Territory Anglers' Fly Fishing Destinations
The Yellowstone River
What can you say about the Yellowstone that hasn't already been said? It winds it's way through the park before exiting at Gardiner, on it's way to the Missouri River, some 640 plus miles downstream. For most of us, it's the 70 or so miles between Gardiner and Big Timber, that's the best. Granted there is some great water to fish inside the park, but below Gardiner one can cover much more fish habitat from a drift boat and therefore increase their chances of hooking up one of the fabled Yellowstone cutthroats, browns, or rainbows. The Yellowstone tumbles down from the Yellowstone plateau to Gardiner and then bounces it's way down through Yankee Jim Canyon to Paradise Valley, where it slows down and becomes the classic western fly fishing destination, cherished by all that know it.
The Madison River
The Madison River, like the Yellowstone, is one of the classic fly fishing rivers of the western U.S. That's where the similarities end. The Madison, between Quake Lake and Ennis, is called the 50 mile riffle, not a single eddy, pool, or structure to slow down the river. Instead it's a constant river wide riffle, traveling 5 mph and producing some of the most consistent big fish in SW Montana. Because there isn't much variety of fish habitat, there isn't a lot of head scratching about how to fish this water and that helps take the mystery out of what techniques to employ. Basically the Madison is a nymphing river, but when dry flies are working, it can be on fire. Come see what all the fuss is about.
Big Hole River
Upon entering the Big Hole River valley, the first two features of the river that captivate anglers is the sheer beauty of the area and the rivers tannin color. The Big Hole valley lies at a higher elevation than the Yellowstone or the Madison Rivers outside of YNP, the section of the Big Hole from Wisdom, Montana to Melrose, Montana offers a majestic landscape where on one side of river is dense pine and fir forest, the other, high-country grasslands. The river has a wide variety of cold-water species, upper reaches contain grayling, downstream anglers encounter rainbow trout, brook trout and the river's most sought after species, it's brown trout. Territory Anglers days on the Big Hole River are hosted by our friends at Great Divide Fly Shop. We hope you can join us on this incredible river…
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