Fly fishing near Kalispell, 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

16 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Kalispell, Montana, in a straight line; the nearest are Church Slough (7 mi), Whitefish River (9 mi) and Lake Blaine (10 mi).

More about Kalispell

5 fly shops and 3 fly-fishing guides are in Kalispell or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Missoula, 93 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

16 waters near Kalispell

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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. Church SloughLake or reservoir · 7 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  2. Whitefish RiverFreestone river · 9 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  3. Lake BlaineLake or reservoir · 10 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  4. Flathead RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  5. Blanchard LakeLake or reservoir · 13 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  6. Echo LakeLake or reservoir · 13 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  7. Ashley LakeLake or reservoir · 14 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  8. South Fork Flathead RiverTailwater · 17 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  9. Whitefish LakeLake or reservoir · 18 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  10. Swan RiverFreestone river · 19 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  11. Lake Mary RonanLake or reservoir · 19 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  12. Little Bitterroot LakeLake or reservoir · 19 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  13. North Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · 22 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow
  14. Flathead LakeLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  15. Lake FiveLake or reservoir · 23 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  16. Middle Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · 25 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Kalispell 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 Kalispell 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 · 93 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 785622, 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.