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Big Hole River - June 13th, 2012
supplied by: Montana Fly Fishing Expeditions
RECORDED: 
72 °
FISHING: Excellent
SALMON FLIES!
The big bugs on the Big Hole River showed themselves yesterday to kick off the dry fly bight. Over the past two days trout have been coming to the surface with authority on several different patterns. The water is clear and the river feels just perfect! Call Montana Flyfishing Expeditions for more detials!
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Big Hole River - July 11th, 2011
supplied by: Tim Tollett's Frontier Anglers
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Excellent
The dry fly fishing is now outstading throughout the entire length of Big Hole. The water is down around 3800 - 3900 cfs and the fish are looking up. Caddis, Golden Stones, Green Drakes, Brown Drakes, PMD's, Beetles, and Craneflies are bringing the fish up. They are in great shape and we are finding some big fish over 20" on a regular basis.
Cast a tight loop my friends -
Call for up-to-the-minute reports. 406-683-5276.
Fly Box
P.T. Cruzers. Sz. 12- 16 Hot Fly!
Prince Nymphs. Sz. 8-14
San Juan Worms. Sz. 8-12.
Yellow Yummies. Sz. 4
BuggaBullies in white, yellow, orange & grey. Sz. 4
Bow River Buggers. Sz. 4 & 6
Yuk Bugs. Sz. 4-8 Hot Fly!
Bellydancers. Yellow, White. Sz. 4
Rubberleg Stones. Sz. 4-10
Salmonfly Dries. Sz. 4-8
Elk Hair Caddis. Sz. 12-16
Parachute Adams. Sz. 12-16
Purple Haze. Sz. 12 & 14 Hot Fly!
Quigley's Green Drake Sz. 12
Royal Wulff. Sz. 10 - 14
Crystal Humpy. Sz. 12-16
The Big Hole Grayling fly reel - by Abel
There is only one of these "one of a kind" reels left.
The value of this reel will undoubtedly go up in the next few years.
The cost of our last remaining Big Hole Grayling Abel Reel is $995. Give us a call if you are interested. With the sale of this reel we are obligating $200.00 towards the Big Hole Foundation.
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Big Hole River - April 10th, 2011
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
42 °
FISHING: Great
Floated the Big Hole from Brown's to Glen with Christie, our friend Paul Bloch and his girlfriend Leah... Brian and his friend right in front of us we had a crew on the Big Hole this weekend. Nymphing skwala nymphs, baetis nymphs, and worms was very good. However, we did much better with natural colors. Realistic baetis and stone nymphs, as well as the more muted and realistic worms colors seemed to hook more fish (the jig worm which was tied mid float seemed to rally). Caught some nicer fish on streamers... Coffee's sparkle Minnow and the skiddish both worked well... try Keller's new Late Night with Wanda streamer for something new in the white for a similar color option. Brian was on the same float but threw streamers all the way to Notch with a few fish as well but said nymphing would have been more productive possibly but he did land the largest fish. Only a very few Skwala dries were spotted... committed to the dries for about an hour with only a few eats but it's on the verge of being very good. The water was in perfect condition with lots of visibility and "tea" colored. If the water stays in good shape their could be a great skwala hatch to catch in the days to come.
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Big Hole River - June 1st, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
60 °
FISHING: Good
Fished the Big Hole over the weekend and had some success. Friday we floated Salmonfly to Glen and the fishing was great. The water was up a little bit from recent rains but it didn't really hurt the fishing too much. The streamer fishing was really good, so we didn't feel the need to nymph. I boated a 22" brown the 3rd cast after putting in. I'm sure a yuk bug/SJW combo would've killed um too. It rained all day Friday, ultimately causing the river to jump over 1000cfs overnight, which made for a little more difficult fishing on Saturday. Saturday we floated Maiden to Browns bridge and boated a half dozen or so fish and moved a few more. There were no sign of the big orange bugs yet, but my guess is that they're 6-8 days out. Once the Big Hole stabilizes and drops it'll fish big.
Streamers: JJ's, yellow yummies, Coffee's sparkle minnow, white sex dungeons, space invaders, brown/yellow double screamers
Nymphs: Yuk bugs, Pats RL, big princes, red SJW, thurminator stone, H's rock n' roll stone, RL stones, red copper john
Dries: few and far between right now but look for Salmon flies, goldens, sallies, caddis, and drakes soon
-Cornfed
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Big Hole River - March 22nd, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
55 °
FISHING: Great
Fished the Big Hole both days this weekend from Salmonfly to Notch Bottom. Nymphed really well with stonefly nymphs. Thought "the worm" would be the big producer and it worked but not as well as stonefly nymphs...especially a purple prince nymph. The eggs and bacon fly also gave up some big fish. Lots of Brown and Rainbows averaging 16" and 2 over the 20" mark. A few fish caught on streamers but no Skwala action down there yet, it is still in the teens at night which makes it pretty cold in the morning.
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Big Hole River - March 19th, 2010
supplied by: Big R Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
45 °
FISHING: Good
Fished the Big Hole in search of some early Skwala action to avoid the crowds on the Bitterroot. Didn't see any Skwala's yet but probably fished too high on the river... fishing was great with the Big Hole standby "Terd and a Worm" (aka Pat's Rubberlegs followed by a San Juan Worm). Lots of Rocky Mountain Bone.
-KK
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Big Hole River - July 3rd, 2009
supplied by: Tim Tollett's Frontier Anglers
RECORDED:
78 °
FISHING: Excellent
The Big Hole is happening - big time! Lots of dry fly fishing with an assortment of bugs. From small PMD's all the way up to big Golden Stones, the fishing is great. You don't want to be without a substantial selection of different flies. The water is in beautiful shape, running around 1700 CFS. Perfect for float fisherman and by picking your spots, excellent for the wade fisherman too.
Best Bugs: sz. 8 & 10 rubber leg Squirrel Nymphs, sz. 8-16 Prince Nymphs, sz. 6-14 asst. Stonefly Nymphs, sz. 6-8 Brett's Brown or black, or golden Stone, sz. 4-8, Yuk Bugs in Pepporoni, black and olive, sz. 6 & 8 Caddis Dries, sz. 12-16 Adams Parachute, sz. 12-16 LaFontaine Caddis Emergers in both olive and tan, sz. 12 & 14 Royal Trudes, sz. 12-16 PT Cruzers - one of our top producing flies at the moment, especially in size 14 & 12 in the olive and two tone colors, sz. 12-16 BH Hares Ear nymph, sz. 12- 18 Copper John's in all colors, sz. 8 MoJoe Golden, sz. 8 Rogue Golden, sz. 8-18 Yellow, orange, royal, and green Stimulator, sz. 8 Swisher's LLS Chernobyl - a killer of a fly, sz. 10 Black Magic - another great bug for the "Hole", sz. 10-16 lime, yellow, peacock, royal, and orange PMX dry flies.
The list could go on. It is smorgasbord time on the Big Hole and you'll want the kitchen sink with you when you go!
Streamer Action: Buggabullies, sz. 2&4 in Yellow, Orange, White, Olive, Grey, Yellow Yummies, sz. 2&4, Beldar Rubber Legs, sz. 4 in Yellow, Brown, Black, Olive. And have an assortment of large saltwater flies, such as Comb's Sea Habbit, and Corona Toad's in size 3/0
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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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