Our Waters
Experience the Legendary Big Hole River
Where Montana's Magic Flows
The Big Hole, known as "The Last Best River," a fly-fishing paradise whispering with the spirit of the Wild West. Here, in the heart of the Big Hole Valley, the possibilities for anglers are as boundless as the Montana sky. Dry flies dance on the surface, tempting a symphony of trout unlike any other river in the lower 48.
Born high in the Beaverhead Mountains, the Big Hole carves a legendary path through a landscape sculpted by time. From its mountain beginnings, it winds through lush meadows, whispering past rugged canyons, and slides under the shade of cottonwood sentinels. Its journey ends as it joins the Ruby and Beaverhead, forging the mighty Jefferson River. This is Montana in its purest form: untamed, breathtaking, and teeming with life. It’s also a river that will provide all anglers with the purest fly fishing experience found anywhere – an opportunity to cast to wild trout on a western freestone stream in one of the most beautiful valleys on Earth.
It's been said there is no heaven on Earth, but in Montana you can find pieces of it every day.
Our back porch is perched on the banks.
You just can’t get any closer to the fishing that brought you here. Breakfast & dinner are served in the River Room and often times you’ll see our Osprey fishing in the Big Hole, just outside the window, for his meals too.
Float it.
During the fishing season the river changes size in a dramatic fashion. In an average year it will peak at 8,000 cubic feet a second during the spring and drop to 400 cfs by late summer. When the river is big, floating is a must, and covering as much as 25 miles a day is possible. As flows drop during the season the opportunity for wading increases.
Unique and protected.
Every section of the stream offers anglers opportunities to fish for wild trophy rainbow and brown trout, as well as brook trout and fluvial arctic grayling – a fish unique to the Big Hole River in the lower 48. Local ranchers, fishermen, and conservationists have joined forces to monitor and protect the river, making the Big Hole one of the best managed trout streams in America.