FISHING REPORTS

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Bighorn River Fishing Report Mid-April 2017

Nymphing continues to keep the net full! Hot bugs continue to be the staples: Firebead sowbugs/rays in #14-16, Soft Hackle Sowbugs #16-18 Grey or Pink, #14-16 Orange scuds, trailed by a smaller sowbug, scud, or midge pattern. #20 Blue glass bead midges and purple zebras have been a hot dropper if you can keep the…

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Bighorn river Fishing Report April 2017

Nymphs FB Rays #16-18 pink and grey Carpet Bug #16-18 Zebra Midge #20 black or blue SH Sowbugs #16-20 pink Dries CDC Midge #20 Smoke Jumper #20 Streamers Olive and white in size #4-6 with a slow retrieve Last Friday, Ian and myself (Brady) took an Afterbay to Bighorn float primarily focused on fishing streamers.…

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Bighorn River Fishing Report March 2017

Yes, flows increased again today but don’t worry, the fish are very happy and the river is clean.  Another plus side to the high water is all the side channels are full and holding fish, these have been producing some great wading holes. Nymphing has produced fish that the Bighorn is known for! And it’s not…

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Bighorn River Fishing Report November 2015

Hatches Psuedos BWO Midges Flies Psuedo Spinner CDC Psuedo Cripple Thor CDC Cripple Two Tone Worms Red Wire Worm Zebra Midges Pink Firebead Sowbug Dead Tan Softhackle Sowbug Pink Softhackle Ray Charles Sowbug Wonder Nymph Glass bead Quill Nymph Olive buggers White buggers Bighorn Buggers The Fishing: There have been a lot of good reports coming…

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Bighorn River Fishing Report October 2015

Hatches Tricos Bwos Psuedos Midges Flies CDC Trico Thorax Trico Snowshoe Trico Trico spinner CDC Cripple Bwo Bwo Sparkle dun Blue Wing Olive Psuedos Spinner CDC Psuedo CDC Midge Griffith Gnat BH Bighorn Bugger Coffeys Sparkle Minnow Olive Streamers Kreelix Red steel Worm Red San Juan Worm Bighorn scud bigger sizes Pink Softhackle sowbug Firebead…

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Bighorn River Fishing Report September 2015

Hatches Tricos Psuedos Hoppers Flies P. PMD Bullethead Para-Hopper White Cloud Fat Frank Snowshoe Trico CDC Trico Thorax Trico Trico Spinner White/Olive bugger Pink Softhackle Sowbug Rainbow Warrior Glass Bead Quill Psuedo Quill Tongue Teaser

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Bighorn River Fishing Report

Hatches Black Caddis Psuedos Tricos Hoppers Flies- CDC Caddis Hemmingway Caddis Fat Franks Joe’s Hopper Trico Spinners P. PMD White/Olive Buggers Bighorn Bugger Aztec Streamer Bighorn Emerger Tung. Teaser Soft Hackle Sow Bugs Rainbow Warriors Glass Bead Quill Poxyback PMD Psuedo Quill The Fishing- Fishing has been good the past few days despite the heat.…

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Bighorn River Fishing Report

Fishing has been consistent in the afternoons with hatches of Black Caddis and a few PMDs coming off.  In the mornings there have been a few sparse hatches of midges that have the fish looking up.  Streamers have also been producing fish in the mornings and evenings. Hot Flies: Dries: Hemmingway Caddis, CDC Black Caddis,…