Fly fishing in Montana.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 143waters
- 52with a live gauge
- 141designated
Photo credit
The Bighorn River from the Swinging Bridge, Montana. Photo: charkes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
143 fly-fishing waters in Montana have a page here, 51 with a live USGS flow gauge and 141 with an official agency designation (such as Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) or Special-regulation trout water).
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54 fly-fishing guides and 66 fly shops in Montana are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hubs: Missoula, Bozeman & Livingston, Ennis & the Madison Valley and Craig & the Missouri.
143 watersShowing 1–60
- Bighorn RiverTailwater · Featured sport-fishing water · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live flow
- Missouri RiverTailwater · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Madison RiverTailwater · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Yellowstone RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Blackfoot RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Clark Fork RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Bitterroot RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Rock CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Beaverhead RiverTailwater · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Jefferson RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Big Hole RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Flathead RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Smith RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Ruby RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Flathead LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Gallatin RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live flow
- Boulder RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live flow
- Stillwater RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live flow
- Holter ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Kootenai RiverTailwater · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · nearby gauge
- Clark Canyon ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Swan RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Bighorn LakeLake or reservoir · Featured sport-fishing water · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey)
- Saint Regis RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- South Fork Flathead RiverTailwater · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Clearwater RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Fort Peck ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Lake KoocanusaLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Dearborn RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · live flow
- Beaver CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Little Blackfoot RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Warm Springs CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Flint CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Marias RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Middle Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- North Fork Flathead RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- North Fork Sun RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Soda Butte CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- South Fork Sun RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Thompson RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Tobacco RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · live flow
- Ennis LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · nearby gauge
- Ashley LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Big Sheep CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Bull RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · nearby gauge
- Canyon Ferry ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Deadmans Basin ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- East Fork Bitterroot RiverFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · nearby gauge
- Frenchtown PondLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Georgetown LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water · water temperature
- Hauser LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Helena Valley Regulating ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Hungry Horse ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Hyalite ReservoirLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Lake AlvaLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Lake HelenaLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Lake Mary RonanLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Lower Thompson LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Middle Thompson LakeLake or reservoir · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
- Nevada CreekFreestone river · Among the state's most-fished waters (agency angler survey) · Special-regulation trout water
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About the Montana list
About this
143 Montana rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Montana from a neighbouring state are included.
A Montana water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.