Forresters’s Bighorn Fishing and Wingshooting Blog

*Current Report*
Fishing has been good to excellent. The warms days are bringing more people to the river, but the river is definitely not crowded. All 13 miles is fishing well, with the lower river to Mallards not fishing bad either.

*One-Week Fishing Forecast*
The fishing should be excellent this next week. Temperatures are to be around 50 to 60 degrees day time highs. Light overcast could produce some top water action.

*Hatch Info*
Midges

*Hot Fly Patterns*

Black and red Midges in both warped and bead head size 18-20. Brassies red 18-20. Black quills in 18-20, Ray Charles in orange, pink, gray or tan (16-18), tan, gray, or pink soft hackle sowbugs in (14 16 and 18) scuds in tan or pink in 14-18), baetis Wonder Nymph in 18-20, Worm in
Micro2 Tone in  brown/orange.Steel Worm in Fire Orange, and Red/Wine.
Streamers are still working really well.

*River Flows*

*Pool Elevation is 3627.7 Feet
Pool Elevation to Fill 12.3 Feet
Reservoir Storage is 938352. Acre-Feet
Reservoir Storage to Fill 131677.0 Acre-Feet Reservoir Inflow is 1931.6 CFS Reservoir Outflow is 2346.6 CFS Reservoir Active Conservation Pool is 87.7 % Full Reservoir Flood/Surcharge Control Pool is 0.0 % Full Mean Daily Flow Below Afterbay Flow is 2433.2 CFS Mean Daily Canal Diversion is 0.0 CFS Mean Daily Total Flow at Afterbay is 2433.2 CFS Current Flow Below Afterbay is 2421.5 CFS Current Canal Diversion is 0.0 CFS Current total Flow at Afterbay is 2421.5 CFS

*Water Temperature*
43 degrees at the Afterbay 45 degrees at 3 Mile