Wyoming Fishing: Big Horn River Fishing Report

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Date	09-Oct-09
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Conditions : Big Horn River: Not much is new to speak of as the river continues to fish consistantly well. There will still be some black caddis around maybe, but the pseudos and baetis will be much more abundant and when the BWO's really get going, get ready for the fishing to really pick up over here on top. Your typical tailwater nymphs like ray charles have also been taking fish, and might be a good rig to switch to if the fishing is slow up top. Streamers down deep have also been taking fish. The river is heading into fall mode, and we finally got the cooler cloudier weather rolling through. Get ready for Mr. Baetis to pop his head out, the moment we start to see some more typical fall weather. Fall will be a little crazy over here though, don't expect for a thinning of crowds and people on the weekends, but the weeks can be a little slower, just for your fishing planning FYI

Fly pattern suggestions: San Juan Worm (assorted colors and sizes) Pheasant Tails: 16-18-20 Ice Cream Cone Red & Black: Zebra Midges Black & Red: 16-18-20 Kingrey's Capn Hook: 16-18 Ray Charles Tan & Pink: 16-18 Spring Creek Scuds Pink & Orange: 16-18 Wilcox's PT & Chart: 16-18 Black PT: 16-18 Wooly Bugger Black: 6-8 Bat Wing Emergers: 16-18-20 Hogans Sipper BWO: 16-18 Shortwin Emerger BWO: 18-20 Transitional Dun BWO: 16-18-20

Reported by: Montana Troutfitters

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About: - Bighorn Lake is located on the Wyoming and Montana Border. Yellowtail Dam at a height of 525 feet impounds the Bighorn River at Fort Smith, Montana. Its construction created and made accessible Bighorn Lake which lies in a sand- and limestone-walled defile cut between the Bighorn and Pryor Mountains by the Bighorn River. Hundreds of feet down, within the Bighorn Canyon, water is backed up some 41 miles in Montana and 30 miles into Wyoming. In Montana, Bighorn Lake has a surface area of 5574 acres. Bighorn Lake, like the river reach it inundated, supports a warmwater fishery.			Brown Trout Cutthroat Trout Rainbow Trout

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