What: Presentations on our fly fishing vacation packages When: January 21, starting at 2:00 p.m. Where: Austin Orvis Store, 10000 Research Blvd, Austin TX, phone: 512-795-8004 Who: Mike Geary, Owner, Healing Waters Lodge and Lewis & Clark Expeditions Mike will be at the Austin Orvis store to present our Healing Waters Lodge fly fishing vacation […]
Continue reading "You are Invited! Special Presentation by Mike Geary" »Category: Float Fishing
Whether you are on our guided trip floating for 60 miles down the Smith River or staying at Healing Waters Lodge and headed out for the day on the Beaverhead, Big Hole, Jefferson, or Madison, float fishing is the name of the game. Our guides use hard boats and rafts, depending on their preference and what the rivers dictate. One advantage of float fishing is maximizing coverage of available water and increasing your angling opportunities. Our experienced guides have it all going on simultaneously: navigating the boat, guiding the anglers, and searching for opportunities down stream. When float fishing, guides position the boat giving the angler the best possible opportunity at landing a cast in the best possible place. Float fishing can cover as much river as you want, from put in to take out, a half-day to all day, to a really long day, it is all negotiable and doable. Walk-wading is always an option during your float trip. Often times, there are islands, banks and channels to explore, your guide can stop and park and anglers can work a section.
Looking For Sponsors for PHWFF – Week July 4-9
PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING AND HEALING WATERS LODGE – JULY 4-9 Healing Waters Lodge continues to support of the men and women in military service through Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, PHWFF, a non-profit organization founded by Retired Navy Captain Ed Nicholson, that uses fly fishing as a rehabilitative program for our wounded services […]
Continue reading "Looking For Sponsors for PHWFF – Week July 4-9" »Knowledge is Good
Knowledge is Good “Knowledge is Good” Faber College, from the 1978 movie, Animal House Now that we have paid tribute to higher education, we remind all anglers that regardless of your skill level, we are offering two “Fish Like a Guide, But, Live Like a Client” fly fishing schools in April. This package includes six nights […]
Continue reading "Knowledge is Good" »Fly Fishing School – April 14-19 and April 23-29
Fly Fishing Schools: April 14-19 and April 23-29 Great package price includes 6 nights lodging and all meals, 5 days of classroom instruction and guided fly fishing on local waters. The school is designed for anyone with the desire to improve their fly fishing knowledge, skills and ability, increase opportunities for catching fish, elevate the fun-factor in a […]
Continue reading "Fly Fishing School – April 14-19 and April 23-29" »Nuances of Fly Fishing School – April 14-19 and 23-29
Fly Fishing Schools: April 14-19 and April 23-29 Great package price includes 6 nights lodging and all meals, 5 days of classroom instruction and guided fly fishing on local waters. The school is designed for anyone with the desire to improve their fly fishing knowledge, skills and ability, increase opportunities for catching fish, elevate the fun-factor in a […]
Continue reading "Nuances of Fly Fishing School – April 14-19 and 23-29" »Naughty or Nice? Santa’s call not ours! We just want to take you fly fishing!
A 2017 fly fishing trip to Healing Waters Lodge or a 5 day float trip down the coveted Smith River would make a great gift. Our lodge can accommodate up to 18 people and a Smith River float trip can accommodate up to 8 clients. The Lodge is open from April 1 to the end of […]
Continue reading "Naughty or Nice? Santa’s call not ours! We just want to take you fly fishing!" »It’s About the Guide – Movie Intro
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, […]
Continue reading "It’s About the Guide – Movie Intro" »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 […]
Continue reading "What a difference a week makes!" »Happy Birthday to Mike Geary, Fly Fishing Outfitter and Life Coach
Mike is celebrating his Medicare Eligible birthday today. Needless to say, it is a very exciting time here in the magnificent Ruby valley. Even on his birthday, Mike is working the phone booking a couple of Smith River trips and two more groups who want to book the entire lodge for a weeks stay in 2017. You are […]
Continue reading "Happy Birthday to Mike Geary, Fly Fishing Outfitter and Life Coach" »Fall season in the Ruby Valley in Southwest Montana
Gorgeous photo looking eastward in the magnificent Ruby valley taken by recent guest, Anne Ruttle of RuttleWild. Anne and her husband, Paul, fished all types of weather here this past week.
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