YELLOWSTONE FLY FISHING CO.

float fishing

Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone is our home water flowing out of Yellowstone National Park through beautiful Paradise Valley. We offer full day and half day float trips on various stretches of the Yellowstone from Gardiner to east of Big Timber. The Yellowstone is the large freestone river and is the longest undammed river in the continental United States. This river is home to Brown, Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout. 

Boulder River

The Boulder is a tributary of the Yellowstone. It flows North out of the Absaroka Mountains and meets the Yellowstone around Big Timber, MT. When water levels allow us, we utilize rafts with fishing frames to float the lower sections of this river. Our full day float trips on the Boulder are filled with beautiful scenery and excellent trout fishing.

Wade Fishing iN Yellowstone National Park

Our walk wade trips take place in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Park is filled with countless trout streams. Fishing in the Park should be on the bucket list of all anglers. 

Gardiner River

The Gardner is a tributary to the Yellowstone River. It begins in the Gallatin Range in the backcountry of Yellowstone, flows through the park and enters the Yellowstone River in Gardiner, MT, the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The upper Gardner above Osprey Falls is a great small Brook Trout fishery while the lower Gardner is home to Brown, Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout.

Lamar River

This tributary to the Yellowstone is nestled in the premiere wildlife valley of Yellowstone National Park. The Lamar Valley is home to thousands of bison as well as elk, moose, coyote, wolves, bears and more. The Lamar River begins in the Absaroka Mountains and flows about 40 miles through the northeast part of Yellowstone. Host to a healthy Cutthroat population, the Lamar is one of our favorite rivers to fish.

Slough Creek

This iconic trout stream begins in the Beartooth Mountains outside of the Park and flows southwest into the Lamar River. As the name suggests this slow moving creek can be technically challenging but anglers targeting these native Cutthroats with dry flies can be rewarded with a trophy trout.

Soda Butte Creek

This beautiful stretch of water begins just outside the northeast corner of the Park and is a tributary to the Lamar River. Access is easy and the Cutthroat Trout are plentiful, dry fly fishing can be excellent and Soda Butte flows through one of the most scenic areas of the Park.

Fire Hole River

Fishing the Firehole is a truly unique experience. Anglers are surrounded by geysers, hot springs and wildlife. The Firehole starts in the backcountry of Yellowstone and flows through the park to meet with the Gibbon River to form the Madison River near Madison Junction. Prolific hatches and warmer than average water temperatures make the Firehole a great early season option while fishing in the Park. 

Gibbon River

The Gibbon flows out of Grebe Lake through the Park about 25 miles to meet with The Firehole to form the Madison River. Different stretches of the Gibbon can provide various angling experiences. The Upper Gibbon anglers have opportunities to catch Cutthroat Trout and Arctic Grayling. While further downstream, the Gibbon holds a healthy population of Brown and Rainbow Trout. 

Madison RIver

The headwaters of the Madison River is located in the Park near Madison Junction. The river flows west and out of the Park near West Yellowstone. This beautiful stretch of river becomes too warm to fish mid summer but can be a great early and late season option for Browns and Rainbows.

Lake Fishing

Lewis Lake

Lewis Lake is a stunning Lake located in the South Central part of Yellowstone National Park, it feeds into the headwaters of the Snake River. We fish this lake with a outboard motor on drift boats and search for brown trout and lake trout. This is a diverse trip because you have the option to fish the lake or motor across to Lewis Channel between Shoshone Lake and Lewis Lake, where there are great fly fishing opportunities in the flowing channel. Typically we focus on fishing Lewis in June and start fishing it again in September into October.

Yellowstone Lake

Yellowstone Lake is the largest high elevation lake (lakes above 7,000 feet) in North America. The lake is over 130 square miles and provides world class cutthroat fishing. With trophy sized Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout this is our guides favorite fishery to fish.