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Bighorn River Fishing Report Midges and Baetis going strong
John joins Steve for a few days of spring dry fly fishing to midges and baetis. The dry fly action was good the whole time. Fish are taking a variety of midge and baetis patterns. Subsurface, sow bugs with various midge larva and pupa are working well. Root beer, olive, black and cream midge nymphs [...]
Bighorn Fishing Report From The Stream
Steve gives an update from the stream on the fishing conditions on the Bighorn River. Effective Bighorn River Fly Patterns: Midges: Parachute Adams, Griffith’s Gnat, Twilight Midge, cream larva, black beauty, olive larva, jailbird midge Blue Winged Olives: Skinny Bill, Wonder Nymph, Black Quill, Barr’s Vis A Dun, CDC Sparkle Dun
Epic Spring Fishing Continues on the Bighorn…….
80 degrees and sunny the last day of March? Yup, the incredible weather continued today and the insect emergence’s followed right along. Midges were dominant all day with a hatch early in the am and another hatch in the early afternoon. The Blue Winged Olive hatch joined the party today around two in afternoon until [...]
Life Cycle of a Midge and their importance on the Bighorn River
Midge Emergence on the Bighorn River Midge species are extremely abundant on the Bighorn River where water temperatures remain fairly constant year round. Midges have several broods throughout the year and have a very short life cycle, which makes midges on the Bighorn River widely abundant and important year round. Because of their small size, [...]
Bighorn River Fishing Report Midges, Midges and More Midges
It’s March. That means midge fishing on the Bighorn River and the fish are eating midges like fat kids eat cake! Midges have been hatching in the morning from about 9 am to noon-ish and again later in the day. Later in the day look for clusters especially the final few hours before dark. Many [...]
Epic Midge Fishing Continues on the Bighorn
Sunday was another beautiful March day with temp’s in the 60′s. Dave and I spent the day floating from 3 – B and had the river pretty much to ourselves. Where was everybody? Hung over from St. Paddy’s day? Who knows……… Fish were rising to midge emergers and adults from the put in to the [...]
Bighorn River Fishing Report: March Midge Madness
The above average temperatures have really created excellent midge fishing on the Bighorn River for quite some time now. With weekend temperatures reaching 70 degrees the midges emerged in force and the fish were all over them. Sowbugs with a midge dropper are very effective right now. Grey, tan and firebead versions are working well. [...]
5 Ways to Keep Your Dry Fly Floating
Dry Fly Floatants – 5 of the Best Fly Duster – Think Frog’s Fanny but better. Fly Duster is a white powder formula applied with a brush that is great for drying off delicate dry flies. Fly Duster comes in a 2 oz bottle and retails for about $7.50 vs. other powder floatants that cost [...]
Bighorn River Fishing Reports
The warmest weather of the year moved in this weekend and made for an incredible angling conditions on the river. With temperatures reaching 60 degrees regional anglers flocked to the Bighorn River to take advantage of the excellent weather. Anglers found success employing all of the usual techniques for this time of year. Sowbugs and [...]
Bighorn River Midge: Jujubee Midge
Developed by Charlie Craven of Charlie’s Fly Box in Denver, the Jujubee Midge is a must have for the Bighorn. It is a very durable and highly effective fly for midges. It can be tied in many color variations but effective midge combinations are black/white (zebra), olive/black and brown/black. It is a great crossover fly [...]