Big Hole River, MT
canyon above pumphouse
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 7:30 to 3:30
- Best Fishing Time
- 10:00 to 12:00
- Rating
- Good
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 800
- User
- Troy Blandford
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10" | Yellow Chubby | |
| 4 | 8" | Green Chubby | |
| 2 | 11" | #8 Yellow Chubby | |
| 2 | 10" | #14 Gray Adams Parachute | |
| 13 | 9.54" |
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15" | #14 Gray Adams Parachute | |
| 1 | 15" |
Mountain Whitefish
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15" | #14 Gray Adams Parachute | |
| 1 | 15" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | X |
| Precipitation | |||
| Wind | |||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X | ||
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X | ||
| Heavy - 15+ knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- - / -
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 44% Full (Waning crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
- 16-18 Pale Morning Dun Ephemeroptera Ephemerella
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
Very slow start. Wind was throwing flies in my face....couldn't dry fly fish with 4-weight, wind blew indicator when nymphing 6-weight, so I threw streamers for a little while and nothing. Finally wind died down and I started picking up fish on Chubbies. Fish were small and the majority of them I caught were in pocket water above rapids (aggressive dumb fish). I only picked up a few in the "good" riffles, runs, and pools. None on nymphs! Big boys weren't feeding. I spotted the 15" brown feeding on mayflies about two feet off the bank. I caught him first cast on a parachute adams. A small hatch of mayflies and caddis in the afternoon but little surface action. I think I missed the big feed by about a week. Reports from two weeks ago were 50 fish boated....reports from last week were 20+ fish boated. Lots of golden stones and other big dries at that time.....