A premier fly fishing lodge on the Missouri River, Missouri River Ranch offers modern rooms, impeccable service and gourmet fare. A quiet sanctuary with mountain views, this is an all-inclusive fly fishing experience unmatched on the Missouri River. The blue ribbon fishery of the Missouri River may best be described as a huge spring creek; offering slow currents, consistently cold water, and abundant weed beds promoting thick aquatic insect hatches. The Missouri boasts impressive trout numbers with over 7000 trout per mile at an average size of 17" with larger rainbows and browns consistently caught.
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Rates
Missouri River Ranch Package Pricing
All prices are per person per night and include all meals
April 10-April 30
$400/night/person double occupancy or $495/night/person single occupancy
May 1-May 24
$600/night/person double occupancy or $695/night/person single occupancy
May 25-July 19
$700/night/person double occupancy or $795/night/person single occupancy
July 20-August 30
$550/night/person double occupancy or $650/night/person single occupancy
Aug 31-October 1
$600/night/person double occupancy or $695/night/person single occupancy
October 2-October 29
$400/night/person double occupancy or $495/night/person single occupancy
Fishing Component:
$690 per fishing guide per day (each guide can take two anglers)
Sample peak season package rates with fishing and service fee included:
3 Night/2 Day - $2790 per person
4 Night/3 Day - $3835 per person
5 Night/4 Day - $4880 per person
6 Night/5 Day - $5925 per person
*** rates are based on double occupancy and a shared guide
*** call for quote on single occupancy rates
Packages include: Lodging, rod rental, all meals, complimentary spirits and other beverages, lodge staff gratuities, guided fishing, all flies and leaders on guided trips.
Not included: Guide gratuities, 8% lodging tax, rental waders, fishing licenses, airport shuttle, premium spirits and wines.
Fishing
The Missouri River is widely renowned as one of the West's top tailwaters. The large volume exits the bottom of Hauser Lake at Wolf Creek producing cold waters rich with weed beds and abundant aquatic insects and other macro invertebrates upon which trout feed. Growth rates are high for trout in the Missouri and the average rainbow is often in the 16-19" class. Some large browns also patrol the river. The "Mo" is often referred to as a large spring creek and can provide technical match the hatch fishing over the caddis and pale morning dun hatches of early summer, the early morning trico hatches of August and the blue winged olives of spring and fall. Nymphing can also be productive on the gravel drop offs and seams.
Accommodations
The lodge offers 13 guest rooms, completely renovated in 2020, with comfortable queen beds and a private bath in each room allowing for a maximum capacity of 26 guests. The lodge provides high-speed internet, a spacious common area with a custom stone fireplace, television, bar, and large decks overlooking the mountains. Guests can take advantage of the golf carts rigged for the evening hatch before enjoying an after dinner campfire. The dining experience is phenomenal with creative dishes prepared by the lodge chef and thoughtfully paired with exceptional wines.
The Lodge Location and Surrounding Area
The lodge is located just upstream of Craig, Montana on the famous tailwater section of the Missouri river. The lodge property borders over a mile of riverfront, giving guests private access to wade/bank fishing opportunities in the evening as well as the opportunity to begin their float trip directly from the lodge and avoided a drive to a public boat ramp.