Fishing Report

  • Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 4/26/21

    Water flow: 3000 CFS Visibility: 6-8 Feet Water condition: Very Clear Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn (Top 3 miles) Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Midges, Baetis Fish species: Trout - Brown, Rainbow Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings), Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader Recommended fly-fishing ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 3/30/21

    Water flow: 2190 CFS Visibility: 48 Inches Water condition: Clear and mossy Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn, Bighorn to 12-Mile Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Midges, Few Baetis Fish species: Trout - Brown, Rainbow Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings), Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 3/15/21

    Water flow: 2200 CFS Visibility: 48 Inches Water condition: Clear and mossy Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Few midges hatching Fish species: Trout - Brown, Rainbow Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings), Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader Recommended fly-fishing ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 1/27/21

    Water flow: 2200 CFS Visibility: 50 Inches Water condition: Clear and mossy Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Few midges hatching Fish species: Trout - Brown, Rainbow Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings), Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader Recommended fly-fishing ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 6/5/2020

    Water flow: 2050 CFS Visibility: 24 inches plus Water condition: Clear and mossy Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Sow Bugs (not a hatch) Midges, Baetis Fish species: Trout Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings) Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader Recommended fly-fishing ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/22/2020

    Water flow: 1920 CFS Visibility: 24 inches plus Water condition: Clear and beautiful Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Afterbay to Bighorn Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Sow Bugs (not a hatch) Midges, Baetis Fish species: Trout Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings) Recommended fly-fishing leader: 6 Foot Leader Recommended ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/14/2020

    Water flow: 4000 CFS Visibility: 24 inches Water condition: Clear and beautiful Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Avon to Wolcott. Afterbay to Bighorn and the ramps are OPEN! YEAH! Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Midges, sow bugs Fish species: Trout Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan International (Billings) Recommended fly-fishing leader: 7 Foot Leader ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 3/30/2020

    Bighorn River Resort River Report Water flow: 4740 CFS Visibility: 24 inches Water condition: Clear and beautiful Best time of day to fish: 10:00-4:00 Best stretch: Avon to Wolcott. Afterbay to Bighorn (you will lose water clarity below soap creek) Fly fishing hatches in order of importance: Midges, sow bugs size 14 or 16 Fish species: Trout Fishing season: Year Around Nearest airport: Logan ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 11/25/2019

    River Data: River flow: 3000 cfs Water Temp: 52 F Water Clarity: Little Cloudy Moss and grass Factor: Grass is breaking up and clearing out of the upper thirteen miles, but it’s still a little bit of an issue further downstream. Brown Trout are on the move. They are moving up on the spawning beds and getting extremely aggressive on streamers and other larger flies that get anywhere near the ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 11/6/2019

    River Data: River flow: 3000 cfs Water Temp: 53 F Water Clarity: Little Cloudy Moss and grass Factor: Grass is breaking up and clearing out of the upper thirteen miles, but it’s still a little bit of an issue further downstream. Fall Dry fly fishing is here and it seems that the fish are on the chow! The water clarity is good and air temperatures have kicked the fall baetis into overdrive! Fish ...
    Continue Reading

  • November: A Time of Champion Trout on the Bighorn River

    Frosty mornings give way to a river of fog banks that hover above the pristine trout waters of the Bighorn. The wondrous scene of ghostly fog highlighted by the vibrant fall colors is an energizing sight to awake to at Forrester’s Bighorn River Resort. Sitting high on the bluff above the river, the Lodge and private cabins are situated perfectly to capture it all. Fall brings a fun and exciting ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 10/11/2019

    River Data: River flow: 2800 cfs Water Temp: 56 F Water Clarity: Off color due to lake turnover, but definitely fishable. Moss and grass Factor: Grass is breaking up and clearing out of the upper thirteen miles, but it’s still a little bit of an issue further downstream. Fishing pressure is down with the colder weather and that means more receptive fish. The fishing seems to be pretty good with ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 10/5/2019

    River Data: River flow: 3200 cfs Water Temp: 58 F Water Clarity: Off color due to lake turnover, but definitely fishable. Moss and grass Factor: Grass is becoming less and less of an issue on the Bighorn River, but it’s still tough fishing the further downstream an angler gets. The lake has turned over which causes the water to become off color, but the fish are still eating. The water clarity ...
    Continue Reading

  • Fall Cast and Blast on the Bighorn River

    The nights are getting longer and the mornings are getting cooler. It’s un-canny how the bird dogs know that the upland bird season has come. The dogs spend the long summer days loafing around exercising when they can. Sleeping late on the guides days off. This time of year is different. The cool air moistens their noses and they know that the hunting season is here. They roost their owners out of ...
    Continue Reading

  • Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 7/8/2019

    River Data: River flow: 8500 cfs Water Temp: 56.5 F Water Clarity: Clear but a little grassy Moss and grass Factor: Not bad at all. Completely fishable to Bighorn Fishing Access SOW BUG mania. The fish are targeting big sow bugs and that’s just about it. We’re coming up on PMD time but the fish seem to be ignoring them and concentrating their entire effort on sow bugs. This is good and bad for ...
    Continue Reading
Page of 7