The Bighorn River in Montana presents the Fort Smith Fly Shop and Cabins and Bighorn River Guides for flyfishing float trips

GUIDED FLOAT TRIPS, LODGING, FLY SHOP,

FLYFISHING SCHOOL, BOAT RENTALS

flyfishing in Montana's Bighorn River for trophy rainbow and brown trout

Come and fish with Michael Mastrangelo

Outfitter #7896

---Now Booking for 2008 - Guided Float Trips and Lodging ---Call Today!!!

CREATE SOME BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES

The Bighorn River is arguably the finest trout stream for flyfishing in Montana if not the world. Big Sky Country, long summer days, cool, clear starry nights and plenty of big trout. There are many great fishing lodges throughout Montana, but the Fort Smith Fly Shop and Cabins has the finest accommodations on the fabulous Bighorn River . If you are looking to catch big, wild, powerful trout that will take you into your backing, the Bighorn is the place for you.

Fort Smith is a small, former cavalry outpost nestled in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains .

We specialize in guided fishing floats on the Bighorn. We provide the most personalized service of any shop in Fort Smith. The comfortable and friendly atmosphere is only one reason people come back year after year.

For the time of your life, come float the beautiful Bighorn River with us.

flyfishing Montana's Bighorn River for trophy rainbow and brown trout

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"Go softly by that river side

Or when you would depart,

You'll find its every winding tied

And knotted round your heart."

R. Kipling

Modern cabin comfort with panoramic views - truly a Montana experience you will enjoy! Comments from our clients

The species type you'll expect to hatch and when

1998 to 2007 Fishing Reports in review

View some great catches from the Bighorn River

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Flyfishing Montana’s

Bighorn River

for Rainbow and Brown Trout

“We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity’s demands upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a riverkeeper, a steward of marine shallows, a watchman on the high seas. We are beyond having to put back what we have taken out. We must put back more than we take out.”

Thomas McGuane, The Longest Silence –A Life in Fishing, 1999

The Bighorn River in Fort Smith, Montana is one

of the top tailwater fisheries in the United States.

flyfishing Montana's Bighorn River for trophy rainbow and brown trout

Sunset on the Bighorn

The Bighorn River is known for its tremendous resources of brown and rainbow trout, many over 18 inches. This is due to the nutrients in the water and catch and release policy practiced on the river. There are thousands of catchable fish per mile. The Bighorn River is one of the few rivers where the fishing is excellent year-round.

LOCATION

We are located 90 miles south, southeast of Billings, Montana. We are 42 miles south of Hardin, on Route 313. The Fort Smith Fly Shop & Cabins is on the right side of the road, 1.2 miles after the three mile cattle-guard Look for our fish sign.