Bighorn River Fly Fishing Guide Service: 

Our goal is simple: Do everything we can to help you catch fish and provide you with a fun and enjoyable day on the river. Bighorn River - Fish On! Why Choose Us?

Personalized Customer Service Communication with your guide is of the utmost importance when booking a guide trip. Let us know up front what your expectations are so we can do everything we can to meet your needs. Your Bighorn River fly fishing experience and overall satisfaction is our number one priority.

Customizable Trips the Way You Want It We offer the most flexible guide service on the Bighorn River. If you want to fish the afternoon and evening instead of the morning we can do it. If you only want a half day trip were your guys. If you want to fish using only one technique such as streamers or dries we can make it happen. After all you’re the one paying for the trip, have it your way!

Top Notch Guides Our team of guides is made up of some of the most dedicated and hardworking guides in the business. All of us simply love what we do and that includes helping you catch fish on the Bighorn River!

Whether you are looking drift fish with nymphs from the boat, stalk large trout with dry flies or fish streamers until your arm falls off, the Bighorn provides anglers with a multitude of opportunity year round.

The Bighorn River’s greatest attribute is it’s diversity and then some: Incredible numbers of fish per mile Terrific dry fly opportunities from March to October Incredible diversity of aquatic insects that grows large trout Tailwater nature creates fishable water conditions year round

Simply Put: The Bighorn can be whatever you want it to be and we can show you how!

The Bighorn River & Its Trout:

The Bighorn River is a classic tailwater river, emerging from the depths of Bighorn Lake in Eastern Montana. The Yellowtail Dam, in Fort Smith, MT, has created a fertile river, displaying unique spring creek characteristics that allow Rainbow and Brown trout to thrive year round. There is somewhere around 5,000 fish per mile in the Bighorn, with the numbers being higher the closer you are to the Afterbay dam. Trout in the river average around 16 inches, with many fish pushing the 20+ inch range. Bighorn river trout fight as hard as any trout on the planet, due to the highly consistent water temperatures year round.

Below Afterbay Dam the fishing stays productive for about 30 river miles. The Bighorn is broken up into three distinct sections: Afterbay to 3 Mile, 3 Mile to Bighorn Access, and Bighorn Access to Mallard’s landing. Each section contains variances in water temperature, fish per mile, aquatic life, hatches, and fish behavior. These characteristics create unique fishing conditions in which the fly fisher can have a wide array of terrific fishing throughout the year. Throughout the river’s length, rainbows and brown trout thrive on a steady diet of Sowbugs, Scuds, Worms and Midges year round which accounts for the large average size of the fish in the river.