Small streams, Fall Fishing and Randolph Scott It is cool this morning, more September than August. I am watching the 1958 movie, Buchanan Rides Alone sta rring Randolph Scott, where the bad guys will all eat a .44 before the movie ends. My idea of summer time bliss: a Randolph Scott move in the morning and hopper fishing […]
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Montana is still the last best place; the best place to get lost in, to get found in, the best place to live in and best place to visit. The goal for most people coming to Montana is to see Yellowstone Park, Glacier Park and everything in between. We also have cities and towns of great historical value and interest. The wild west is still the wild west you can explore and still not see another human being for days.
Fortunately, we are able to offer folks most everything someone would come to Montana for: untamed natural beauty, wilderness experiences, a peek into the past, a slower pace to live by. Fly fishing is more than fishing and Montana is more than words can describe, it is a feeling you have to experience for yourself.
Fly Fishing in Southwest Montana – Smith River Float Trips
Healing Waters Lodge is an Orvis endorsed fly fishing lodge with a stellar reputation and we are also the largest fly fishing outfitter on Montana’s coveted, Smith River. Mike Geary continues to successfully own and operate, Lewis & Clark Expeditions, for over 25 years. Our Smith River fly fishing float trip is 59 river miles […]
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Last week we had the good fortune of hosting Tammy and John, guests of Harlan (who has been coming to Healing Waters Lodge for 15 years) and his wife, Amy, all soon to become “in-laws” as their children marry. Orvis review written by John and Tammy: “We went for the friendships, we stayed for the […]
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So it begins high in the Beaverhead Mountains, the Big Hole River flows for 153 miles through a fly fishing wonderland filled with Brook, Rainbow, Brown and Cutthroat trout. The Big Hole is the last remaining habitat for fluvial Arctic Grayling in the contiguous United States. Along the Big Hole corridor are fishing access sites […]
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Final day of hosting a great group from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, guests, guides, and volunteers. Pictured Bottom row left to right: Dudley, Terry, Tony, Gary, Rick, Tony, Laura, Tom, Luke, Johnathan, Catherine, Gary. Top row right to left: Ray, Rick, Eric, John, Mike, Troy, Bart and Dr. Clark.
Continue reading "Fly Fishing in Southwest Montana with Healing Waters Lodge" »Fishing, Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, and More Fishing
At Healing Waters Lodge we are intimately involved with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by Retired Navy Captain Ed Nicholson. Below are testimonials from two friends of ours who assisted us last summer at the lodge working with disabled veterans. They also represent the quality and character of the […]
Continue reading "Fishing, Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, and More Fishing" »Fly Fishing the Big Hole River with Healing Waters Lodge in Southwest Montana
Big Hole River Description So it begins high in the Beaverhead Mountains, the Big Hole River flows for 153 miles through a fly fishing wonderland filled with Brook, Rainbow, Brown and Cutthroat trout. The Big Hole is the last remaining habitat for fluvial Arctic Grayling in the contiguous United States. Along the Big Hole corridor […]
Continue reading "Fly Fishing the Big Hole River with Healing Waters Lodge in Southwest Montana" »Fishing Over the Immortal Nakedness of Montana
Fishing Over the Immortal Nakedness of Montana “The sea, autumn mildness, islands bathed in light, fine rain spreading a diaphanous veil over the immortal nakedness of Greece. Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea.” A passage from the novel, Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. […]
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Over 200 years ago, Lewis and Clark discovered the Beaverhead River hoping to find a Northwest Passage. William Clark was overheard saying, “Oops” when they realized their portage over the Rockies was going to be an extra 250 miles. So it goes…. Today, the Beaverhead River flows out of Clark Canyon Reservoir Dam creating one […]
Continue reading "Fly Fishing the Beaverhead River" »Montana Snow Pack Survey = Fly Fishing and more
Healing Waters Lodge and Lewis & Clark Expeditions Smith River fly fishing trips depend on water, of course. Online, we follow the abundance of information posted on the Montana Natural Resource Conservation Services Snow Survey site. The information is gathered by the NRCS National Water and Climate Center and other monitoring organizations and placed on this site […]
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