Healing Waters Lodge wants to help you get away with outstanding fly fishing trips on the Big Hole River. With over 30 years of experience, we have what it takes to give you the full southwest Montana fly fishing experience. Our skilled guides are knowledgeable and can assist you on any aspect of fly fishing.
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Healing Waters Lodge sits in the heart of the Ruby valley on about 20 acres, with a large trout pond, surrounded by cottonwoods, farm and ranch land with beautiful views in all directions. Healing Waters Lodge property includes:
- Original lodge building: Sitting sitting room, guest business office, bathroom, full kitchen, pool table, and Direct TV television viewing area. Guest room on second floor of the original building. Four additional guest rooms were added to the ground floor of this building: Heritage, Lilly, Granny Yates and Chief Joseph.
- Fly Shop: Stocked with loaner equipment for guest use; and, items for sale such as shirts, jackets, vests, hats, socks, shoes, books, cards, and more.
- Laundry Room: We provide personalized laundry service for our guests.
- Outdoor Hot Tub: Guests can enjoy relaxing after a day of fishing in the outdoor hot tub with a stellar view of farmland leading up to the Ruby Mountain range to the east.
- Four-plex Guest Room Building: Franz Pott and Bitterroot rooms are on the second floor, Henry Plummer and Grayling rooms are on the ground floor.
- Dining Hall Building: Guests enjoy appetizers, beer and wine each evening in the sun-porch room of the dining hall building. The dining hall that can seat up to 23 guests and overlooks the beautiful trout pond. A large professional kitchen accommodates three chefs and kitchen staff in preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for our guests.
- Exercise Room: Has a electric treadmill, lifting bench, and workout station.
- Casting Pond: About an acre in size, the pond is shaped like a figure 8 fed by a circulating creek and has brown and rainbow trout to help our guests practice their casting and catch and release skills. We keep a path mowed around the pond to make it easy to reach the water.
- Lodge Gardens: Former owner, Janet Lilly, is responsible for establishing the beautiful flower beds and plantings around the grounds. The fruit and vegetable garden is a work in progress.
Nine guest rooms are as clean and comfortable as they are unique. Rod holders and wader hooks keep your gear handy and outdoor table and chairs invite conversation and relaxation. Each room has a view to be enjoyed.
- Rookery: Large second floor guest room in the original lodge building. Two queen-sized beds, private tub, walk-in shower, and toilet, dry sauna, and balcony.
- Heritage: Ground floor, pond side room with covered patio, one king-sized bed and private bathroom.
- Lilly: This room is named after Greg and Janet Lilly and reflects some of their personal interests. Ground floor, pond side room with covered patio, two queen-sized beds and private bathroom.
- Granny Yates: This room is named after Greg Lilly’s pioneer Grandmother. Ground floor, pond side room with a patio, two queen-sized beds and private bathroom.
- Henry Plummer: This room is named after Sheriff Henry Plummer Ground floor, valley view of the Ruby Mountain range with covered patio, two queen-sized beds, private bathroom.
- Franz Pott: Second floor above Henry Plummer, valley view of the Ruby Mountain Range with a large deck, two queen-sized beds, private bathroom.
- Grayling: This room is named after the Aluvial Grayling that inhabit the Big Hole River. Valley view of the Ruby Mountain Range with a covered patio, two queen-sized beds and private bathroom.
- Bitterroot: This room is named after the plant. Valley view of the Ruby Mountain range with a large deck, two queen sized-beds and private bathroom.
Healing Waters Lodge Newsletter for February 2016
I am a River to My People Being in the fly fishing business means we are in the optimism business and in our souls, hope springs eternal. If it’s raining outside it might mean that blue winged olives should be coming off the Big Hole. If it windy and hot there could be Hoppers blowing […]
Continue reading "Healing Waters Lodge Newsletter for February 2016" »Fish Like a Guide School at Healing Waters Lodge
Hurry, hurry, hurry! Only two spaces left for the “Fish Like a Guide, But Live Like a Client” fly fishing school at Healing Waters Lodge, May 2-7. Call Mike Geary (406-459-2030) today!
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Fresh and delicious and sometimes fancy. At Healing Waters Lodge we aim to please every appetite.
Continue reading "Fly Fishing in Southwest Montana with Healing Waters Lodge" »Fish Like a Guide, But Live Like a Client – Fly Fishing School
Healing Waters Lodge has space available for the ” Fish Like a Guide, But Live Like a Client” fly fishing schools. Cost includes singe room occupancy and all meals at Healing Waters Lodge for six nights and five days, classroom instruction and guided fishing, one day of spring creek or private water, flies and use […]
Continue reading "Fish Like a Guide, But Live Like a Client – Fly Fishing School" »Fly Fishing Vacation in Southwest Montana
Why choose Healing Waters Lodge for your fly fishing vacation? – We have quick and easy access to private streams, spring creeks, and ponds; the Beaverhead, Big Hole, Jefferson, Madison, and Ruby rivers – 5 day float trips down the coveted Smith River – Veteran fly fishing guides – World class float and wade fishing […]
Continue reading "Fly Fishing Vacation in Southwest Montana" »Snow Pack in Southwest Montana is Good
Google Montana Snow Survey to find important information on Montana’s snow pack. The Jefferson River Basin in southwest Montana is at 95-120%, with more snow potential storms headed our way. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This picture is our interpretation of the snow pack data. Healing Waters Lodge would love to […]
Continue reading "Snow Pack in Southwest Montana is Good" »Wisconsin Creek in Southwest Montana
Wisconsin Creek may not be known as a great trout fishery but Wisconsin Creek is very important to trout, woodland creatures and human piece of mind. The creek journeys out of the Tobacco Root Mountains and into the Ruby River.
Continue reading "Wisconsin Creek in Southwest Montana" »Big Hole Crawler aka The Go-to Fly
True story: I used the same fly, a Big Hole Crawler, with great success for 59 miles down the Smith River for 5 days of float fishing. No matter where I am or what is going on, at some point in my fishing day, a Big Hole Crawler is at the end of my line. […]
Continue reading "Big Hole Crawler aka The Go-to Fly" »Guided Fly Fishing in Southwest Montana
You are in very capable hands of our fly fishing guides whether you are on our Smith River float trip or staying at Healing Waters Lodge and fishing private waters, spring creeks, and the Big Hole, Beaverhead, or Jefferson, Madison, or Ruby rivers. Pictured is Ann R. and her guide Bart holding a gorgeous brown.
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