Upper Big Hole

Updated 51m ago

Big Hole · Jackson area / headwaters to Wise River confluence

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

Midges Chironomidae

Favorable

Hook: #18-26

Year-round; peak winter during warmest hours

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

Meadow water = prime hopper fishing

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

Clear

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