Monatana’s Bighorn River has finally shaped up and is running mostly clear. Fishing has been getting better as the water clears and fish are beefing up pre-spawn. Nymphing has been the name of the game for the most part but some anglers have been getting some love on the streamers as well.

Nymphing the slow deep slots has been producing. Fish a red worm down to an orange scud or pink sow bug. Add some split shot to get down quickly. Streamer fishing has also seen the most action focusing on the slow deep runs out in the middle as fish start to pile up there as the water temps go down.

Soon fish will be spawning and fish will really start to focus on the eggs coming down the river.