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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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.
Continue reading "Fall season in the Ruby Valley in Southwest Montana" »Kyle from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing on the Ruby River
Healing Waters Lodge and Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (PHWFF) shared a great week at the lodge in July. Here is Kyle, enjoying a day on the Ruby River, with his guide, Mike Geary. We host PHWFF (a non-profit) 2 trips down the Smith River and multiple visits to Healing Waters Lodge each year. Easily, the most […]
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Healing Waters Lodge is located in the beautiful Ruby valley in southwest Montana. We call the Tobacco Root Mountains and Ruby Range our neighbors and provide us with water for some of the best fisheries to be found in this area. Our experienced guides can provide quick and easy access to the Beaverhead, Big Hole, Jefferson, and Ruby […]
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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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