February 20, 2012
We here at the Fly Shop of the Bighorns encourage people to call in advance for guided fishing days every summer. July, August and September are the best Dry fly Fishing days and those days fill fast, so call right away to get your days scheduled for the 2012 summer. This is our easiest fishing [...]
February 16, 2012
I went to Tongue Canyon on Wednesday February 15th. The air temperature was 21 degrees at 8:30 A.M. and the water temperature was 33 degrees. I geared up for the cold and approached the water carefully. I noticed several smaller fish hanging at the back of a small run. I took one step too close [...]
February 9, 2012
Fishing in February this season has been fantastic. The past week has been fairly warm. We have had more 40 to 50 degree days than we’ve had 20-30 degree days so far. We are expecting the weather to turn colder at some point, but the weather has been beautiful. Tongue River by Dayton and Ranchester [...]
January 9, 2012
The Bighorn River by Fort Smith in MT is simply fantastic. Year after year, winter after winter, spring, summer and fall, this river fishes ridiculously great. Rarely do I have a day on the Bighorn that the fishing is not at least good. Good meaning that a fisherman catches at least 10 fish. Yes a [...]
August 9, 2011
The Bighorn Mountains are fishing great. Dry fly season has arrived and the fish are rising to a large variety of flies. Hoppers are thick in many areas on the mountain and the fish are responding to 14 to 10 size hoppers. Stimulators, ants and beatles are also working well. The typical grey, green, and [...]
July 28, 2011
The NFT is fishing great now. We have rolled through the run off of the century and the hatches are starting to do good. The same old hatches are working. If you watch closely for size, shape and color, you should do well all day. The NFT pack is generally Grey Drakes and Green Drakes [...]
July 9, 2011
July 9th 2011 was a special day for Len. He arrived on the 8th and was excited for his first day on Poison Creek. The fish are not over 13 inches, but they are a pile of fun. Check out these couple of videos of lens day. Len fought and landed 132 rainbows, browns and [...]
May 24, 2011
We are getting rain. A lot of rain. Our creeks are swollen and run off has not started as yet. In fact, the mountain is getting more snow in spots. We are expecting warmer rainy weather, which should start run off. Sorry to all those down stream from Wyoming and Montana, you will be getting [...]
April 11, 2011
We here in Sheridan are having a great start to fishing. I have landed several fish 18 and over already. Not that I count fish because I generally don’t, but I can safely say I have landed over 50 fish in the past few weeks of open water. I will be fishing Piney Creek or [...]
March 16, 2011
The lower creeks and streams like Tongue Canyon and Clear Creek by Buffalo are mostly open as of this week. Fishing is available and fish are responding to a variety of patterns. Some have been lucky enough to land some fish 16 -20 inches already this season. The upper creeks and streams are all frozen [...]
