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Montana is the destination many fly anglers dream about. Endless mountain ranges, blue-ribbon rivers, and wide-open landscapes have made Big Sky Country synonymous with world-class trout fishing. Whether floating beneath towering cliffs or wading a quiet mountain stream, Montana offers the kind of scenery and fishing that define the American West.
The state is home to legendary rivers like the Madison, Yellowstone, Missouri, Bighorn, Gallatin, Bitterroot, and Blackfoot. Healthy populations of brown, rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout thrive across Montana's diverse waters, while famous hatches of salmonflies, Pale Morning Duns, caddis, and blue-winged olives create unforgettable dry fly fishing throughout the season. From productive tailwaters to freestone rivers and alpine lakes, Montana offers nearly every style of trout fishing imaginable.
While trout rightfully steal the spotlight, Montana also provides excellent opportunities for warmwater and stillwater anglers. Smallmouth bass, northern pike, carp, and yellow perch can all be targeted with a fly, while many lakes produce trophy trout throughout the year. Whether it's your first visit or your fiftieth, Montana has a way of reminding anglers why they fell in love with fly fishing in the first place.
These are the top selling patterns that have been shipped to Montana over the past 5 years
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A cross between the pheasant tail and brassie. Works well where ever there are stonefly or mayfly nymphs. Classic profile, sinks fast, sleek, an...
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4 Reviews
The Elk Hair Caddis is a must-have dry fly that imitates adult caddisflies skating and drifting across the surface. It’s one of the most dependable...
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1 Review
A hugely productive nymph pattern that should be in most anglers fly boxes. This pattern is simple and to the point. Thread based bodies counter w...
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2 Reviews
Deadly Effective. Strikingly Realistic. Designed to ride low in the water with the body suspended just below the surface film, the Klinkhammer Dry ...
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1 Review
Easy floating Caddis pattern, popular in Alaska to Smokey's, and everywhere else there is Caddis or fish cruising to hit a fat dry. Foam body make...
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1 Review
Although found in the UNWEIGHTED collection, This is LIGHTLY weighted with lead-free wire wraps. Typically, 6 wraps of .015" lead-free wire. this...
View full details4.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Extremely popular nymph in trout streams everywhere. Mimics loads of ...
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3 Reviews
The Perdigon Nymph is designed for one thing—getting down fast and staying in the strike zone. Originally developed by Spanish competition anglers,...
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3 Reviews
One of the top five trout nymphs ever tied on a tippet. A near perfect imitation of the blue wing olive nymph, also works great for a general mayf...
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1 Review
This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them u...
View full detailsThis pattern was designed by Randall Kaufmann, borrowing liberally from the Improved Sofa Pillow and Bucktail Caddis. The Stimulator has become on...
View full detailsMovement is enticing to trophy trout (and we don't mean dinky trophies) Nearly identical to the famous Sex Dungeon (the name hurts the search resu...
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5 Reviews
The Woolly Bugger with a beadhead is one of the most effective and versatile flies ever created, built to get down quickly and trigger aggressive e...
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The Caddis version of the cripples. Has trailing shuck, to imitate an unsuccessful emergence. Caddis are quick emergers and trout often will focu...
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2 Reviews
Representing the most common of trout food sources, the midges. AKA Chironomids. It has been estimated that up to 22% of a trout's diet is compose...
View full detailsA hot take on the popular Zirdle bug. This one has can represent small sculpins or leeches, or other tasty treats Jig, tungsten, rubber legs, ra...
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