This is my 7th trip to Eagle Nest Lodge – that should say it all……Jeff M. Texas
Fishing was great.
Fishing was great. Guides were excellent, food was fantastic, staff was great. Larry K. Arizona
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Bighorn River Fly Fishing Report – July 2009
Fishing is UNBELIEVABLE! Will post photos soon. Guests catching huge numbers of fish. Several fish 22 – 24 inches. Water flows are still around 12500. While there are not many wade spots, the boat fishing can’t be beat.
Four boats to date have gone under water. From the sounds of things, all rental boats. So if you’re renting a boat, please be careful. It’s a completely different river.
Temperatures this week should be in the 80’s with scatterred thundershowers.
If you’d like to book with us for June next year do so soon. Some dates already sold out.
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What a great time again. John and Rebecca are an incredible team, and run a wonderful lodge. The accomodations, food, and quality of the guides help make this a repeat trip. Only complaint is portion size of food. However, to be clear, the food is quite good. Paul P. Washington
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Bighorn River Report
The Bighorn River is running approximately 12500 CFS. We haven’t seens flows like this since 1995. The fishing has been fantastic though.
Blue-winged olives and midges are hatching with some tan caddis starting to show up. All the usual nymphs are producing – sowbugs, scuds, black quills, Ray Charles and San Juan worms.
Be careful out there.
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Current Reservoir Data for Bighorn Lake, MT as of 06/24/2009
Pool Elevation is 3645.6 Feet
Pool Elevation to Fill -5.6 Feet
Reservoir Storage is 1145764. Acre-Feet
Reservoir Storage to Fill -75735.0 Acre-Feet
Reservoir Inflow is 16141.5 CFS
Reservoir Outflow is 12925.9 CFS
Reservoir Active Conservation Pool is 100.0 % Full
Reservoir Flood/Surcharge Control Pool is 23.0 % Full
Mean Daily Flow Below Afterbay Flow is 12564.7 CFS
Mean Daily Canal Diversion is 398.9 CFS
Mean Daily Total Flow at Afterbay is 12963.6 CFS
Current Flow Below Afterbay is 447.3 CFS
Current Canal Diversion is CFS
Current total Flow at Afterbay is 12928.8 CFS
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Fishing was very good.
Fishing was very good. Leo D. Colorado
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2nd or 3rd. Trip.
This has been my second or third trip. It’s always an enjoyable experience. ALL OF IT. Marcia H. California
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Trip of a lifetime –
Overall trip was a life time of memories. Rebecca and John are great representatives of the Orvis company and had the entire trip organized and executed in a timely and professional manner. My personal thanks for a job well done. Tony T.