With over 2000 miles of blue ribbon trout streams, a verity of species, including rainbows cutthroat, brookies, cut bows, and brown trout and some of the most spectacular views that you can imagine, Montana is truly an angler's paradise.  Whether you prefer to fish the back country rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park, drift down the scenic waters of the Madison or the Yellowstone or wade and fish the Gallatin with it's spectacular views, you are sure to enjoy your Montana fly fishing experience.

The Yellowstone River

In some ways the most baffling and intimidating of Montana's great trout streams. From it's birthplace high in the Beartooth Mountains to it's eventual joining with the Missouri River near the North Dakota Border, the Yellowstone covers a lot of territory and holds fish of some kind every inch of the way.  For the serious trout angler the action lies in the 60 mile stretch called Paradise Valley between Gardiner and Livingston, Montana.  This stretch of the Yellowstone supports more trout per mile than any other stream in the area.  It is a rare float trip that someone aboard doesn't encounter a memorable trout.   In the fall after the summer tourist crowds are gone the streamer fishing on the Yellowstone is phenomenal.  The famous spring creeks closer to Livingston have especially good fishing from late September through the end of November.  With Baetis hatches almost every day and few other anglers fishing this time of year the dry fly fishing can be some of the year's best.

The Madison River

The Madison River originates in Yellowstone National Park where the Fire hole and Gibbon Rivers come together.  All about quality, the Madison River is truly unique.  The Madison's wild fish population are kept in fighting form by it's unending banquet of caddis and mayfly hatches.  The Madison also hosts the celebrated salmon fly hatch in early July that brings anglers from all over for some of the best dry fly fishing known to man.

The Gallatin River

Home to the scenery in the movie "A River Runs Through It" The Gallatin is a well known river that is home to three species of trout that willingly attack dry flies and nymphs.  The Gallatin River has 120 miles of appealing trout water flowing through lush meadows, majestic canyons and broad valleys.  It is estimated that the number of mature fish is 4000 per mile.  Spring and summer caddis hatches are the main attraction on the Gallatin where the trout come easy and often.

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