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Fly fishing near Helena, Montana

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5 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Helena, Montana, in a straight line; the nearest are Prickly Pear Creek (7 mi), Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir (8 mi) and Lake Helena (9 mi).

More about Helena

4 fly shops and 2 fly-fishing guides are in Helena or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Craig & the Missouri, 33 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

5 waters near Helena

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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. Prickly Pear CreekFreestone river · 7 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  2. Helena Valley Regulating ReservoirLake or reservoir · 8 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  3. Lake HelenaLake or reservoir · 9 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  4. Hauser LakeLake or reservoir · 12 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  5. Holter ReservoirLake or reservoir · 25 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Helena 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

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Guides and outfitters that name Helena 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

Craig & the Missouri · 33 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 802116, Lewis and Clark 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.