The Green from Daniel, all the way up into the national forest, has been fishing well, especially near Warren Bridge. When it’s cloudy, fish are looking up and chowing on the surface. We are still seeing a few drakes, but mostly small stones with the occasional ant.

The New Fork saw a big drop in flows in the past few days, so the upper reaches of the river are getting boney. The fishing, however, is still highly productive on top, as well as with smaller droppers. Sporadic hatches of small stone flies and calibaetis are still happening, and medium to large foam flies have been working.

The Green below Fontenelle is still fishing well with just about every rig, from streamers on sink tips to dry-droppers. Even with the relative lack of large hatches, the fish will respond to dry flies during low light conditions, but streamers have been doing well to move larger fish.

The water coming from Boysen Dam has finally lowered to a reasonable level. At just about 2,000 CFS, it has quickly become a fishable river again. Subsurface flies are always a good bet on the Bighorn, be it streamers or nymphs, but dry fly fishing this time of year can also be great. It is technical, but fish will rise to small dries like PMDs and other mayflies.