Forresters’s Bighorn Fishing and Wingshooting Blog

Current Report:
    Water flows are at 2,460 cfs. Fishing is fair on nymphs. Lake turned
    over on the 11th and is very tough fishing. Aquatic
    grass is rendering the slower holes unfishable, so concentrate on
    the riffles and faster water. Dry fly fishing has been good on black
    caddis, Baetis, and hoppers. Black caddis pupa, sowbugs, scuds,and
    Baetis nymphs. Afternoons and evenings are best.

One-Week Forecast:
    Good dry fly fishing if you are technically proficient and when the
    water clears, which should be in the next day or two, if they leave
    the flow alone.

Two-Week Forecast:
    Continued black caddis and hopper fishing. Nymph fishing in faster
    water.

Hatch Info:
    Baetis mayflies in early afternoon (Pale Olives #22). Black caddis
    in afternoon and evening. Hoppers all day, but especially good on
    windy afternoons.

Hot Fly Patterns:

/*Nymphs*/
    #14 & #16 Tan Ray Charles; #16 & #18 Grey Ray Charles; #16,#18 Black
    Caddis Pupa (various patterns with green body); #14,#16 Orange Scud;
    #18 Epoxy Back Baetis Nymph; #18 Downey Wonder Nymph; #16,#18 Soft
    Hackle Sow Bug (camel dubbing); #18 Flashback Quill Nymph; #16 Root
    Beer Midge Pupa (aka “Big Ugly”); #16 & 18 Zebra Midge;

/*Dry Flies*/
    #22 Parachute Adams (White or Black Post); #18 Griffith’s Gnat; #22
    CDC Baetis Sparkle Dun; #22 Crippled Johnson; #8 Rainey’s Hopper (tan)

*/Streamers/*
    #4,#6 Black Conehead Wooley Bugger; #4,#6 Brown Wooley Bugger; #4
    Black Zonker; #4,#6 Bighorn Bugger (Brown & Yellow)

River Flows:
    2,460 cfs

Water Temperature:
    63 degrees at Three Mile.