It’s About the Guide Kadi de Rakoff (standing) and guide, Bill Denruyter This fall, my friend and fellow fisherman, Arkadi de Rakoff (Kadi) spent two weeks filming Healing Waters Lodge, our guides and the rivers we fish in Montana. There isn’t anything ambivalent about the landscape of Montana, it overwhelms the senses with something raw, […]
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Mike Geary, owner of Healing Waters Lodge and Lewis & Clark Expeditions Fly Fishing Outfitters is actively involved with the local chapter and lifetime member of Montana Trout Unlimited which supports and engages in activities of the local biologist for Montana’s Fish, Wildlife, and Park; the Beaverhead Watershed Committee; FWP Smith River Corridor Committee; Missouri River Watershed and more. Supports and actively involved with Montana Land Reliance-Ruby Habitat Foundation in the heart of the Ruby valley.
What a difference a week makes!
Just arrived to Healing Waters Lodge are six soldiers sent to us from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing for a week’s stay at the lodge. Gentlemen from the Weiland Build group and their clients are also here and sponsoring the soldiers. We also have a couple of special volunteers that help us with every aspect of making […]
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Healing Waters Lodge is an ORVIS Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge offering a Fall Fly Fishing School: Six night stay at Healing Waters Lodge, with all meals included, 5 days of fall fly fishing instruction and guided fly fishing, all for $2,995 per person. Please contact Mike Geary today, 406-459-2030 for details.
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In Guides We Trust The morning of September 11, 2001, two jets collided into New York City’s Twin Towers. Minutes later policemen and firemen are running to assist. They didn’t stop to think about someone’s race, or what religion or what their tax returns looked like. There were people in a crisis and they rushed […]
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Sunset on the Smith River with Lewis & Clark Expeditions Outfitters (aka Healing Waters Lodge). Five day-4 night float down 59 rivers miles with the largest outfitter on the Smith. Call Mike Geary for details, 406-459-2030. Photo taken by Gearboater Extraordinaire (and all around great guy), Jensen Howard.
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Healing Waters Lodge is proud to offer peaceful and scenic guided trips along the Beaverhead River. With over 30 years of experience and numerous guests satisfied, our staff at Healing Waters Lodge knows what it takes to provide every guest with a genuine Montana experience. Not only do you get to see the beautiful rivers […]
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The Smith river is high and muddy and runoff has begun. Worms, worms, worms and more worms. Photo credit: Jenson Howard
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25 Days Until Salmon Flies Arrive at the Big Hole River Salmon Flies are bumbling, clumsy, large stoneflies possessing an odd power of attraction. This attraction or almost gravitational pull entices anglers from all over the planet in pursuing the Salmon Fly Hatch. The only thing that outnumbers the anglers is the trout chasing […]
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Dave Delisi, Resource Manager for Ruby Habitat Foundation explaining the conservation and education program for the Woodson Ranch in the Ruby Valley. Healing Waters Lodge can make special arrangements for our guests to explore the property and wet a line.
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A great day on the Jefferson River with our guest Jim B., who is taking part in the Fish Like a Guide, But Live Like a Client fly fishing school at Healing Waters Lodge. He definitely gets an A+
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