Tricos on the ‘horn
My friends, Chuck Furimsky and Harry Schoel have been fishing the Bighorn during the Trico hatch. The spinners fall till about 11:00 in astounding numbers. The fish have been running 14-18 inches with a few larger. Great size fish on 6X and 7X and size 22-24 flies. The rest of the day its nymphs until the black caddis at evening.
The ‘horn is a big river and one should have a watercraft if they expect to cross back and forth, so Chuck and Harry bring pontoon boats. To make it easy on them, they rent a small moving truck and keep the inflated boats in the back. All they have to do is drive up, unload, and go fishing. The truck is moved to their takeout by a shuttle service.
Tricos will be falling through September, and on the ‘horn they fall in the billions every day. Unless one sees it in person, it’s hard to believe there can be that many insects in a river–day after day after day. If you have a chance to get there, do so.
Yup, they just move in and go fishing.
Chuck with a nice brown on the Trico.
Harry with a nice rainbow on the Trico.