Fishing guides on the Big Hole River.

The Big Hole River is fished by 16 guides in the Driftline directory in Montana. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

16 guides · Montana

The Big Hole River is fished by 16 guides in the Driftline directory. They are based in Dillon, MT, Wise River, MT, and Hamilton, MT, plus 9 other towns. Trips run as drift boat, walk and wade, stillwater, and jet boat for rainbow trout, brown trout, westslope cutthroat trout, brook trout, and arctic grayling. 2 of the 16 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example apr to Nov and year round). You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

On the Big Hole River, photographed by Backcountry AnglerBackcountry Angler, MT
On the Big Hole River
16 guides on the Big Hole River
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Which guides fish the Big Hole River?

Backcountry Angler, Big Hole Lodge, Bitterroot River Guides, Complete Fly Fisher, FishTales Outfitting, and Great Waters Inn, and 10 more listed below. Every listing links straight to that operation, with their own water, phone number, and booking page.

What fish can you catch on the Big Hole River?

Guides here run trips for rainbow trout, brown trout, westslope cutthroat trout, brook trout, arctic grayling, mountain whitefish, cutthroat trout, and grayling. What is biting shifts through the year, so the guide sets the day around what is fishing best.

What kind of trips run on the Big Hole River?

drift boat, walk and wade, stillwater, and jet boat trips. Trip lengths, group sizes, and what is included are set by each guide directly.

When can you fish the Big Hole River with a guide?

2 of the 16 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example apr to Nov and year round).

Where is the Big Hole River fished from?

The guides listed here work out of Dillon, MT, Wise River, MT, Hamilton, MT, Sheridan, MT, Melrose, MT, and Twin Bridges, MT, plus 6 other towns.

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes: everyone fishing Montana waters needs a valid Montana fishing licence, bought in your own name from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Guides do not sell it for you.

How do you book a guide on the Big Hole River?

You book directly with the guide, from their own listing. Driftline takes no commission and no booking fee, so the price you get is the guide's own.

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