Bighorn River Fishing Report
Last Updated
09/20/2020
Current Report
River flows are at 2,400 cfs and the water temperatures are in the low 60s. Nymph fishing is slow. Aquatic grass is an issue so you’ll have to fish the fast-water chutes. We’re not catching large numbers of fish but fish size is impressive! Top nymph patterns include #14, #16 Jelly Bean Sowbug, #16, #18 Carpet Sowbug, #14,#16 Ray Charles Sowbugs (grey or tan), #14,#16 Soft Hackle Sowbug (works as a tan caddis pupa as well), #8 SJ Worm (wine or red), and #16 Flashback Quill. Top dry fly patterns include the #16 Henryville Special (evening), and #22 CDC Baetis. Starting to see small clouds of Tricos in the morning but very few fish up on them. On cloudy days we’ve seen good hatches of Pale Olive Baetis (formerly Pseudos). Streamer fishing has been fair if you have some cloud cover.
Weather Report
Hatch Info
Pale Olive Baetis.
One-Week Forecast
Same
River Flows
2,400 cfs
USGS Current Conditions
Water Temperature
63 degrees
Hot Fly Patterns
Nymphs
#16 Tan Caddis Pupa; #14,#16 Ray Charles (grey or tan), #16,#18 Carpet Sowbug; #8,#10 SJ Worm (wine or red), #16,#18 Flashback Quill Nymph; Various sowbug patterns
Dry Flies
#22 Baetis CDC Sparkle Dun (light olive); #8 Moorish Hopper; #10 Shroeder's Hopper
Streamers
Thin Mint Wooley Bugger (Hale's favorite); #4 Dirty Hippie, #4 Bighorn Bugger (brown & yellow); #10 Squirrel Leech (black)