The Green near Daniel and further south is open and fishable if you can get through some large snow drifts that still block access. The visibility is low, and you might have to smack the fish in the face with your flies to get them to eat, but they’re hungry. Large, highly visible nymphs, worms and streamers will likely do the trick.

The New Fork in its entirety is now fishable, with all public areas accessible. While it hasn’t seen a huge spike in CFS, the New Fork got very off-color this week but should get better soon. The snow in the New Fork’s direct drainage began melting off a while ago, so the water should clean up. It’s still a subsurface game with nymphs and streamers, and there are lots of hungry fish.

The Green below Fontenelle has seen a preemptive spike in water levels in preparation for runoff, but the fish are still on the move. The water and weather have warmed up enough that there are reports of BWOs and midges hatching in small numbers, so it is only a matter of time before we can start fishing on top.

The Bighorn near Thermopolis has recently seen a significant rise in water levels, but that has done little to hamper the quality of fish coming to the net. Either nymphing deep or fishing a sink-tip with a heavy streamer have been the reported keys to success with the big, cold water. For a few hours a day when the water is a bit warmer, we still see decent numbers of BWOs hatching.