Category Archives: Trip Planning

The cost of a Montana fishing trip can vary quite a bit depending on where you stay, where and how you eat, and if you fish with a guide. With some of the world's best destination fishing lodges and a diverse offering of waters from small creeks and spring creeks to large tailwaters and freestones...

Spring and summer-time fishing in Montana is often defined by when snowmelt runoff begins and ends. From year to year, the exact timeframe of our snowmelt runoff varies, but it typically begins in mid-May and runs into mid-June. Montana’s freestone rivers like the Gallatin and Yellowstone often run...

Fly fishing in Montana is known for broad valleys with views that go on for miles, rugged canyons with picturesque rivers, and waters that are home to several species of wild and native trout. The Smith River epitomizes the many great things about fly fishing in Big Sky country. Beginning in the...

Fly fishing in Montana is a grand as the state is expansive and varied. Planning a Montana fly fishing trip should be almost as much fun as going fishing in Montana. But with so much water, so many great Montana fly fishing guides, and so many premier lodges how do you plan the perfect trip when a...

Montana is home to nearly a dozen world-class rivers. With a broad network of roads and towns, accessing these world-class waters has never been easier. From the Madison's famous "50 Mile Riffle" to the majestic peaks of Paradise Valley overseeing the broad Yellowstone River, a fly fishing trip to...

Montana boasts perhaps the highest concentration of quality fly fishing for trout in the world. With a network of well-maintained roads and public access areas, fishing the best rivers, creeks, and lakes in Montana is logistically very easy. Compared to the remote and secluded rivers of Chile and...

Montana boasts perhaps the highest concentration of quality fly fishing for trout in the world. With a network of well-maintained roads and public access areas, fishing the best rivers, creeks, and lakes in Montana is logistically very easy. Compared to the remote and secluded rivers of Chile and...

The family that fly fishes together has a lot more fun together. When planning the next great family vacation, making the trip to Montana to fly fish as a family could check a lot of the "vacation super-hero" boxes. It is well-known that Montana is home to some of the best fly fishing rivers, spring...

There are myriad ways people discover fly fishing. Learning how to catch a fish with a fly rod is another matter entirely. Some aspiring anglers are fortunate enough to have a family member, spouse or friend who is an avid flyfisher. Others explore the sport on their own, learning knots and casting...

May in Big Sky Country is a magical month. The trees are full of buds, the grass is green, the mountains are still white, and the fish are feeding. May marks a season of change in Montana. Spring and summer both readily characterize the weather observed in May, with sunshine, snow, rain, wind and...