Our classroom boasts world class fisheries and Montana communities that will not disappoint.The Gallatin, Madison, Yellowstone, and Missouri Rivers, as well as private lakes, spring creeks, and smaller freestone rivers offer some of the best opportunities to challenge your angling ability and learn the profession of guiding. We create our week's itinerary for daily on-the-water sessions based on what fishing options offer the most rewarding teaching opportunities.
Communities like Bozeman, Helena, Craig, and Big Sky have more fly shops and outfitters per capita than any region in the world-making them ideal locations for prospective guides. Toss in a wide selection of dining and lodging options, and it is clear the Montana Fishing Guide School's classroom is as "Montana" as it gets.
Armstrong's/O'Hair's Spring Creek, DePuy's Spring Creek, Nelson's Spring Creek. We believe walk-wade fishing is by far the best way to become a better angler. The intimate atmosphere of standing in the water within casting range of a trout is perfectly suited to increase the learning curve.
Read MoreIf Montana had a Yankee Stadium, the Yellowstone River would be it. Not only is the Yellowstone a fairly large river - it is over 200 feet wide in most parts and its peak flow is over 15,000 CFS - it boasts the state's longest length of high-quality trout water-nearly 120 miles of prime fly fishing.
Read MoreIf ever a river defined a state, the Madison could do Montana justice. The sheer length of the Madison's fishable waters is over a hundred miles. The diversity of water on the Madison is an appropriate analogy to the massive abundance of trout water found in Montana...
Read MoreBeginning as a trickle in Yellowstone Park, in some of the most beautiful high-country in Montana, the Gallatin tumbles down the west-side of Ramshorn Peak and flows for nearly 90 miles until it joins the Jefferson and the Madison to create the Missouri River near Three Forks.
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