Bighorn River Wyoming Brown Trout
Bighorn River Wyoming Fly Fishing Guide Report: The fly fishing in Thermopolis remains to be great. Weather was very nice this weekend with crisp fall mornings and warm blue-bird afternoons. Guide Spike and Michael had a fantastic day yesterday tricking trout with dry fly and nymph set ups. Looks like we traded blue wing olives for tricos with the nice weather. Pretty typical but the trout seem to be very picky on natural dries, so cast and hook set all must be precise to seal the deal. The nymph fishing has been much more consistent and producing big numbers.
Hot flies: trico dries, baetis, annelids, and streamer/nymph dead drift
The fall season fly fishing in Wyoming is starting off very strong! The past few weeks on the Wind and Bighorn River have been absolutely lights out! Guides RyHud, Spike, and myself have been keeping our nets wet and the oars working in cooler temperatures. I think that the larger water this year has really helped the fish in the river keeping water temperatures down. We did have our first snow of the season this last week, but it was short lived. Temperatures have been back up to the 70’s and 80’s with chilly nights. Looks like we will start guiding the Green River below Fontenelle this next month, which will be perfect for big rainbows and browns. To see more photos from the past couple of weeks please visit our