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Madison River

Waterway

Fifty-mile riffle from Quake Lake to Ennis fished mostly from drift boats for wild browns and rainbows, with strong salmonfly and caddis…

Yellowstone River

Waterway

Longest undammed river in the lower 48, floated through Paradise Valley and the Livingston area for browns, rainbows and Yellowstone cutthroat, with…

Missouri River

Waterway

Tailwater below Holter Dam near Craig with thousands of rainbows and browns per mile in weedy, spring-creek-like flows, floated from Wolf Creek…

Gallatin River

Waterway

Freestone canyon river below Yellowstone National Park, mostly wade fishing for rainbows, browns and whitefish through the canyon, with limited floating on…

Bitterroot River

Waterway

Braided valley river floated from Darby down to Missoula for westslope cutthroat, rainbows and browns, with a skwala stonefly hatch in March…

Big Hole River

Waterway

Famous freestone with the last river-dwelling arctic grayling in the lower 48, floated from Wise River through Melrose for browns and rainbows,…

Clark Fork

Waterway

Large recovering river floated by drift boat and raft from Drummond through the Missoula reach for rainbows, browns and cutthroat, with fishing…

Provo River

Waterway

Middle Provo between Jordanelle and Deer Creek reservoirs is a heavily fished tailwater close to Salt Lake City with wild browns and…

South Fork Snake River

Waterway

Tailwater below Palisades Dam floated by drift boat through Swan Valley and the canyon for Yellowstone cutthroat, browns and rainbows, with famous…

Henrys Fork

Waterway

Spring-fed tailwater below Island Park Dam through Box Canyon and the Harriman Ranch, floated in the canyon and waded on the flats…