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Bighorn River Fishing Report by Yellow Dog Fly Fishing 10.20.24

Flow Data: Bighorn River near St. Xaiver, MT Wet and cool weather is around for a few days. Some wind has tagged along. High temps around 70 degrees again next week. Nymphing has been the best option recently. A Black Micro Mayfly, Pearl/ Olive Jiggy Perdigon, Black Zebra Midge, or Tailwater Sowbug have worked the…

Flow Data: Bighorn River near St. Xaiver, MT

Wet and cool weather is around for a few days. Some wind has tagged along. High temps around 70 degrees again next week. Nymphing has been the best option recently. A Black Micro Mayfly, Pearl/ Olive Jiggy Perdigon, Black Zebra Midge, or Tailwater Sowbug have worked the best. Worms are starting to play as well. San Juan Worm in wine is my all time favorite. Maybe the dry fly action will get better with the change in the weather. Some of the black caddis are out in the evening and a small peacock elk hair works to trick the fish that are eating these insects. It is always worth trying a streamer if you are searching for a big predatory fish but the consistency has not been there. Should only get better if we could just get some cool cloudy weather.

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