Current Report Flows should remain steady at 9,500 cfs through the week. Fishing has been good on the upper 13 miles. Water clarity is very good.  With the high flows, wading is pretty much out of the question.  Hot Fly Patterns Worm patterns are doing very well, in the wire variation as well as the […]

Current Report Flows have increased to 9500 CFS. However, fishing remains good. Nymphing will be the way to go, as top water fishing will be greatly diminshed. Think heavy rigs with aquatic worm patterns followed by midges and sowbugs. One-Week Fishing Forecast NOAA forecasts that temperatures will be going up into the mid 70s and […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]