The greatest attribute of the Bighorn River is its diversity. Whether you are looking to indicator fish from a drift boat, stalk sippers along a bank or throw streamers all day the Bighorn River offers anglers some of the best opportunities in the world.
Bighorn River Nymph Fishing
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Nymph fishing is the most common practice on the Bighorn River and offers anglers of all skill levels the most consistent way to catch the rivers trout. While nymph fishing from a drift boat is very productive, often it is most rewarding as a wading angler. The Bighorn’s riffles, runs, drop offs and easily wade able river bottom offers anglers an excellent opportunity to find concentrated populations of fish, where they can focus their efforts. Many times in this situation excellent opportunities exist to sight nymph.
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Bighorn River Dry Fly Fishing
For anglers who enjoy true match the hatch dry fly fishing, the Bighorn is one of the best. The Bighorn River’s tremendous diversity of insect hatches offers dry fly fisherman excellent angling opportunities from March – November. Some of the major emergences and most consistent on the Bighorn include: blue winged olives, pale morning duns, black caddis, tricos and grasshoppers. Due to the bighorn’s unique spring creek characteristics presentation is key to fooling the best trout on the surface. Accurate casts, light tippet and calculated presentations are a must.
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Bighorn River Streamer Fishing
Due to the Bighorn’s gin clear water most of the year fishing streamers is one of the most exciting ways to fish the river. The Bighorns rainbow and brown trout are voracious predators, which makes them susceptible to a well presented streamer. It seems like the majority of anglers choose to fish streamers in the fall for big browns often overlooking the other tremendous opportunities for both rainbows and browns throughout the year. We often fish streamers with a light sink tip taking advantage of fish located throughout the entire river channel. Big fish don’t only hide on the banks!
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