Guided Fly Fishing & Wooden Boat Days in Southwest Montana
I run a year‑round, owner‑operated program based in Livingston, fishing the Yellowstone and a wider system of rivers, spring creeks, and stillwaters across Southwest Montana.
We don’t guide a single river—we guide a system of rivers, matching your dates and experience level with the water that’s actually fishing best. You reserve a day. We handle the where, the how, and the details.
Have dates in mind? Reaching out early gives us the best chance to line up the right water on the right day for your group.
Choose The Kind of Day You Want
Most groups fall into one of three buckets. If you’re not sure which fits you, pick the closest match and we’ll help from there.
Guided Fly Fishing
Full‑ and half‑day walk‑wade and float trips on the Yellowstone, Paradise Valley spring creeks, Madison, private lakes, and other regional options when they’re at their best.
Best for anglers who want a focused fishing day with local guidance, simple logistics, and water tailored to their experience level.
Scenic Wooden Boat Tours
Private wooden dory floats on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley—built for couples, families, and mixed groups where not everyone wants to fish all day.
Slow pace, time for photos, and room to relax. Easy to pair with a fishing boat for hybrid “one boat fishing, one boat scenic” days.
Instruction & Rowing Classes
Targeted casting, fishing, and rowing instruction on real water so you can make your own good decisions after the day ends.
Includes Yellowstone‑specific rowing classes and multi‑day Montana Trout Camp for anglers who want to accelerate their learning curve.
The Waters Around Livingston
You don’t need to pick a river ahead of time. We match your dates and goals with the right mix of freestones, spring creeks, private lakes, and stillwaters based on current conditions and what kind of day you want.
Yellowstone River
The main river we guide from Gardiner to Columbus. Long freestone runs, classic seams and a full season of hatches.
DePuy’s & Armstrong’s
True spring creeks with clear water, steady flows and technical sight‑fishing. A great place to improve fast.
Madison & Bighorn
Early‑season anchors when flows, clarity and temperatures line up better than local freestones.
Stillwater, Boulder & Shields
Fast pocket water, short seasonal windows and local favorites that feel different from big‑river float days.
Private Lakes
Quiet stillwater options with room to work on casting, retrieve, and presentation. Great for families, newer anglers, and calmer days.
Winter & Spring Rate + Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Winter and early spring are a good time to fish the right water and a smart time to build skills before summer crowds. Spring creeks often offer the most consistent fishing, and Yellowstone rowing classes are ideal for anglers who want more confidence behind the oars before peak season.
Winter & Spring Rate
One all‑in seasonal rate built around the best water for your date. We’ll recommend spring creeks, the Yellowstone, or the Lower Madison based on conditions.
Winter & spring rate: $550 for one or two anglers. Rods, flies, and seasonal setup included.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private one‑on‑one or two‑person rowing instruction on the Yellowstone built around your experience level, your goals, and the kind of water you want to learn on. Drift boats, rafts, wooden dories, and other practical rowing platforms all fit this program.
Best window: March through June, before summer traffic and afternoon wind become a bigger factor on the Yellowstone.
Fishing School & Rowing Instruction
If you want to improve, we keep it practical. Real water, real decisions and repeatable skills you can take anywhere.
Instruction Options
Casting fundamentals, line control, reading water and fly selection for beginners, families and anglers who want cleaner mechanics.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Yellowstone‑specific rowing instruction built for a big, changing freestone. Private days built around confidence, boat control, and real river decisions across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Montana Trout Camp
Multi‑day small group instruction focused on decision making, rigging, reading water and fishing the right water for the moment.
Channel 7 Montana (KTVQ) featured our wooden boat tours on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley. If you want a quick feel for the boats, the river and the pace of the experience, this is the best look.
What Guests Say About Fishing Here
“Matt guided us for several days recently while on a trip to Montana. I am relatively new to fly fishing and he was very patient with me, helped a ton on my casting and kept us smiling the entire time. We will be back.”
Morgan H.
“Best winter fishing experience we have ever had. Quiet water, clear sight shots and Matt put us on fish all day.”
Doug, returning winter angler
Planning & Instruction Reading
Winter on the Paradise Valley Creeks
Why winter sight‑fishing on DePuy’s and Armstrong’s is worth your time, how we pick days and what to expect from a cold weather spring creek trip.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private rowing instruction on the Yellowstone focused on boat control, reading current, and building confidence before the busy season across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Guided Fly Fishing & Wooden Boat Days in Southwest Montana
I run a year‑round, owner‑operated program based in Livingston, fishing the Yellowstone and a wider system of rivers, spring creeks, and stillwaters across Southwest Montana.
We don’t guide a single river—we guide a system of rivers, matching your dates and experience level with the water that’s actually fishing best. You reserve a day. We handle the where, the how, and the details.
Have dates in mind? Reaching out early gives us the best chance to line up the right water on the right day for your group.
Choose The Kind of Day You Want
Most groups fall into one of three buckets. If you’re not sure which fits you, pick the closest match and we’ll help from there.
Guided Fly Fishing
Full‑ and half‑day walk‑wade and float trips on the Yellowstone, Paradise Valley spring creeks, Madison, private lakes, and other regional options when they’re at their best.
Best for anglers who want a focused fishing day with local guidance, simple logistics, and water tailored to their experience level.
Scenic Wooden Boat Tours
Private wooden dory floats on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley—built for couples, families, and mixed groups where not everyone wants to fish all day.
Slow pace, time for photos, and room to relax. Easy to pair with a fishing boat for hybrid “one boat fishing, one boat scenic” days.
Instruction & Rowing Classes
Targeted casting, fishing, and rowing instruction on real water so you can make your own good decisions after the day ends.
Includes Yellowstone‑specific rowing classes and multi‑day Montana Trout Camp for anglers who want to accelerate their learning curve.
The Waters Around Livingston
You don’t need to pick a river ahead of time. We match your dates and goals with the right mix of freestones, spring creeks, private lakes, and stillwaters based on current conditions and what kind of day you want.
Yellowstone River
The main river we guide from Gardiner to Columbus. Long freestone runs, classic seams and a full season of hatches.
DePuy’s & Armstrong’s
True spring creeks with clear water, steady flows and technical sight‑fishing. A great place to improve fast.
Madison & Bighorn
Early‑season anchors when flows, clarity and temperatures line up better than local freestones.
Stillwater, Boulder & Shields
Fast pocket water, short seasonal windows and local favorites that feel different from big‑river float days.
Private Lakes
Quiet stillwater options with room to work on casting, retrieve, and presentation. Great for families, newer anglers, and calmer days.
Winter & Spring Rate + Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Winter and early spring are a good time to fish the right water and a smart time to build skills before summer crowds. Spring creeks often offer the most consistent fishing, and Yellowstone rowing classes are ideal for anglers who want more confidence behind the oars before peak season.
Winter & Spring Rate
One all‑in seasonal rate built around the best water for your date. We’ll recommend spring creeks, the Yellowstone, or the Lower Madison based on conditions.
Winter & spring rate: $550 for one or two anglers. Rods, flies, and seasonal setup included.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private one‑on‑one or two‑person rowing instruction on the Yellowstone built around your experience level, your goals, and the kind of water you want to learn on. Drift boats, rafts, wooden dories, and other practical rowing platforms all fit this program.
Best window: March through June, before summer traffic and afternoon wind become a bigger factor on the Yellowstone.
Fishing School & Rowing Instruction
If you want to improve, we keep it practical. Real water, real decisions and repeatable skills you can take anywhere.
Instruction Options
Casting fundamentals, line control, reading water and fly selection for beginners, families and anglers who want cleaner mechanics.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Yellowstone‑specific rowing instruction built for a big, changing freestone. Private days built around confidence, boat control, and real river decisions across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Montana Trout Camp
Multi‑day small group instruction focused on decision making, rigging, reading water and fishing the right water for the moment.
Channel 7 Montana (KTVQ) featured our wooden boat tours on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley. If you want a quick feel for the boats, the river and the pace of the experience, this is the best look.
What Guests Say About Fishing Here
“Matt guided us for several days recently while on a trip to Montana. I am relatively new to fly fishing and he was very patient with me, helped a ton on my casting and kept us smiling the entire time. We will be back.”
Morgan H.
“Best winter fishing experience we have ever had. Quiet water, clear sight shots and Matt put us on fish all day.”
Doug, returning winter angler
Planning & Instruction Reading
Winter on the Paradise Valley Creeks
Why winter sight‑fishing on DePuy’s and Armstrong’s is worth your time, how we pick days and what to expect from a cold weather spring creek trip.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private rowing instruction on the Yellowstone focused on boat control, reading current, and building confidence before the busy season across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Guided Fly Fishing & Wooden Boat Days in Southwest Montana
I run a year‑round, owner‑operated program based in Livingston, fishing the Yellowstone and a wider system of rivers, spring creeks, and stillwaters across Southwest Montana.
We don’t guide a single river—we guide a system of rivers, matching your dates and experience level with the water that’s actually fishing best. You reserve a day. We handle the where, the how, and the details.
Have dates in mind? Reaching out early gives us the best chance to line up the right water on the right day for your group.
Choose The Kind of Day You Want
Most groups fall into one of three buckets. If you’re not sure which fits you, pick the closest match and we’ll help from there.
Guided Fly Fishing
Full‑ and half‑day walk‑wade and float trips on the Yellowstone, Paradise Valley spring creeks, Madison, private lakes, and other regional options when they’re at their best.
Best for anglers who want a focused fishing day with local guidance, simple logistics, and water tailored to their experience level.
Scenic Wooden Boat Tours
Private wooden dory floats on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley—built for couples, families, and mixed groups where not everyone wants to fish all day.
Slow pace, time for photos, and room to relax. Easy to pair with a fishing boat for hybrid “one boat fishing, one boat scenic” days.
Instruction & Rowing Classes
Targeted casting, fishing, and rowing instruction on real water so you can make your own good decisions after the day ends.
Includes Yellowstone‑specific rowing classes and multi‑day Montana Trout Camp for anglers who want to accelerate their learning curve.
The Waters Around Livingston
You don’t need to pick a river ahead of time. We match your dates and goals with the right mix of freestones, spring creeks, private lakes, and stillwaters based on current conditions and what kind of day you want.
Yellowstone River
The main river we guide from Gardiner to Columbus. Long freestone runs, classic seams and a full season of hatches.
DePuy’s & Armstrong’s
True spring creeks with clear water, steady flows and technical sight‑fishing. A great place to improve fast.
Madison & Bighorn
Early‑season anchors when flows, clarity and temperatures line up better than local freestones.
Stillwater, Boulder & Shields
Fast pocket water, short seasonal windows and local favorites that feel different from big‑river float days.
Private Lakes
Quiet stillwater options with room to work on casting, retrieve, and presentation. Great for families, newer anglers, and calmer days.
Winter & Spring Rate + Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Winter and early spring are a good time to fish the right water and a smart time to build skills before summer crowds. Spring creeks often offer the most consistent fishing, and Yellowstone rowing classes are ideal for anglers who want more confidence behind the oars before peak season.
Winter & Spring Rate
One all‑in seasonal rate built around the best water for your date. We’ll recommend spring creeks, the Yellowstone, or the Lower Madison based on conditions.
Winter & spring rate: $550 for one or two anglers. Rods, flies, and seasonal setup included.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private one‑on‑one or two‑person rowing instruction on the Yellowstone built around your experience level, your goals, and the kind of water you want to learn on. Drift boats, rafts, wooden dories, and other practical rowing platforms all fit this program.
Best window: March through June, before summer traffic and afternoon wind become a bigger factor on the Yellowstone.
Fishing School & Rowing Instruction
If you want to improve, we keep it practical. Real water, real decisions and repeatable skills you can take anywhere.
Instruction Options
Casting fundamentals, line control, reading water and fly selection for beginners, families and anglers who want cleaner mechanics.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Yellowstone‑specific rowing instruction built for a big, changing freestone. Private days built around confidence, boat control, and real river decisions across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Montana Trout Camp
Multi‑day small group instruction focused on decision making, rigging, reading water and fishing the right water for the moment.
Channel 7 Montana (KTVQ) featured our wooden boat tours on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley. If you want a quick feel for the boats, the river and the pace of the experience, this is the best look.
What Guests Say About Fishing Here
“Matt guided us for several days recently while on a trip to Montana. I am relatively new to fly fishing and he was very patient with me, helped a ton on my casting and kept us smiling the entire time. We will be back.”
Morgan H.
“Best winter fishing experience we have ever had. Quiet water, clear sight shots and Matt put us on fish all day.”
Doug, returning winter angler
Planning & Instruction Reading
Winter on the Paradise Valley Creeks
Why winter sight‑fishing on DePuy’s and Armstrong’s is worth your time, how we pick days and what to expect from a cold weather spring creek trip.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private rowing instruction on the Yellowstone focused on boat control, reading current, and building confidence before the busy season across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Guided Fly Fishing & Wooden Boat Days in Southwest Montana
I run a year‑round, owner‑operated program based in Livingston, fishing the Yellowstone and a wider system of rivers, spring creeks, and stillwaters across Southwest Montana.
We don’t guide a single river—we guide a system of rivers, matching your dates and experience level with the water that’s actually fishing best. You reserve a day. We handle the where, the how, and the details.
Have dates in mind? Reaching out early gives us the best chance to line up the right water on the right day for your group.
Choose The Kind of Day You Want
Most groups fall into one of three buckets. If you’re not sure which fits you, pick the closest match and we’ll help from there.
Guided Fly Fishing
Full‑ and half‑day walk‑wade and float trips on the Yellowstone, Paradise Valley spring creeks, Madison, private lakes, and other regional options when they’re at their best.
Best for anglers who want a focused fishing day with local guidance, simple logistics, and water tailored to their experience level.
Scenic Wooden Boat Tours
Private wooden dory floats on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley—built for couples, families, and mixed groups where not everyone wants to fish all day.
Slow pace, time for photos, and room to relax. Easy to pair with a fishing boat for hybrid “one boat fishing, one boat scenic” days.
Instruction & Rowing Classes
Targeted casting, fishing, and rowing instruction on real water so you can make your own good decisions after the day ends.
Includes Yellowstone‑specific rowing classes and multi‑day Montana Trout Camp for anglers who want to accelerate their learning curve.
The Waters Around Livingston
You don’t need to pick a river ahead of time. We match your dates and goals with the right mix of freestones, spring creeks, private lakes, and stillwaters based on current conditions and what kind of day you want.
Yellowstone River
The main river we guide from Gardiner to Columbus. Long freestone runs, classic seams and a full season of hatches.
DePuy’s & Armstrong’s
True spring creeks with clear water, steady flows and technical sight‑fishing. A great place to improve fast.
Madison & Bighorn
Early‑season anchors when flows, clarity and temperatures line up better than local freestones.
Stillwater, Boulder & Shields
Fast pocket water, short seasonal windows and local favorites that feel different from big‑river float days.
Private Lakes
Quiet stillwater options with room to work on casting, retrieve, and presentation. Great for families, newer anglers, and calmer days.
Winter & Spring Rate + Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Winter and early spring are a good time to fish the right water and a smart time to build skills before summer crowds. Spring creeks often offer the most consistent fishing, and Yellowstone rowing classes are ideal for anglers who want more confidence behind the oars before peak season.
Winter & Spring Rate
One all‑in seasonal rate built around the best water for your date. We’ll recommend spring creeks, the Yellowstone, or the Lower Madison based on conditions.
Winter & spring rate: $550 for one or two anglers. Rods, flies, and seasonal setup included.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private one‑on‑one or two‑person rowing instruction on the Yellowstone built around your experience level, your goals, and the kind of water you want to learn on. Drift boats, rafts, wooden dories, and other practical rowing platforms all fit this program.
Best window: March through June, before summer traffic and afternoon wind become a bigger factor on the Yellowstone.
Fishing School & Rowing Instruction
If you want to improve, we keep it practical. Real water, real decisions and repeatable skills you can take anywhere.
Instruction Options
Casting fundamentals, line control, reading water and fly selection for beginners, families and anglers who want cleaner mechanics.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Yellowstone‑specific rowing instruction built for a big, changing freestone. Private days built around confidence, boat control, and real river decisions across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
Montana Trout Camp
Multi‑day small group instruction focused on decision making, rigging, reading water and fishing the right water for the moment.
Channel 7 Montana (KTVQ) featured our wooden boat tours on the Yellowstone through Paradise Valley. If you want a quick feel for the boats, the river and the pace of the experience, this is the best look.
What Guests Say About Fishing Here
“Matt guided us for several days recently while on a trip to Montana. I am relatively new to fly fishing and he was very patient with me, helped a ton on my casting and kept us smiling the entire time. We will be back.”
Morgan H.
“Best winter fishing experience we have ever had. Quiet water, clear sight shots and Matt put us on fish all day.”
Doug, returning winter angler
Planning & Instruction Reading
Winter on the Paradise Valley Creeks
Why winter sight‑fishing on DePuy’s and Armstrong’s is worth your time, how we pick days and what to expect from a cold weather spring creek trip.
Yellowstone Rowing Classes
Private rowing instruction on the Yellowstone focused on boat control, reading current, and building confidence before the busy season across drift boats, rafts, and dories.
FROM AROUND SOUTHWEST MONTANA
Stories From the Water AROUND LiVIngston and Bozeman
