VARIETY, CHALLENGES, AND PLENTY OF FAT TROUT

Montana's Fishing Waters

Our classroom boasts world class fisheries and Montana communities that will not disappoint.The Gallatin, Madison, Yellowstone, and Missouri Rivers, as well as private lakes, spring creeks, and smaller freestone rivers offer some of the best opportunities to challenge your angling ability and learn the profession of guiding. We create our week's itinerary for daily on-the-water sessions based on what fishing options offer the most rewarding teaching opportunities. 

Communities like Bozeman, Helena, Craig, and Big Sky have more fly shops and outfitters per capita than any region in the world-making them ideal locations for prospective guides. Toss in a wide selection of dining and lodging options, and it is clear the Montana Fishing Guide School's classroom is as "Montana" as it gets.

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The Missouri River
Helena, Year-round, Craig
The Missouri River
Helena, Year-round, Craig

Consistency and Challenge

The Missouri begins where the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers all converge a few miles north of Three Forks, Montana. This area, know of Headwaters State Park is not thought of as a fishing destination, yet. 

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Helena, Year-round, Craig
The Paradise Valley Spring Creeks
Bozeman, Livingston, Year-round
The Paradise Valley Spring Creeks
Bozeman, Livingston, Year-round

Walk-Wade Technicality

Armstrong's/O'Hair's Spring Creek, DePuy's Spring Creek, Nelson's Spring Creek. We believe walk-wade fishing is by far the best way to become a better angler. The intimate atmosphere of standing in the water within casting range of a trout is perfectly suited to increase the learning curve. 

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Bozeman, Livingston, Year-round
The Yellowstone River
Livingston, Year-round, Bozeman
The Yellowstone River
Livingston, Year-round, Bozeman

Freestone Fickleness and Dry Fly Prospecting

If Montana had a Yankee Stadium, the Yellowstone River would be it. Not only is the Yellowstone a fairly large river - it is over 200 feet wide in most parts and its peak flow is over 15,000 CFS - it boasts the state's longest length of high-quality trout water-nearly 120 miles of prime fly fishing. 

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Livingston, Year-round, Bozeman
The Madison River
Big Sky, Year-round, Bozeman
The Madison River
Big Sky, Year-round, Bozeman

All-Around Tactics

If ever a river defined a state, the Madison could do Montana justice. The sheer length of the Madison's fishable waters is over a hundred miles. The diversity of water on the Madison is an appropriate analogy to the massive abundance of trout water found in Montana...

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Big Sky, Year-round, Bozeman
The Gallatin River
Big Sky, Bozeman, Year-round
The Gallatin River
Big Sky, Bozeman, Year-round

Walk-Wade Numbers Game

Beginning as a trickle in Yellowstone Park, in some of the most beautiful high-country in Montana, the Gallatin tumbles down the west-side of Ramshorn Peak and flows for nearly 90 miles until it joins the Jefferson and the Madison to create the Missouri River near Three Forks. 

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Big Sky, Bozeman, Year-round
The Bighorn River
Year-round, Fort Smith
The Bighorn River
Year-round, Fort Smith

Grand Slam Fishing and Tactics

Starting way up in high plains of central Wyoming, the Bighorn River enters Bighorn National Recreation Area and canyon just before the river enters Montana. Once in Montana, a massive dams creates a world-class tailwater fishery. 

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Year-round, Fort Smith
Other Waters
Other Waters

Smaller freestones, secret creeks, private lakes

The Jefferson River, Ben Hart and Thompson Spring Creeks, Baden Ponds, Burn's Lake, Story's Lake, and Sitz Ranch.

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