Fishing Reports
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 Fishing
The midge fishing continues to be very good on the upper 13. Red and black larva and pupa fished deep have brought consistent fishing everyday. On more windless days the dry fly fishing has been very productive. Lately there has been very good fishing to single midge adults with some clusters forming. Streamers are still [...]
Big Horn River Fishing Update
With another round of nice weather this weekend the Bighorn continued to fish very well. Fish continue to remain stacked up in slower inside bends or in the slow “guts” of the runs. The midge hatch has been fairly consistent each day. The fish seem to be responding to them and feeding on the surface [...]
Bighorn River February Fishing Update
I have had a few people lately asking about the snowpack levels across Montana and how it is going to affect the fishing this season. While it doesn’t feel like it, the Snotel Graphs continue to show snowpack throughout the state as right around average. If the snow continues to fall at this slowly but [...]
Bighorn River Fishing Report Winter Fishing
The water temp on the Bighorn has dropped pretty close to its wintertime low, which is around 39-40 degrees so fish have moved into their cold water holding areas. That being said, the fishing is pretty solid and steady with natural colored sow bugs and a variety of midge larva and pupa. Midges are hatching [...]