Fly Fishing at KRO
A trip to the Kootenai River valley offers a variety of fly fishing choices. Whether you will be spending the day with one of our guides or venturing off to explore on your own rest assured that you will find many different types of water to choose from. Guests staying in our Creekside Guest Houses also have private access to almost 3 miles of Lake Creek, the lower Kootenai's finest tributary.
Northwest Montana is blessed with abundant precipitation during our winters giving rise to everything from large rivers where a drift boat or raft is almost a necessity to fish them properly, to smaller streams and creeks that make for easy wading. Dozens of trout filled high mountain lakes also dot the area.
For guided fishing with us, our main focus is on the "Big Water" of the Kootenai where you will spend the day fly fishing and floating with expert guides that have spent many years on this water. Native Columbia Redband Rainbow and Westslope Cutthroat Trout are our primary targets in this river.
A typical day on the Kootenai is at least 8 hours with start times varying as the season progresses. We fish the Kootenai from drift boats to give us access to those places that would other wise be inaccessible on foot. We do however stop as needed to get out and fish the back channels, islands, gravel bars and such. We won't keep you confined to the boat all day.
The Kootenai is primarily an evening fishery especially during the summer when we may be on the water till at least 10 pm. During those periods we will not start till noon or 1 pm. Earlier and later in the season we adjust times accordingly.
Maybe you're a seasoned fly fisherman that would like to spend a day with a guide just to get to know the area and then venture off on your own. Or maybe you'd like a little more instruction and practice on your casting and presentation. What ever your needs we will be happy to help out.
