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Big Horn River Reports

Tuesday, May 22nd

Posted by Nmoses on May 22, 2012 | Big Horn River
Flows have been steady and the fishing has been good over on the Big Horn. Nymphing in the mornings with sow bugs, mayflies, and midges has been productive, and BWOs on the surface in the afternoons. The streamer bite has been hit or miss, but is never a bad thing to try when you get tired watching your indicator, especially on the overcast days.

Tuesday, May 15th

Posted by Toby Swank on May 15, 2012 | Lower MadisonBig Horn River
Sable flows are keeping the river in good snap and nympihing has been solid on crayfish and worm patterns. There are still Caddis around but we are also seeing more small stones like Yellow Sallies and the odd golden stone. My program today was a mega price followed by a qknight Kramer or lightning bug. Smaller nymph rigs would wor tool and there were chanced

Tuesday, May 1st

Posted by Nmoses on May 1, 2012 | Big Horn River
The Big Horn is starting to see some more traffic but the fishing has been good. Plenty of midges around all day and blue wings have been coming off in the afternoons. Nymphing with midges, mayflies, and sowbugs is a good bet when you aren’t seeing fish rising. 

Saturday, April 14th

Posted by John Geer on Apr 14, 2012 | Big Horn River
The Big Horn is back down below 3,000 cfs as of Thursday. They raised it earlier in the week to almost 7,000 in an effort to restore side channels and fish habitat. Before the flush lots of fish were looking up and dry fly fishing was good with midges and BWOs. Sub surface fish were eating your standard scud, sow bug and midge patterns. If you like

Monday, March 19th

Posted by Charlie Napoli on Mar 19, 2012 | Big Horn River
      Fishing is heating up over the the Bighorn.  Weekends have been busy with lots of people coming in for the weekend.  Nymphing slower water with sowbugs and midges has been very reliable.  Midge hatches have been improving and more fish are looking up for them during the afternoon.  Streamer fishing is good at times, especially on

Monday, January 30th

Posted by Charlie Napoli on Jan 30, 2012 | Big Horn River
           The Bighorn has had some nice weather and good fishing.  Nymph rigs fished down deep with midges and sowbugs have been catching fish.  Streamer fishing continues to be productive with smaller streamers on a slow strip.  Sink tip lines are useful now if you are throwing streamers.  Thoroughly cover the deep,

Monday, January 9th

Posted by Charlie Napoli on Jan 9, 2012 | Big Horn River
Fishing on the Bighorn has been great if you don’t mind the wind.  Unfortunately there has been some very consistent wind blowing over there.   Many fish are being caught by all accounts that I’ve been hearing.  Nymph fishing is easy with the usual Bighorn stuff.  Worms, sowbugs, scuds, midges and BWO patterns have all been good.

Friday, December 16th

Posted by Charlie Napoli on Dec 16, 2011 | Big Horn River
         Fishing has been very good over on the Bighorn.  Streamer fishing has been solid, and Brown Trout have been chasing aggressively.  Black, olive, yellow and brown have been good colors for streamers.  Nymphing has been fine with the usual Bighorn nymph rigs.  Worms, scuds, sowbugs, midge larva and midge pupa are all good

Monday, November 28th

Posted by Charlie Napoli on Nov 28, 2011 | Big Horn River
The Bighorn has been fishing well with steady flows and weeds now having cleared out.  Nymph fishing is the mainstay during winter, but fish are looking up to midge hatches at times.  Brown trout have still been chasing streamers when conditions are right.  The normal nymph rigs with worms, scuds, sowbugs, midge larva and midge pupa should work just fine.   

Wednesday, November 2nd

Posted by John Geer on Nov 2, 2011 | Big Horn River
We’re hearing some good reports from the Bighorn.  About what you would expect for this time of year.  Nymphing with little stuff has been really good, we like a white and black zebra midge, plus people are catching fish on streamers.  We’re sure you can still catch some fish on dries during overcast days when the wind isn

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