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Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 4/26/21
Posted By Forrester's Bighorn River ResortWater 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
Posted By Forrester's Bighorn River ResortWater 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
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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 ...
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Forrester's Fly Bench Fishing Report 1/27/21
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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 ...
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Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 6/5/2020
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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 ...
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Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/22/2020
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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 ...
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Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/14/2020
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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 ...
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Forresters Fly Bench Fishing Report 3/30/2020
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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 ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 11/25/2019
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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 ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 11/6/2019
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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 ...
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November: A Time of Champion Trout on the Bighorn River
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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 ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report And Waterfowl Watch 10/11/2019
Posted By Forrester's Bighorn River ResortRiver 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
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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 ...
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Fall Cast and Blast on the Bighorn River
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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 ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 7/8/2019
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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 ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 6/4/2019
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River Data: River flow: 5500 cfs Water Temp: 46 F Water Clarity: Incredibly clear and perfect. Moss and grass Factor: Not to bad for the first 8 miles and then moderate floating moss 8mile to 13 mile. The Army Core of Engineers has requested that the Bighorn River slow it’s flows to help ease some of the flooding on Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Therefore our slow increase has actually been a ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/17/2019
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River Data: River flow: 3500 cfs Water Temp: 40 F Water Clarity: Incredibly clear and perfect The water is warming up and the midges and BWO’s are on the move. Trout are moving into the riffles to feast on them in huge numbers. Stomach samples have revealed bellies packed full of midges, sow bugs and Baeits nymphs. Rainbows are moving up on the spawning beds and with the projected low river flows ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 5/9/2019.
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River Data: River flow: 3500 cfs Water Temp: 39 F Water Clarity: Incredibly clear and perfect The cold water bite is coming to an end on the Bighorn River. Guides are reporting good trout numbers in the boats and the average size of fish is creeping up. Clients are catching a 22+ inch trout almost everyday this spring. The days of the giants on the Bighorn River have returned. The average length ...
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THE RETURN OF THE CLASSIC BIGHORN
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Spring is here and the weather and river conditions on the Bighorn could not be better. The water is crystal clear and the flows are still low and slow. Weather temperatures for the next week look to be peaking up around the mid 60’s with the occasional spring storm moving through. Blue Wing Olive Mayflies love the warm clear mornings and cloudy rainy afternoons. Something about this combination ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 4/22/2019
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River Data: River flow: 3300 cfs Water Temp: 36 F April showers bring Mayflowers and Mayflies! The Bighorn is all queued up for some incredible late spring and early summer fishing. So far the river remains at traditional Bighorn levels. The lake volume is low and the BOR is still releasing a little bit more water than what’s coming in. Snow pack in the mountains crept up a little bit these last ...
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Spring 2019 Fishing Outlook: Incredible, Cold, Clear Spring Water Fishing!
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Fishing is incredible right now and we’re expecting it to stay that way well into the spring season if not the entire year. Snow levels in the mountains are low, which means the river shouldn’t experience high flows for a long period of time. Low water means cold water that trout thrive in. It will also prevent the lake from getting stirred up and flushing silt into the river, which would cloud up ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report and Waterfowl Watch 11/8/2018.
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River Data: River flow: 2800 cfs Water Temp: 50 F Winter has made its way to the Bighorn River and on its cold shoulders are thousands of ducks and geese. The cooler water temperatures and shorter days have kicked the brown trout spawn into full swing and the Blue Wing Olive hatch is going strong on cloudy days. It couldn’t be better for the Fins and Feathers kind of outdoors men on the Bighorn ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report and Waterfowl Watch 11/1/2018
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River Data: River flow: 2800 cfs Water Temp: 52 F The days are getting shorter and the weather a little cooler. Late fall on the Bighorn is famous for two things. Great fishing and incredible waterfowl hunting. We haven’t seen the big push of waterfowl yet, but a front is moving in this weekend from the Northwest and with it the first large flight of ducks and geese. There is no section on the ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 10/23/2018.
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River Data: River flow: 3000 cfs Water Temp: 55 F The water temperature is lower and for some strange reason they’re eating a worm again. There are still lots of Blue Wing Olive May flies around, so make sure you include a baetis in your fishing methods. Another interesting thing to note that this is the time of year when you see thousands of little tiny leeches or snail larvae on the river ...
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Forrester’s Fly Bench Fishing Report 10/12/2018.
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River Data: River flow: 2800 cfs Water Temp: 58 F The water temperature is dropping and the fish seem to be more active. The water clarity is down a bit making visibility approximately two feet. Seems like just as the lake started to settle it turned over with the recent cold weather and colder surface water temperatures. On the right cloudy days the dry fly fishing has been awesome and the Baetis ...
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