Bighorn River Fishing Report
Last Updated
07/26/2024
Current Report
The nymph fishing has been fair to good. Water flow and temperature is ideal. PMD nymph patterns have been the primary producers, but we’re catching fish on sowbugs and caddis pupa as well. Drifting algae is an issue downriver, especially in the afternoon. Dry fly fishing has been good if you are patient and have some skills. The PMD hatch is providing good dry fly fishing throughout the river. Fish are eating spinners in the morning, while the duns emerge late morning and early afternoon. Fish are eating black caddis in the afternoon and evening. You can still catch fish on hoppers. A hopper/dropper combo can be quite effective — with a Frenchie below a Morrish Hopper being especially good. Streamer fishing has been solid.
Weather Report
Hatch Info
PMDs, Black Caddis (afternoon/evening)
One-Week Forecast
Same
River Flows
2,500 cfs
USGS Current Conditions
Water Temperature
56 degrees
Hot Fly Patterns
Nymphs
#16 Crack Back PMD; #18 Black Perdigon; #16 BTS PMD Nymph; #16, #18 Frenchie (gold bead, orange color); #16 Two-Tone Scud; #16 Orange Scud; #14, #16 Soft Hackle Sowbug; #14, #16 Ray Charles (grey or tan);
Dry Flies
#16,#18 CDC PMD Dun; #16 PMD Bunny Dun; #16 Rusty Spinner; #20 Trico Spinner; #20 Parachute Adams; #19 CDC Black Caddis; #8, #10 Morrish Hopper; #20 Smoke Jumper
Streamers
#4 Articulated Goldy; #4 Dirty Hippie (cream), #4, #6 White Zonker; #6 Grinch; #6 Thin Mint Wooley; #4,#6 Rusty Trombone;