The fishing report on the Big Hole River has been good the last few days. The entire river has been dropping in flows and the clarity is fantastic. We have hatches of caddis, BWO’s and some march browns on the upper river. The water temperatures are staying chilly but this weekend we should see warmer weather to bring clouds of caddis back on the river. Streamer anglers have had good fishing lately with yellow, white and brown streamers. Nymph fishing has been excellent with stonefly nymphs on the lower river and worms in the mornings river wide. Conditions are prime for the holiday weekend. We expect good dry fly fishing on caddis on the upper river this weekend and strong streamer fishing on the lower river.
The fish in the Big Hole have been very healthy this spring. You can see in this post a 24 inch brown that was caught a few days ago. We are expecting a great Salmonfly Hatch in June, which should be fishable and bring enormous trout to the surface.
Recommended Flies:
- Pat’s Stone #8 (Black)
- San Juan Worm #8 (Pink/Red)
- Zonker (Yellow) #6
- X Caddis #14 (Tan/Olive)
- Sparkle Minnow #6
- Flamethrower #12 (Tan/Olive)
