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Fly fishing near Columbia Falls, Montana

The Flathead River seen from the bank at Columbia Falls
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The Flathead River from the bank at Columbia Falls, Montana. Photo: Mitchell O'Brien, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

14 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Columbia Falls, Montana, in a straight line; the nearest are Flathead River (1 mi), Whitefish River (6 mi) and South Fork Flathead River (7 mi).

More about Columbia Falls

4 fly shops and 4 fly-fishing guides are in Columbia Falls or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Missoula, 104 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

14 waters near Columbia Falls

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Flathead RiverFreestone river · 1 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  2. Whitefish RiverFreestone river · 6 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  3. South Fork Flathead RiverTailwater · 7 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  4. Blanchard LakeLake or reservoir · 8 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  5. North Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · 9 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  6. Lake BlaineLake or reservoir · 9 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  7. Lake FiveLake or reservoir · 10 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  8. Whitefish LakeLake or reservoir · 11 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  9. Middle Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · 12 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  10. Church SloughLake or reservoir · 16 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  11. Echo LakeLake or reservoir · 18 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  12. Lower Stillwater LakeLake or reservoir · 20 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  13. Ashley LakeLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  14. Rogers LakeLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Columbia Falls as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

About this

Guides and outfitters that name Columbia Falls as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Missoula · 104 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 806934, Flathead County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.