Fly fishing near Ovando, Montana

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7 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Ovando, Montana, in a straight line; the nearest are Browns Lake (7 mi), North Fork Blackfoot River (11 mi) and Harpers Lake (12 mi).

More about Ovando

1 fly shop and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Ovando or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Missoula, 42 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

7 waters near Ovando

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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. Browns LakeLake or reservoir · 7 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  2. North Fork Blackfoot RiverFreestone river · 11 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  3. Harpers LakeLake or reservoir · 12 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  4. Nevada CreekFreestone river · 20 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  5. Placid LakeLake or reservoir · 20 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  6. Clearwater RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  7. Seeley LakeLake or reservoir · 21 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Ovando 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 Ovando 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 · 42 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 788528, Powell 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.