Big Hole River Fly Fishing Report
Latest Big Hole River Reports
- Big Hole River Continues to Fish Well
The Big Hole continues to fish well during this most recent drop in spring flows. The Skwala hatch has been impressive lately. Yesterday we started with dry dropper rigs and ended up cutting the dropper off around 10:00 am and fished the skwala dry the rest of the day with great success. We have been seeing a nice healthy age class of brown trout lately in the river. The rainbows look healthy and have been willing to eat dry flies. The march brown hatch has also started on the river. The nymph emergers have done better recently with march browns. Streamer anglers are doing well with the recent warm up in water temperatures. Black with slight yellow accents on the streamer have done the best. Enjoy the next stretch of spring fishing before the next bump in flows.
Recommended Flies:
- #8 Bullet Head Skwala
- #10 Chubby Chernobyl Olive/Tan
- #10 Double Stack Chubby Black/Olive
- #10 Pat’s Rubber Legs Olive/Brown
- #8 San Juan Worm Red
- #14 Jig Spanish Bullet
- #12 Jig Hot Spot
- #6 J.J. Special
- #6 Big Hole Bugger
- Big Hole River Skwala Hatch
The Big Hole River Skwala Hatch has started this week. We have seen the adult stoneflies from Melrose down to the lower end of the river. Some afternoons have been better than others on the dry fly bite. In the morning we have been getting fish on the stonefly nymph and then switching to the dry fly in the afternoons. Water clarity remains at around 3 feet and the river remains stable. Look for the slow grassy banks for the Skwala dry flies.
The weather looks quite pleasant for the next several days. A good Spring fishing window is upon us, time to get out and fish! We still have some availability for our Spring Special.
Recommended Flies:
- #8 Bullet Head Skwala
- #10 Chubby Chernobyl Olive/Tan
- #10 Double Stack Chubby Black/Olive
- #10 Pat’s Rubber Legs Olive/Brown
- #8 San Juan Worm Red
- #14 Jig Spanish Bullet
- #6 J.J. Special
- Big Hole is Back In Shape
The Big Hole is back in shape after the ice off event on the upper river. Flows are around 1,300 cfs and stable. The river is very cold at the moment. Looks like day time water temperatures are only hitting 42 degrees today. The river clarity is good. I was seeing 3 feet down off the banks today. We are going to fish it tomorrow and it should be good. You will want to fish the inside corners tomorrow with nymphs. Slow, deep water on the inside corners will be the ticket since the water temperature is in the upper 30’s to lower 40’s. Air temperatures are increasing throughout the week so we should get better water temperatures by Wednesday or Thursday. It is time to get your Spring Big Hole fishing on!
