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The Gallatin continues to produce! Photo: Guide Johnny Noreika

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For more than 25 years, George Anderson’s Yellowstone Angler has provided thousands of fly fishermen the gear and advice they need to be better anglers. We fly fish the best rivers in Montana including the Yellowstone River, Madison River, Yellowstone Park, Missouri River, Bighorn River, Armstrong's Spring Creek, DePuy's Spring Creek, Nelson's Spring Creek, Boulder River, and many more Montana Rivers & Lakes . Need a Montana fly fishing guide? We are a booking agent for some of Montana's most in demand fly fishing guides. These Montana fly fishing guides love their job, and are eager to share a Montana fly fishing experience with you. There is a difference between knowing where big fish should be and where big fish are! More importantly, these top Montana fly fishing guides understand that you are out here to have fun!

Our store is located in scenic Livingston, Montana, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, just up the road from the world famous Paradise Valley spring creeks. The Yellowstone Angler provides a fly selection of over 1800 patterns and sizes, for everything from Montana trout (big browns, rainbows, and cutthroat) to fly fishing for bass, pike, steelhead, salmon and the numerous varieties of saltwater game fish (big tarpon, permit, bonefish, snook, redfish, and barracuda). You’ll enjoy our broad selection of fly rods (Winston Fly Rods, Sage Fly Rods, G-Loomis Fly rods, Hardy Proaxis and Hardy Zenith rods, Gray's Rods, St. Croix, Temple Fork Fly rods, and Tom Morgan Fly rods), reels (Ross Reels, Tibor reels, Abel reels, Temple Fork reels, G. Loomis, Orvis, Hardy, ect.), other fly fishing tackle, as well as outdoor clothing, fly fishing artwork, and gift items.

We specialize in flies, fly fishing tackle, and booking guided trips for the Paradise Valley spring creeks, private trophy lakes, fly fishing Yellowstone National Park waters and the Yellowstone River, but you'll also find a wide selection of gear for fly fishing around the world. We're also experts on saltwater fly fishing, from bonefish, permit, and tarpon to rooster fish, snook, redfish, barracuda, sharks, and billfish.

Our goal is to help you have a great fly fishing trip, whether in Montana or half way around the world. Our staff are all accomplished fly fishermen, and many of us travel world wide in search of new and exciting fly fishing destinations. Please join us on one of our many hosted fly fishing trips around the world...

You'll love being treated like a friend at the Yellowstone Angler. Our name and great reputation will bring you out here, our friendly atmosphere here in the shop along with quick, personal service will bring you back. We are always happy to take the time to help you get started in fly fishing, give advice on more complex tackle requirements, or just answer your questions on fishing, Montana stream conditions and local hatches.

The Yellowstone Angler Newsletter

As some of you may know, we have been sending out a quarterly newsletter to friends and clients that has been fun reading, and has included our controversial rod shootouts. We will have the newsletters archived on this web site. If you didn't receive it or would like to take a look, please follow the link below to see what we are doing. The newsletter will also feature articles about what is happening at the shop, international fly fishing travel hosted trips we are doing, updates on Montana fly fishing and special fly fishing tackle deals. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter, sign up using the box in the upper right hand corner of this page. After you sign up, add news@yellowstoneangler.com to your address book to help ensure proper delivery.

Winter 2008 Newsletter (8-weight Contenders)

Spring 2007 Newsletter (8-weight shootout)

X-mas 2006 (5 weight shootout)

Fall 2006 Newsletter (Big Fish 2006)
Spring 2006 Newsletter (Seasonal Hatches)

Holiday 2005 Newsletter (Fall fishing in Alaska)
Summer 2005 Newsletter (Tarpon Time)

Spring 2005 Newsletter (Livingston Spring Time Fishing)

Fall 2004 Newsletter (Winston BIIX-vs-G-Loomis GLX)

One of the 30 inch plus fall rainbows from a previous fall trip to Enchanted Lake Lodge. Caught by Jerry Phillips in the Big KU and held by one of Enchanted Lake Lodge's guides. If you're looking for the best fly out Alaska fishing lodge for BIG rainbows, Enchanted Lake Lodge is it. Our September trips are the prime time for the largest rainbows and we would love to have you join us. Follow this link for more information on our 2012 trip.

Yellowstone Angler Fly Fishing Trips

Montana and Yellowstone’s Top Fly Fishing Guides

Weather your fly fishing the Yellowstone from a drift boat or wade fly fishing one of Paradise Valley’s Spring Creeks, you’ll enjoy a day fly fishing in Montana by learning from one of Montana’s best fly fishing guides. The Yellowstone Angler acts as a booking agent for the finest and most experience Montana fly fishing guides and outfitters. The majority of the time our Yellowstone fly fishing guides utilize drift boats; on smaller or rockier streams our Montana fly fishing guides utilize inflatable rafts that are equipped for fly fishing. Depending on the river and the weather conditions our Montana fly-fishing guides will often stop to wade fish the better riffles and runs. Relax while your Montana fly fishing guide prepares a gourmet stream side lunch and enjoy the spectacular scenery of Paradise Valley.

Booking your Montana Fly Fishing Guide

The easiest way to book your Montana fly fishing guide is to call us at the shop 406-222-7130. We can discuss dates, where to fish, and the best guide for your style of fishing and any other details for your trip. James Anderson is the person to help book your Montana fly fishing guide, but anyone at the shop can help. You can email us at james@yellowstoneangler.com it’s very important to book your Yellowstone fly fishing guide as early as possible because our top Yellowstone fly fishing guides schedules book early, also if you would like to fly fish the spring creeks it’s important to book early as they often book months in advance.

Call us and let’s discuss your trip! 406-222-7130

We are always pleased to work up an itinerary that’s perfect for you and will help make your Montana fly fishing experience spectacular. We’ve been in the business of guiding and booking Montana fly fishing guides for over 30 years and have the experience and know how to make your trip as good as it can be. We will make all the necessary reservations for you on the private spring creeks, private lakes and will happily assist in booking your lodging and accommodations in Livingston, Montana or Bozeman, Montana. We do all of these services for our clients at no additional charge!

Montana Fly Fishing Deposits, Payments and Refunds

2012 Montana Fly Fishing Guide Trip Rates

Float Trip	1-person $450	2-people $450	3-people $595
Wade Trip	1-person $450	2-people $450	3-people $595
*YNP	1-person $475	2-people $475	3-people $595
**1/2 Day	1-person $350	2-people $350	3-people $475

*YNP = Yellowstone National Park, price includes extra gas

** Half Day Trips not available July 1st - August 31st

Montana Fly Fishing Float Trips: Major "blue ribbon" rivers including the Yellowstone, Bighorn, Madison, Missouri, Jefferson, Gallatin, Ruby, Boulder, and Stillwater River. Most of these call for McKenzie style drift boats, but the smaller rivers may require a raft depending on the time of year.

Montana Fly Fishing Wade Trips: The famous paradise Valley Spring Creeks: Armstrong’s, Depuy’s, Nelson’s, Milesnick's, McCoy's. These spring creeks are on private ranches and the owners charge rod fees of $40-$125 depending on the season and stream. Other good streams we wade fish are the Boulder River, West Boulder River, Stillwater, Gallatin River, East Gallatin, and a handful of "top secret" streams we won't mention on line.

Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park Trips: We are one of a very few select fly shops that maintain a commercial use fishing license inside Yellowstone National Park, which allows our Yellowstone fly fishing guides to take you to superb rivers and streams within Yellowstone National Park including Slough Creek, the Lamar, Soda butte, the Madison, the Firehole, and many others. Those who are willing to "hike and strike" will experience some of the most remote and beautiful streams in the country.

Archived Montana Fly Fishing Reports

Montana Fly Fishing - What to Bring

Meet the Fly Fishing Guides and Outfitters

Yellowstone CFS at Carter's Bridge

Yellowstone CFS at Corwin Springs

Lamar CFS in Yellowstone Park

Photography On The Fly