Montana Guiding Company 2025 Season Wrap Up
Our fly fishing season is western Montana has officially come to an end this month as the last Montana Guiding Company boats hit the ramps a few weeks ago. It was a great season for us, culminating with a mild fall that let us extend our fishing window well into November. It’s always melancholic to […]
Montana Fall Fly Fishing
As we approach the end of August and the beginning of September, the nights rapidly become longer and cooler, the sun starts to lean lower in the afternoon sky, and fly fishermen prepare for a change in the seasons. Fall is one of the best times to fish in Montana. Crowds disappear, hatches come out, […]
Summer Fly Fishing in Missoula Montana
If you’re traveling to Missoula, Montana in the summertime, there’s a plethora of activities for you and your family. Going on a guided fly fishing trip is maybe the single best way to spend a day. Summer fly fishing in Missoula is hard to beat due to the combination of the weather, scenery, and diversity […]
Missoula Montana Skwala Hatch
This Spring has been one for the books for Montana Guiding Company. Our Missoula Montana Fly Fishing Guides have been out on the rivers for the last couple months casting dry flies to wild trout. The Skwala hatch and Spring fishing is some of the very best of the year, if not the best. We […]
Missouri River Fly Fishing Guides
The Missouri River is the culmination of many of the most famous trout waters in Montana. The Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin rivers converge near Three Forks, Montana to form this behemoth of a watershed. A little ways downstream is where the part of the Missouri we focus on comes out from beneath Holter Dam. This […]
Missoula Fly Fishing Trips For Beginners
Learning to fish the waters of Montana or the western United States can be an intimidating task. There are endless options of rivers, lakes, and streams to fish, and many people wonder whether to hire a guide or not. Fly fishing trips in the Missoula area provide for a vast array of choices and opportunities […]
What city in Montana has the best fly fishing?
he state of Montana is considered by many to be the best state for fly fishing in the lower 48, and some would even say it’s one of the absolute best places in the world. We’re a little biased, of course, but once you see how many places there are to fish in this state, […]
Guided Fly Fishing 2024 in Photos
As we wrap up Montana Guiding Company’s first full year in business, we look back on some of the best moments of the year. 2024 was filled with so many great days on the water, both with people that I’ve known and fished with for many years, as well as new friendships that were made. […]
Hosted Trips: Louisiana Redfish
We just got back from an epic trip with our friend Capt. Scott Stanko of Tailing Red Anglers. Scott is a long time friend and colleague of mine in the guiding industry. After years of sending me pictures of giant Redfish each fall, I finally put a trip together for this year. I brought down […]
Fall Photos: Most Scenic Time of the Year
Fall can provide great fishing, and opportunities at rising trout. This autumn has been a little tougher due to low flows and warm and sunny weather. Typically, fall fishing is best when conditions are cooler, cloudier with decent streamflows. With that being said, we’ve still found some pretty good fish out there and had a […]