Bighorn River, MT

upstream of 3mile access (about 1.5mi walk)

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Outing Information

Date: Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Start/End Time: 8:00am to 8:30pm
Best Fishing Time: 10:00 to 1:00
Rating: Good

Classification: Public
Water Temp: -
Water Clarity: -
Water Level: -
User: Troy Blandford

Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern
1	16"	#14 Pink Scud
2	17"	#18 Black Zebra Midge
1	16"	Black Baetis
1	18"	Black Zebra Midge
5	16.8"

Brown Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern
1	16"	Pink Scud
1	18"	Black Baetis
3	16"	Black Zebra Midge
5	16.4"

Total: 10 fish Top Patterns: Zebra Midge (6) Baetis (2) Scud (2)

Weather

Skies	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Mostly Sunny	X	X	X
Precipitation
Wind
Light - 5 to 10 knots	X	X	X
Medium - 10 to 15 knots	X	X

Air Temp High/Low: - / -
Wind Direction: -
Weather Front: -
Barometer: -
Moon Phase: 58% Full (Waning gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

No other pattern information for this outing.

Hatches

18-22 Blue-Winged Olive Ephemeroptera Baetis

Insect Seining

18-22 black Midge Diptera

Fishing Partners

Christine

Waypoints

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Tides

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Notes

scud was slow, but worked okay. stomach pump revealed mostly midges and a few baetis. Midge/baetis combo beneath ballon indicator kicked butt. Had a hawg on...dead weight, bottom hugger (brown?), then shot to current. Snap. Swear. Midges came off thick near dark...fish moved into very shallow calm water and fed. Had a few on griffiths nat but did not land.

Fished the same run all day long. If fishing slowed, I would take a rest for 30min and give the fish a chance to move back in. Every hole in the bighorn is loaded.