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Big Hole River - September 29th, 2008
supplied by: Tim Tollett's Frontier Anglers
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FISHING: Excellent
The Big Hole is a very special place in the fall. All dedicated fly fisherman should come and enjoy the treasures that have kept us fishing there for over 30 years. It is a river without compare!
Best Patterns: Sparkle Spiders size 18, Tailwater Tiny's in red, black, and olive size 20. Adams Parachute in sizes 12-18. Royal Stimulator in sizes 8-14. Royal Wulff's in sizes 12-20. Black Ants in size 16. CDC Blue Wing Olive patterns in size 18. Zonkers in copper, white, and natural size 4 & 6. Still some hopper activity - Grand Hoppers and Parchute Hoppers best - in size 8. Bugga Bullies in size 4. Y2K Eggs. San Jaun Worms in pink and red size 12-8. Yug Bugs
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Big Hole River - December 30th, 2006
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Poor
Ummmm, ice anyone???
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Big Hole River - November 25th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Fair
Not much to report from the Bighole. The brown trout are done with their spawning activity and fishing has been fair. Nymphing the deep holes will be your best option if you head over to the Bighole throughout the winter months.
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Big Hole River - October 28th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Great
I just returned from the Bighole on Thursday night and the fishing was very good. There is almost no one on the water and in two days we saw two other anglers. Most of the sportsmen and women in the area are in pursuit of elk and deer and the river is a ghost town for anglers. Floating the river right now is a bit challenging and I would not recomend even attempting to float it in a hard sided boat. There were a few october caddis and some midges flying around and we were able to catch small fish on dry flies both days. The larger fish are spawning or sitting behind the spawners looking for a free easy meal. The first day we floated from Melrose to Brown's Bridge and took fish on Orange PMX's and Parachute adams. We also did well in the afternoon with Olive Silvey's Sculpins and JJ specials fished on a floating line with a 5 foot sinking leader. The second day was much the same but we had better action on the dries when I tied on a royal wulff in place of the parachute adams. We did pull over a couple of times on the second day and ran egg patterns and princes in the deeper holes. There were fish in the deeper water and they were very keyed into the egg patterns.
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Big Hole River - October 13th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
The Bighole has been fishing very well in the afternoons. There have still been some good dry fly action in the afternoons with hatches of baetis providing most of the surface action. You can still entice a fish to the surface even if the hatch never materializes. Parachute Adams and the Purple Haze dry flies have been bringing fish to the surface. Streamer fishing has also been good on cloudy days. A sink tip line will help in some of the water but a floating line will produce fish as well. The angler traffic on the Bighole is very little right now and it is a great time of year to try a day on this gem of a stream.
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Big Hole River - September 20th, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Poor
Fishing Report: Flows are low on the Bighole and float fishing is very tough, especially in a hard boat. Wade fishing has been a much better option on the Bighole. There have still been a few hatches of trico's but they are just about done with the cooler weather. Baetis and Psuedos are hatching on most days and the length of the hatch will be day to day. Streamers are starting to produce good results on cloudy days and look for the streamer action to get very good in the coming weeks.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Chuck's Trude # 12-14, Royal PMX # 12-16, Parachute Adams # 16-18, Royal Wulff # 14-18, Parachute Quill Body Trico # 18-20, Drowned Trico # 20-22, Poly Wing Spinner # 20-22.
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Big Hole River - August 23rd, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Great
Fishing Report: The Bighole has been fishing well either early or late. Flows have dropped a lot and the water temps are a little high during the mid day hours. Trico hatches have been very strong in the morning hours with some spruce moths and caddis activity in the evenings. If you are fishing the Trico hatches be very careful as you wade upstream. Some large fish have been sitting in shallow water feeding on the tricos. They are very spooky and you will have to approach with some caution. The fish are obtainable in the shallow water but you will only get a shot or two at them.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Elk Hair Caddis # 14-16, Parachute Caddis # 14-16, Chuck's Trude # 12-14, Royal PMX # 12-16, Parachute Adams # 16-18, Royal Wulff # 14-18, Parachute Quill Body Trico # 18-20, Drowned Trico # 20-22, Poly Wing Spinner # 20-22.
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Big Hole River - July 14th, 2005
supplied by: The Stonefly Inn
FISHING: Fair
Stream Flow and Height [click here]
Montana Fishing Guide Big Hole [click here]
THE BIG HOLE - MAYFLY MADNESS. - pmd's, drakes, mahoganies and lots of little yellow sally stones. Cloudy days mean 4x and size 16 dries. There have been lots of fish on top. Nymphing is also a real steady producer with a multitude of patterns. Summer stones, Princes, P.T.'s, and copper johns have been putting a bend in the rod.
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Big Hole River - June 2nd, 2005
supplied by: Montana Troutfitters
FISHING: Good
Fishing Report: The Bighole has been dropping over the past week and the fishing has been picking up. Salmonflies should start to pop anyday on the very lower portions of the river near Twin Bridges. The middle and upper portions of the river have seen some caddis activity as well as some lingering goldenstones. The fishing is on the verge of turning red hot, unless the warmer temps bring the flows back up. If you are getting the itch to chase some Salmonflies around the Bighole is one of our early hatches and I would expect to see adults as early as this weekend on the lower portion of the river.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Elk Hair Caddis # 12-16, Royal Stimulator # 12-16, Parachute Caddis # 12-14, Royal Trude # 10-14, BH Mangy Caddis # 12-14, BH Caddis Poopah # 12-14, King Prince # 12-16, Rogue Faom Stone #4, Orange Stimulator #4
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Big Hole River - May 20th, 2005
supplied by: The Stonefly Inn
FISHING: Fair
Stream Flow and Height [click here]
Montana Fishing Guide Big Hole [click here]
The forecast is calling for more precipitation for our neck of the woods over the next week, so all the doomsdayers that thought we wouldnt have water here this summer now have to find something else to complain about. Its time to start thinking about tossing hoppers to the banks this July and August. If you dont have your Montana trip planned for this summer yet, its time to give us a call and hold some dates. We will be here, the fish will be here - WILL YOU?
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