Fishing guides on the Bighorn River.

The Bighorn River is fished by 22 guides in the Driftline directory, across Montana and Wyoming. Book straight with the guide. Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

22 guides · Montana and Wyoming

The Bighorn River is fished by 22 guides in the Driftline directory. They are based in Thermopolis, WY, Fort Smith, MT, and St. Xavier, MT, plus 10 other towns. Trips run as drift boat, walk and wade, backcountry, and stillwater for brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, pike, and arctic grayling. 7 of the 22 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example year round and April through November). You book straight with the guide: Driftline takes no commission and charges nothing to be listed.

On the Bighorn River, photographed by Big Horn Guide ServiceBig Horn, WY
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22 guides on the Bighorn River
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Which guides fish the Bighorn River?

Big Horn Guide Service, Big Horn Valley Ranch, Bighorn Angler, Bighorn Drifters, Bighorn River Lodge, and Buglife Flyfishing, and 16 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 Bighorn River?

Guides here run trips for brown trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, pike, arctic grayling, brook trout, snake river fine-spotted cutthroat trout, and trout. 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 Bighorn River?

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

When can you fish the Bighorn River with a guide?

7 of the 22 list a season, and the dates vary by operation (for example year round and April through November).

Where is the Bighorn River fished from?

The guides listed here work out of Thermopolis, WY, Fort Smith, MT, St. Xavier, MT, Craig, MT, Bozeman, MT, and Casper, WY, plus 7 other towns.

Do you need a fishing licence?

Yes, and it is the licence of the state you fish, not the guide's. Buy your own from Wyoming Game & Fish Department and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Each guide's page links the agency for their state.

How do you book a guide on the Bighorn 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.

More on the water: Bighorn River on Wikipedia.

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