Cleaned & sanitized daily

1. Guest cabins will be sanitized and cleaned daily.  Special disinfecting will be focused on high touch surfaces such as doorknobs, light switches, faucets, etc.  This will be done throughout the entire camp daily.  There will be disinfecting solution available in each cabin for guest use.  You may elect to not have housekeeping services.

2. All employees will be wearing masks while working at the lodge inside a building.  Employees temperatures are taken in the morning.  Some maintenance employees will not have masks on while performing certain landscaping jobs such as mowing.

3. Dinner will be served in the River Room where each group can have your own table.  Guests will be separated by 6 ft. unless they are family or friends.

4. Cocktail hour will be held outside, weather permitting, where guests can roam around the deck of the lodge enjoying the spectacular views of the Big Hole River.   Appetizers will be on individual plates.  Otherwise, guests can take drinks and apps to your cabins,

5.  Gloves are required by all staff in our kitchen.  Guests are asked not to enter the kitchen area.

Guest protocols to protect

1.  Guests are asked to wear masks while at the lodge and in airport shuttle vehicles.  Masks will be available at stations throughout the camp if you don’t have your own.  Masks can be removed for meals and while inside cabins.  You can discuss with your guide as to how you want to proceed with masks in their vehicles.

2.  All guests and employees should abide by social distancing protocols.  No hugs or handshakes.  A 6 ft. distance will be maintained between other employees and guests.  Coughing or sneezing into your elbow, when possible.  We will encourage you to wash your hands frequently and thoroughly and hand sanitizer can be used when washing is not available.  Hand sanitizer will be available at stations throughout the camp and in your cabin.

3. Guests can get their fishing licenses in our Fly Shop on site. There won’t be any need to leave the grounds or rivers.

4. If flying to get here, we strongly recommend renting a car.  It will eliminate a difficult social distancing situation with our shuttle drivers and gives you the flexibility to drive yourself to the river.  We can also arrange for transportation to the lodge in our vehicles with your party alone with our drivers.  We will insist on masks to be worn on the trip to the lodge.

5. Guests will receive an email or phone call inside of a week prior to their arrival to confirm good health, no symptoms and to go over our plan of operations for a Covid-19-FREE experience.  Guests will have their temperatures taken on arrival.  Anybody with a temperature over 100.4 will be quarantined on site.  We can also assist guests in getting you further testing in a hospital in Butte, Montana.

Guide & staff Protocols

1.  Guides will wear masks and gloves while preparing lunch coolers.  They will give you a clean water bottle for the day.  Your guide can refill it after you remove the cap.  Glove & mask protocols can be modified between you and your guide - our guides are committed to your safety & enjoyment so they will be more than happy to work with you.

2.  Guests will have the option to travel to the rivers in their guide’s vehicle with masks worn by all or go in their own vehicle or a lodge vehicle (limited supply).  At the end of the fishing trip when the guests arrive at the take-out, the guide will wipe down his vehicle before anyone gets in.  Back at the lodge the boats are pressure washed every day and vehicles will again be wiped down.

3. Rods & Tangles: Rod handles will be disinfected after the guide’s initial rigging at the boat ramp and passed to the guest or stored in the boat.  Any work or tangles after that should be done with the guest holding the rod by the handle and only the guide handling the terminal tackle.  The idea is the guide doesn’t touch the handle and the guest doesn’t touch the terminal gear during the course of the day.  Guests should avoid hooking up their flies.  Let them hang.