Montana Angler Fly Fishing Blog

Farmers often despise grasshoppers because they can eat crops, but trout and fly fishermen love grasshoppers because they are a reliable food source for trout and can provide exciting fly fishing opportunities. Our Montana fly fishing guides always look forward to late summer and fishing grasshopper...

Farmers often despise grasshoppers because they can eat crops, but trout and fly fishermen love grasshoppers because they are a reliable food source for trout and can provide exciting fly fishing opportunities. Our Montana fly fishing guides always look forward to late summer and fishing grasshopper...

April in the Bozeman area means a mix of spring, winter, and a hint of summer. Hatches of Blue-Winged Olives can happen any day on any river near Bozeman. Rivers are out of winter mode, and more Montana fly fishing guides are on the water every day than not. Within an hour's drive of Bozeman flow...

April in the Bozeman area means a mix of spring, winter, and a hint of summer. Hatches of Blue-Winged Olives can happen any day on any river near Bozeman. Rivers are out of winter mode, and more Montana fly fishing guides are on the water every day than not. Within an hour's drive of Bozeman flow...

The annual occurrence of the Western March Brown mayfly is a hatch that is widely anticipated in Montana every spring. This hatch is reliable and steady, starting in April and lasting until spring runoff muddies the rivers. Cloudy days during March, April, and May can trigger the most prolific...

The annual occurrence of the Western March Brown mayfly is a hatch that is widely anticipated in Montana every spring. This hatch is reliable and steady, starting in April and lasting until spring runoff muddies the rivers. Cloudy days during March, April, and May can trigger the most prolific...

Truly special places are difficult to describe in words alone. Agua Boa Amazon Lodge is one of those unique destinations. Our trips into the most remote regions of the Amazon basin have become one of our most sought-after global destinations. After recently returning from another week in the wilds...

The Smith River is Montana's penultimate overnight river camping and fishing trip. The primary fishing season on the Smith River runs from late spring through early summer, and then again in September and October. Of all the months of fishing on the Smith River, May is the most dynamic. With pre-...

The Smith River is Montana's penultimate overnight river camping and fishing trip. The primary fishing season on the Smith River runs from late spring through early summer, and then again in September and October. Of all the months of fishing on the Smith River, May is the most dynamic. With pre-...

New Zealand’s South Island is the final frontier for fly anglers, the proving ground to test your skills against the most impressive trout on the planet. Unrolling that perfect cast and watching a big brown come up to sip your dry fly, it just doesn’t get much better than that. Located a world away...