Fishing Reports

Doug Mcknight Fly Tying Video: The Home Invader

January 28, 2012 Bighorn Videos Read the full article →

Doug Mcknight’s Home Invader My friend Doug Mcknight of Livingston, Montana  is an incredibly talented fly tier, artist and fishing guide.  As an Umpqua Feather Merchants signature fly tier Doug has created dozens of unique fly patterns.  His most popular pattern the Home Invader has caught just about every freshwater fish that swims and is [...]

5 Questions with Phillip Greenlee – President of the FFF

January 25, 2012 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

The Federation of Fly Fishers is an international organization dedicated to the conservation of our resources and the education of future fly fishers around the world.  As a retired businessman with a lifelong passion for fly fishing, Phillip Greenlee has dedicated his life to the Federation of Fly Fishers, whose work has benefited countless numbers [...]

Bighorn River Fly Tying – Yellow Sally Adult

January 19, 2012 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

The Yellow Sally hatch on the Bighorn River produces some of the best dry fly fishing of the year.  This Yellow Sally pattern originally created by Dean Reiner of Livingston, Montana is one of the best Bighorn River dry fly patterns for this emergence.  It works very well as a point fly because the deer [...]

Gear Review: Beaulah Platinum Series Fly Rods

January 16, 2012 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

Beulah Fly Rods Beulah Platinum Series fly rods offer anglers the ultimate in design, performance and classic good looks at an incredible price. Unlike other companies that design a series of rods from 3 weight to 10 weight that flex and perform in the same way, each rod in the Platinum series incorporates it’s own [...]

Bighorn River – A Unique Perspective Part 2

January 11, 2012 Bighorn River Articles Read the full article →

On to ‘where to start’. As with all waters it is best to break the river down into manageable bits. When the river is busy, groups of anglers and guides mark the ‘best spots’, but river vets know that even small, out of the spotlight micro habitats hold fish. Most guides and Bighorn regulars have [...]

Bighorn River Winter Fishing

January 5, 2012 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

The weather in Montana continues to be unseasonably warm.  The fish have continued to chase streamers with reckless abandon at times.  Nymphing has been very consistent as well with sowbugs, scuds, eggs and midges.  Anything pink as a point fly has been effective as of late.

Bighorn River December Fishing Report

December 19, 2011 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

With the weather in the mid 40′s it was hard not to get out on the river.  Streamer fishing from the boat right now is simply a home run.  The small browns in the 13″ -15″ range are grabbing your streamer in the main runs almost constantly and you will pick up a few bigger [...]

Bighorn River Fishing Report Winter Dry Fly Action

December 13, 2011 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

“Fall” baetis are still hatching in good numbers and fish are still coming up to eat them. Midge hatches are also bringing fish up on nicer days. Streamer action is still really good. Water temperatures have dropped a bit so don’t get in too big of a hurry moving streamers. On the nymphing front, various [...]

2011 Year in Review

November 30, 2011 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

2011 Year in Review Another great year has come and gone on the Bighorn with a few twists and turns along the way that certainly kept things interesting.   Another year of big snowpack, coupled with large quantities of snow and rain created river conditions that no one could have predicted.  This year’s fishing was dominated [...]

Bighorn River November Fishing

November 22, 2011 Fishing Reports Read the full article →

This has been one of the best fall seasons we have had in years and the great fishing has continued right on through November.  Guide David Palmer fished a few days ago and had good nymph fishing with a scud/midge emerger nymph rig.  An emergence of baetis had numerous pods of fish up in the [...]

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