Montana Fishing Guides

Montana Fishing Guides works the Missouri River tailwater in the forty miles below Holter Dam, launching from Craig and Wolf Creek. Craig itself is a settlement of roughly thirty residents with a post office, a campground, fly shops and a couple of bars, and the river beside it is what the town exists for. The operation counts about 6,000 catchable rainbows and 500 brown trout per mile in this water, averaging around 5,500 trout per mile overall, with fish commonly running sixteen to twenty inches. Conditions through this reach suit floating, and trips go out in drift boats. Half-day, full-day and multi-day trips are all offered, and longer weekend itineraries can be assembled. Guides handle reading the water and matching the hatch through the season, choose the flies, and coordinate the practical side of a trip including where guests stay.