Lower Big Hole

Updated 21m ago

Big Hole · Divide / Melrose area to Twin Bridges (confluence with Beaverhead)

What's Hatching Now

BWOs Baetis tricaudatus

Slower

Hook: #16-22

Fall emergence

Dries	Parachute Adams #12-18 Parachute BWO #16-22 Purple Haze #14-18 Royal Wulff #10-18 Rusty Spinner #14-18 Sparkle Dun BWO #18-20
Nymphs	Copper John #14-18 Hare's Ear Nymph #12-18 Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-20 Spanish Bullet #16-18

October Caddis Dicosmoecus

Hook: #8-10

Fall highlight

Dries

Elk Hair Caddis #14-18 October Caddis Dry #8-10

Midges Chironomidae

Favorable

Hook: #18-26

Year-round

Dries	Griffith's Gnat #18-22
Nymphs	Mercury Midge #20-22 Spanish Bullet #16-18 Zebra Midge #18-22

Hoppers

Peak Favorable

Hook: #8-12

Cottonwood bottoms = excellent hopper water

Dries	Chubby Chernobyl #6-12
Terrestrials	Dave's Hopper #8-12

Ants

Peak

Hook: #14-18

Terrestrials

Foam Ant #14-16

Beetles

Peak

Hook: #14-18

Terrestrials

Foam Beetle #14-16

Mostly Clear

Overcast

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