Madison River Outfitters

This is a fly shop in West Yellowstone, Montana, the town at the park’s west entrance that serves as a staging point for anglers working the surrounding drainages. The store opened in 1981 and has stayed under the same ownership since, selling tackle and gear alongside the guide operation it has run for the same span. Beyond the assigned river, the business books trips on the Gallatin and the Firehole and across Yellowstone National Park, and some of its guides lead winter tours in the park during the colder months. Certified casting instructors and professional fly tiers work behind the counter as well as on the water, which shapes the kind of help available to anglers who walk in with a question.