River Maps

The Bitterroot River provides your best opportunity to catch brown trout over 22" on a dryfly. More than any of the other area rivers, the Bitterroot during the spring skwala hatch is the place to be for big trout on dries. Notorious for very heavy aquatic insect hatches, the Bitterroot is another scenic and classic Montana trout river. There's something...

Rock Creek is one of Montana's designated "blue ribbon" trout streams, and this rating is well deserved. Flowing out of Welcome Creek Wilderness to its confluence with the Clark Fork River 21 miles east of Missoula, Rock Creek is internationally renowned for its spectacular June salmon fly hatch and its classic, textbook trout water. Supporting healthy populations of browns, cutthroats...

From its headwaters on the west side of the Rocky Mountain Front and Bob Marshall Wilderness, to the confluence with the Clark Fork River just east of Missoula, the Blackfoot River is one of our favorite rivers. From the thunderous, springtime, mid-river rapids that attract the whitewater crowd, to quiet, crystal clear pockets where willing West Slope cutthroat trout will...

April/May: This is the start of the truly good dryfly fishing in the Missoula area, and a time ALL of our repeat clients are aware of. It books up FAST! The fish are coming out of the winter very hungry and, for a few weeks, uneducated in the ways of the fisherman! There are three main hatches you'll encounter this...

The Clark Fork River is the most underrated trout river and the best kept secret in Montana. Because it can be very technical (although sometimes it's child's play) and because the fish are to be found in highly unlikely places, many fisherman (and guides) who don't know the river well can be easily frustrated. Similar in character to a large...

The Clark Fork is the biggest river in Montana by volume by the time it crosses the western border of Montana. Because of this, many people tend to overlook the Clark Fork as a wade fishing option, when, in fact, it can produce some truly world class fishing without a boat. While much of the surrounding riverbank is private land...