River Intelligence · Entomology

Read the Water. Match the Hatch.

Every river has an entomological fingerprint — the bugs it grows, when they hatch, and how trout eat them. Learn the bugs, cross-reference live flows, and fill your box before you go.

Hatching NowPale Morning Dun Green Drake Trico Sulphur Small Western Red Quill Flav Gray Drake Callibaetis Spotted Sedge Golden Stone Yellow Sally Brown Drake Pink Lady Terrestrials Scuds & Sowbugs

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Bighorn River

MT · USGS 06274300 · 44.3833, -108.0363

Flows, ramps & rapids →

677

CFS

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Water Temp

4.6

Fair

Flow vs Hatch Likelihood

Flow CFS

Hatch %

7-day trend — flows dropping, Scuds & Sowbugs likelihood at 100% and climbing. Seasonal likelihood — the gauge supplies no live factors.

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Today

The Fingerprint

9 tracked hatches on this water.

Fly Box for Right Now

Scud #14-18

Scuds & Sowbugs · Adult

$2.75

Sowbug #16-18

Scuds & Sowbugs · Adult

$2.75

Elk Hair Caddis #14-16

Spotted Sedge · Adult

$2.95

CDC Caddis #16

Spotted Sedge · Adult

$3.25

Parachute PMD #16-18

Pale Morning Dun · Dun

$3.25

Comparadun PMD #16

Pale Morning Dun · Dun

$3.15

Hatch Chart — Bighorn River

River-specific intensity: this water, these bugs. Click a bug for its full profile. Likelihood is seasonal — this gauge supplies no live factors.

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≋ Waterlands · Hatch data blends USGS gauges, NOAA temps & regional emergence records

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