Current Report
Fishing is excellent, and BWOs are everywhere! Both nymphing and dry fly fishing is producing lots of fish.
Special Report
The bump in river releases has really triggered some spectacular blue wing olive hatches the last several rainy days. Heads are up all over the river! The higher flows has also helped with the algae accumulation.
One-Week [...]
Flows increase to 5,000cfs for the weekend
As we were expecting, this just arrived from Reclamation:
“We will be increasing our river releases from the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam by an additional 500 cfs at 4:00 pm today and another 500 cfs at 8:00 am tomorrow morning. This will bring our total release to the
river to 5,000 cfs [...]
“Our Wyoming Area Office has notified us today that they will be making additional increases in releases from Boysen Dam to control the reservoir’s rate of fill. We will be stepping up our releases to the Bighorn River in a similar fashion so we can hold our current reservoir elevation and remain favorably poised to [...]
Flows to increase another 500cfs this week!
More good news! This just arrived from Reclamation:
Our Wyoming Area Office has notified us that in response to recent precipitation above Boysen Reservoir, they will be increasing releases from Boysen Dam immediately to control the reservoir’s rate of fill. Since we are approximately 10 feet from the top-of-conservation elevation [...]
Current Report
Fishing is great! Both dry fly fishing and nymphing are good right now. A little slower on stripping streamers but not a bad bet if the wind is blowing hard.
Special Report
Fishing is excellent! The weather is constant
One-Week Fishing Forecast
The forecast for the next several days shows above normal temps – high 60’s to low [...]
John Shirley and Adam Berg fishing the lower Bighorn. From the Two Leggins bridge to the lodge.
Off to a great start of the season! We had some fantastic fish caught. Looking forward to seeing you all again next year!
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P2140386 Click on the link to watch a dry fly fishing video on the Bighorn.
Bill & Brown Trout
Click on link to watch very short video of a huge brown on the Bighorn.
