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DePuy Spring Creek

Type
Spring creek, Montana (West)
USGS gauges
None on it; nearest shown
Guides
2 name it
Shops
6 nearby

Today on the DePuy Spring Creek

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Regulations & access Guides & shops

DePuy Spring Creek is a spring creek in Montana.

More about the DePuy Spring Creek

The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled; Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks lists 3 species, including brown trout, rainbow trout and yellowstone cutthroat trout. 14 guides and 6 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Bozeman & Livingston.

Updated · Sources: FISHMT :: Waterbody Details, USGS Water Data

DePuy Spring Creek flowing clear through winter grass and bare trees, with mountains behind
Photo credit

The upper section of DePuy Spring Creek near Livingston, Montana, in January. Photo: Mike Cline, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where it is

DePuy Spring Creek is a spring creek in Montana. Our destination hub Bozeman & Livingston is 24 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.

Nearest gauge (not on this water)
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Where to fish

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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

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Montana FWP fishing access sites

DePuy Spring Creek on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of DePuy Spring Creek: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of DePuy Spring Creek with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near DePuy Spring Creek

Restrooms near DePuy Spring Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of DePuy Spring Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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Where the map point comes from

Position: the mouth latitude/longitude published by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FishMT).

The map shows USGS gauges (tap one for its flow reading), and shops and guides within 40 miles that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations

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Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Guides and shops near DePuy Spring Creek

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Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

2 guides name it on their website

Guides

All Montana guides

6 shops nearby

All Montana shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the state agency

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Northern Rockies
About this chart

5 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: no charted hatch
  5. May: 3 charted hatches
  6. June: 2 charted hatches
  7. July: 2 charted hatches
  8. August: 1 charted hatch
  9. September: 1 charted hatch
  10. October: no charted hatch
  11. November: no charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

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Destination hub · 24 mi away in a straight line

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Gear checklist

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What to bring on a guided float fishing trip: rain gear, polarized sunglasses, sun protection, a dry bag and your license. Most guides supply rods and flies. Estimated prices and where to buy.

A woman rows a drift boat while a man stands in the bow and casts

Guided float trip

Usually supplied by the guide; a 9′ 5–6 weight if you bring your own · Trout on most western float rivers

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Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

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Sources for this page

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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the mouth latitude/longitude published by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FishMT). Water type is our own classification.