The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
February 01, 2011
Weather Conditions:
Cold and snowy
Water Temperature:
40
Water Flow:
2200 cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
3-Mile Islands
Water Clarity:
Very
General Fishing Report:
The fishing was nice. There were fish in all the deeper slower runs. By deeper I'm talking about more than 3 feet. They ate midges and sowbugs for me sizes 18 and 20 on 5x tippet. I saw a ton of little fish up on midges, but nothing big.
Effective Patterns:
tan ray charles, pink ray charles, rainbow warrior

The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
June 15, 2010
Weather Conditions:
clear high of 80
Water Temperature:
48 degrees at 3-mile
Water Flow:
9500
Stretch of River Fished:
afterbay to 13 mile
Water Clarity:
Crystal
General Fishing Report:
Great fishing, we did not wade any, but we caught about 50 fish between the three of us and we hadn't floated the Bighorn before. We stopped at the Bighorn Angler and picked up some grey and pink sow bugs and some scuds and were set for the day
Effective Patterns:
#14 pink and grey soft hackles
Comments:
great fishing for our first bighorn float.
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The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
May 07, 2010
Weather Conditions:
BALLIN!
Water Temperature:
40.5
Water Flow:
3,200 cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
3-b
Water Clarity:
some floating moss
General Fishing Report:
It was great fishing. Boat nymphing/side-drifting was not good because you couldn't get much of a drift without mossing up. Wade fishing was good and we caught a lot on midges in the morning we fished pheasant tails in the afternoon and did pretty good. The blue wing olives were all over the place and we fished dries for awhile with some good success/luck as i can't really see my dries too good anymore.
Effective Patterns:
18 pheasant tail, 16 ray charles grey and orange scud 16 and 18 comparadun
Comments:
I'll be back in a month!
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The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
April 01, 2010
Weather Conditions:
SNOWY
Water Temperature:
38 at afterbay
Water Flow:
1900 cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
A-3
Water Clarity:
very clear
General Fishing Report:
When the wind wasn't blowing sideways we had fantastic fishing on dry flies with midges. It got nice in the afternoon and really turned on. It was a lots of fun not nymphing here for a change. There were blue wings out too and at about 1 or 2 they switched from the midges to the blues for about three hours.
Effective Patterns:
CDC comparadun number 20, Brooks sprout midge grey number 18, hanging midge grey 20
Comments:
pretty cool seeing those pods of fish rising feverishly
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The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
March 23, 2010
Weather Conditions:
70 degrees and really nice
Water Temperature:
37
Water Flow:
1900
Stretch of River Fished:
3mile to bighorn
Water Clarity:
Clear as it gets
General Fishing Report:
We had a good day fishing after we stopped fishing from the boat and got out and waded. They were not where we could get them from the boat because they were hanging out in the slow eddies. we fished zebra midges and ray Charles all day with just a little weight. There were some good fish rising but we never switched over to try them.
Effective Patterns:
ray charles, zebra midges size 18

The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
November 09, 2009
Weather Conditions:
Partly Cloudy. high 50's
Water Temperature:
54 at afterbay
Water Flow:
2900 cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
Afterbay to 3 mile
Water Clarity:
just a tad bit chalky
General Fishing Report:
We had a great morning of streamer fishing. We worked the slow inside of big bends catching most fish on the swing.
Effective Patterns:
Smaller black wolly buggers

The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
November 03, 2009
Weather Conditions:
warm, wind in the PM very nice for Nov
Water Temperature:
56
Stretch of River Fished:
3 Mile to Bighorn
Water Clarity:
great
General Fishing Report:
nothing on streamers, all on nymphs. The fish seemed to be concentrated. We fished from shore and used our boats to move. Fishing was very good when we found them.
Effective Patterns:
Amber Scud, Red San Juan Worm
Comments:
very few fisher folks out, please come after 11/7
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The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
November 01, 2009
Weather Conditions:
Clear calm.
Water Temperature:
55 degrees at the gravel pit
Water Flow:
2900 CFS
Stretch of River Fished:
Lind to Bighorn
Water Clarity:
somewhat chalky. by the end of the day it cleard a bit, probably 3 feet of visibility.
General Fishing Report:
Great streamer fishing. we nymphed a bit and caught a fair amount on pink soft hackles, but the streamer fishing was so good we kept going back to it. We caught most of our fish off the banks, but some of them came with deep slow retreives through the slow water.
Effective Patterns:
JJ's, Bighorn Special,
Comments:
can't wait to get back
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The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
September 01, 2009
Weather Conditions:
Hot and sunny
Water Temperature:
90
Water Flow:
2900cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
Afterbay to 3mile
Water Clarity:
clear
General Fishing Report:
We fished small dark mayfly patterns and sowbugs. The best fishing was in the fast water with our best fish being 22" rainbow, but most of the others were in the 13"-15" range. We found fish feeding and looked like they were eating black caddis pupa but could not catch a fish. We put on a #20 pseudo emerger under a pinch-on indicator with a small amount of weight and hammered them. We also landed a few on a Dave's hopper.
Effective Patterns:
#20 Killer mayfly emerger, #18 & #20 Sowbug, #10 dave's hopper

The Day of Fishing Report Based On:
August 14, 2009
Weather Conditions:
Intermittent clouds
Water Temperature:
60
Water Flow:
3800 cfs
Stretch of River Fished:
After Bay to Bighorn
Water Clarity:
Very Clear
General Fishing Report:
We fished hoppers all day. It was hot and cold, but a very productive day in all. Fishing hoppers in the middle of the river was just as effective as the banks.
Effective Patterns:
Dave's Hopper, parachute foam hopper.