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Distant Waters

        While Parks' Fly Shop only runs guide trip on rivers within an hour and fifteen minutes of our shop, excluding hiking time, many rivers more distant from the shop will be of interest to area visitors.  To a large degree, the rivers included in this section of the Parks' Fly Shop site depend on what our viewers are interested in, so if you'd like to see a river discussed here, please let us know.

        The Lewis and Snake rivers are located at the southern end of Yellowstone Park, and offer a wide range of fishable opportunities, including the odd experience of catching lake trout in flowing water.  Parks' Fly Shop occasionally guides these rivers.  The Bechler and Falls rivers are located in the southwest part of the Park and offer arguably the best wilderness fishing in Yellowstone, though they require a multiday commitment to fish.  PFS does not guide these rivers.  The Gallatin river originates in the Western part of the Park and flows north, one major valley over from the Yellowstone.  With a personal jetpack it'd be a short flight to get to it from Gardiner, but by road it's about two hours or more.  The Boulder river drainage enters the Yellowstone near Big Timber and features a wide range of opportunities, ranging from large browns in the lower river to pocket water rainbows up high to meadow cutthroat fishing in the wilderness of the forks.  The Missouri river offers a huge range of fishing options, from the famous tailwater fishing below Holter Dam to steelhead-sized rainbows below Hauser Dam in the spring to sight fishing for carp below Toston Dam in midsummer.  PFS occasionally guides the stretch below Toston and Hauser dams.  The Bighorn river is another famous tailwater.

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