Monthly Archives: January, 2011
Fish Still Eating
Nice rainbow after the fight The moss is finally getting pretty thick but fishing is still really good. The trick is to find a wade fishing spot in a clean riffle or inside corner where there is some current. When fishing out of the boat, find the clean side of grass beds and sink the [...]
Bighorn River: More Streamers
Nice Brown On A Dirty Red Photo by Nick Pentas There are so many 8-10 fish in the river right now, it’s a smorgasbord for any fish that’s even marginally bigger to a lot bigger. Fish are chasing streamers like crazy right now, even in bright sunlight. No need to get fancy, basic woolly buggers [...]
Baitfish – Bighorn River Fishing Information
Bighorn River Streamer Fishing Information As the saying goes: “big fish eat smaller fish”. Break out the hard hats, big rods and sink tips and get after em. Streamers are effective year round, but most effective in the fall, when the rainbows are bulking up for the oncoming winter and the browns are getting territorial [...]
Bighorn River Article: Fighting Fish
Fighting & Landing Fish One of the most important issues in maintaining a healthy fishery is preserving the resource as long as possible, that resource being the fish. The mortality rate of fish is much higher than most people think and the primary reason for that mortality is stress on the fish by being [...]
Baetis – Bighorn River Hatch Information
Blue Winged Olive Hatch Information Blue Winged Olives – Bwo’s are the most significant mayfly hatch on the Bighorn River. April and May are the primetime for baetis hatches and again in the fall. The Spring BWOs are size 16-20. The Fall BWOs are smaller–18, 20, 22. Spring Hatch: April – June Fall: September – [...]
Nymph Fishing – A Bighorn River Primer
Nymphing Let’s face it nymph fishing isn’t the most glamarous form of fly fishing. I often refer to it as bait fishing with a fly rod, especially when you find yourself with a San Juan Worm, a bobber(yeah it’s a bobber) and lead hanging off the end of your rod. However when done right it [...]
Fall Fishing Turning On
Mike with a nice brown Fall fishing continues to be good. Despite the floating moss, nymphing is solid with the usual suspects: San Juan worms in darker colors, sow bugs and pseudo nymphs. A number of REALLY big fish caught recently on streamers. Good cloud cover yesterday helped the pseudos hatch really strong along with [...]
Streamer Fishing – Bighorn River Primer
Streamers - This is a favorite way to fish on a guides day off and also one of my favorite things to introduce anglers to who have not tried it before. Streamer fishing is one of those techniques that is hard to have confidence in, until you have been successful with it. While [...]
Bighorn Fishing Update: Drop In Flows
Nice rainbow caught on a Rainbow Warrior The Bureau of Reclamation has dropped the flows from 2500 cfs to 2370 cfs. It is really not a big difference but it did provide one day of relief from the floating grass. The fishing remains mostly unchanged. Tricos appear to be over, but Pseudos are still about [...]
Grasshoppers – Bighorn River Hatch Information
Bighorn River Grasshopper Fishing Information Grasshoppers are cyclic,and the intensity of there prescense varies from year to year. Grasshoppers can be found on the Bighorn from July – September. As we move into summer and the grasses in nearby fields dry up, grasshoppers move to the rivers edge to find lusher green grasses. At this [...]