produced more excellent fishing both underneath and on top. Emergences of Sallies, PMD’s and Black Caddis continue to bring fish to the surface. The nymph fishing has been excellent during the hatch period as well. The [...]

Fantastic Dry Fly Fishing!

July 19, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Hopper Fishing is getting Started Recent Stomach Pump The Bighorn River was dry fly shangra la today. Heavy emergences of Yellow Sallies, PMD’s and Black Caddis came off throughout the day. The hatches seemed to build as the day went on; depending on where you were the fish were keyed into one of the insects. [...]

Bighorn River: Guided Fly Fishing

July 18, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Joel From Sacramento With A Nice Brown Caught With a Dry Dropper Rig The fishing remained strong today, nymphing was consistent with pmd nymphs, caddis pupas, small sowbugs and the worm.

Bighorn River: The Hatch Is On

July 17, 2010 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Mitch From Lake Tahoe With One Of Many Nice Rainbows We are long overdue for a solid fishing report. Yesterday the river produced some extremely intense hatches of Yellow Sallies, Black Caddis and PMD’s throughout the river and the fish were actively feeding on the surface. Nymphing was ok yesterday, the dropping water threw it [...]