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Fly Fishing in Montana

Montana

The Last Best Place to Fish

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.

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Top Selling Flies in Montana

These are the top selling patterns that have been shipped to Montana over the past 5 years

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Adams

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The Adams is one of the most successful dry fly patterns of all time. Can be used to imitate a plethora of mayfly hatches, including baetis, call...

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Blue Wing Olive

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The Blue Wing Olive is a must-have for matching one of the most consistent and important mayfly hatches across trout fisheries. When conditions tur...

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Copper John-Beadhead

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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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Euro Zebra Midge-Tungsten (Barbless)

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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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Flashback Pheasant Tail-Beadhead

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A great improvement on this all-time classic pattern. Many nymphs take on a very shiny appearance right before emerging. Trout key in on this vuln...

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Pale Morning Dun

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Quite simply one of THE great hatches. Many, many anglers rely on this hatch to provide them with the bulk of their warm weather fish. Begins as e...

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Parachute Adams

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The Parachute Adams is one of the most versatile and trusted dry flies ever created, designed to imitate a wide range of mayflies in both dun and e...

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Parachute Blue Wing Olive

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BWO is one of the most prolific and long lived hatches. This versatile color can also cover both the Pale Morning Dun and Pale Evening Dun. If you...

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Pheasant Tail-Beadhead

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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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Rainbow Warrior - Glass Bead (Original)

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This nymph invented in Utah has caught trout everywhere it has been put to the test. One of the best new patterns to hit the water in a few years.

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