Fly fishing near West Yellowstone, Montana

Marshy shallows at the edge of Henrys Lake, with the Henrys Lake Mountains behind
Photo credit

Henrys Lake from Henrys Lake State Park, Idaho. Photo: James Postema, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

5 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of West Yellowstone, Montana, in a straight line; the nearest are Hebgen Lake (10 mi), Firehole River (12 mi) and Henry's Lake (15 mi).

More about West Yellowstone

4 fly shops are in West Yellowstone or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Island Park & the Henry's Fork, 21 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

5 waters near West Yellowstone

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. Hebgen LakeLake or reservoir · 10 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  2. Firehole RiverFreestone river · 12 mi · live USGS flow
  3. Henry's LakeLake or reservoir · 15 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  4. Earthquake LakeLake or reservoir · 19 mi · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
  5. Henry's ForkTailwater · 22 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name West Yellowstone 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.

Nearest destination hub

Island Park & the Henry's Fork · 21 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 793137, Gallatin 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.