Bighorn River Fishing Report
Last Updated
08/14/2020
Current Report
River flows are at 2,500 cfs and water temps are perfect. Nymph fishing has been fair to good on PMD nymphs, caddis pupa and sowbugs. Nymph patterns like the #16, #18 Poodle Sniffer, #16 Olive Flashback Pheasant Tail, #16 Jelly Bean Sowbug, #16 BTS PMD Nymph, #16 PMD Wonder Nymph, #16, #18 Carpet Sowbug, #14,#16 Ray Charles Sowbugs (grey or tan), #16 Soft Hackle Sowbug (they’ll eat this for PMD emerger as well), #18 Tung Teaser (black), and #16 Flashback Quill. Top dry fly patterns include the #16 PMD Parachute (both light yellow or orange/yellow), #16 PMD CDC Sparkle Dun, #16 Snowshoe PMD Dun, and #18 CDC Black Caddis. The PMD hatch is waning and the black caddis hatch is coming on. A few fish are being taken on hoppers, and on hopper/dropper setups. Streamer fishing has been good if you have some cloud cover.
Weather Report
Hatch Info
Black Caddis. PMDs. Hoppers.
One-Week Forecast
Same
River Flows
2,500 cfs
USGS Current Conditions
Water Temperature
59 degrees
Hot Fly Patterns
Nymphs
#16 Carpet Sowbug; #16 Olive Flashback Pheasant Tail #18 Poodle Sniffer; #14,#16 Jelly Bean Sowbug; #16 Downey PMD Wonder Nymph, #16,#18 Ray Charles (grey or tan), #18 BP3, #18 Tung Teaser (black); #18 Flashback Quill Nymph; Various sowbug patterns
Dry Flies
#18 CDC Black Caddis; #18 Hemingway Caddis; 16 PMD Parachute; #16 PMD Sparkle Dun; #10 Moorish Hopper; #10 Shroeder's Hopper
Streamers
Thin Mint Wooley Bugger (Hale's favorite); #4 Dirty Hippie, #4 Bighorn Bugger (brown & yellow)