Fish with us on these Montana Rivers
"Montana has some of the most pristine fly fishing rivers
in North America and you can share the best of the best with Jay Dixon
Adventures."
Depending on several factors, fly fishing trips will be on
the Bitterroot River, Blackfoot
River, Clark Fork River, the
Missouri River or Rock Creek.
The
Bitterroot River
With the large, jagged granite mountains of the Bitterroot Range in the
back drop, this river offers incredible views along with some of the best
dry fly fishing in the World. We start fishing this river (with dry flies)
in March, and fish it almost all year thru October.. It is a large fluvial
basin that holds many springs, channels and log jams. The upper stretches
are almost entirely different in fisheries and character than the lower
river. We catch a lot of our trophy browns on this river throughout the
year. From basic pocket and riffle fishing on the upper, to site casting
a monster trout in a spring on the lower river, this river has beautiful
scenery and spectacular fly fishing.
The Blackfoot River
The Blackfoot River, famous from Norman Macleans A
River Runs Through It, is one of the prettiest rivers we float on. We have canyons, rapids,
and boulders that offer exciting fishing all year. Some of the most exhilarating
trips we offer are during high flows, when there are class 3 and 4 rapids
we float while we fish! This is the season for the large browns that lurk
in the river. Most of our fishing during the year is for native Cutthroat
trout in crystal clear water with riffles, pockets, and deep green pools.
If you want to be “haunted by waters,” The Big Blackfoot is
a great river to explore with our guides.
The Clark Fork River
The Clark Fork is a large freestone river that all of our rivers in Western
Montana drain into. It is one of the largest river systems in the Columbia
River Basin, and the largest river in Montana, by volume, There are over
300 miles of the Clark Fork, and we float on many of them. With this much
water, there is a wide variety of sections to choose from that have their
own personality. Besides the runoff in June, we fish this river all season.
There are great hatches that provide awesome dry fly fishing, and we usually
average 16” rainbow trout, and land a trophy on almost every trip.
The size of this river can be intimidating to most, but our guides are
experienced on over 150 miles of this river!
The Missouri River
Known
as the land of giants, this tail water fishery has some of the best trophy
trout fishing in the world. The Missouri River is located in central Montana.
Although some of the fishing on this river can be technical, there can
also be fantastic dry fly fishing with large fly patterns. This river holds
over 5000 trout per mile in the upper reaches, and the hatches can be thick.
We float this river all year, and can be a nice option during our runoff,
and drought seasons. We have some special trips in this region
in late May and early June, when there are some exceptional opportunities
to have some of the best fishing of the season with very few people around.
Jay is one of the few outfitters in Western Montana that specializes in
hunting large browns on “The Mo.” The best way to describe the Missouri
is to use a quote from a client and experienced fly fisherman, “Floating
the Missouri with Dixon Adventures is a life changing experience.”
Rock Creek
This is one of Montana’s many Blue Ribbon Trout Streams that has incredible fishing and views. We offer trips in the non permitted areas outside the Lolo National Forest. We can float the upper stretches in June and wade fish after June. There is a healthy population of Cutthroat and Browns that average about 15 inches. Some of the world’s most spectacular scenery. We often float more than 20 miles in one day! This is an incredible float trip, that can only be done during a short period of time. The summer can provide excellent wade fishing trips on Upper Rock Creek for native Cutthroat Trout.
