Guided Fly Fishing Trips - Yellowstone River
We
guide the Yellowstone River which includes
over 120 miles of blue ribbon trout water starting at Yellowstone
National Park. The Yellowstone River, Montana is our "home water" and
one of the great fly fishing trout streams of the world. The Yellowstone
River is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states, and there
is excellent trout water from its tributaries high inside Yellowstone
Park, downstream through Gardiner, the Paradise Valley, Livingston,
and on to well below Big Timber, a stretch of nearly two hundred
river miles. We float many different stretches of the prime water
between Gardiner and Big Timber, depending on fly fishing conditions
and water levels.
The
Yellowstone River is a big river varying in width from 75 to 300
feet. Only in low water can one wade across the river, so the best
access is by drift boat. The most scenic portion of the Yellowstone
River is through "Paradise
Valley" and this is also some of the very best fly fishing.
The water closer to Livingston holds the most trout, where you will
find a pleasant mix of browns, rainbows and our native cutthroats.
Rocky Mountain whitefish are abundant, and provide plenty of action
and fun on days when trout are tougher to catch. Although we use
drift boats to float the river, we often stop to
wade fish the better runs.