Yellowstone and Montana Fly Fishing Links

Visit Gardiner: Complete listings of almost all area lodgings and most businesses and services can be found here.
Yellowstone National Park's Official Website
Visit Montana
Yellowstone Forever, Yellowstone Park's official nonprofit and educational partner.
Gardiner on Wikipedia: we are mentioned and also have our own entry, and no we didn't write it, though we sure didn't say no when a Bozeman resident indicated his interest in putting one up about us.
Gardiner Five-Day Weather from the National Weather Service
Gardiner on Google Maps
Yellowstone National Park Road Conditions

Reviews of Gardiner Lodging at Trip Advisor.
Yellowstone National Park Lodges, operated by Xanterra, the concessionaire responsible for all motels, hotels, and cabins within Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park Campgrounds and Camping Information
Yellowstone River Motel: Walter Wiese's father stays here. This is the closest motel lodging option to our shop and offers good foot access to the Yellowstone and Gardner Rivers.
Absaroka Lodge and Big Rock Inn: Both the Absaroka (pronounced Ab-sore-ohka, as far as we can tell) and the Big Rock Inn are owned by one of our regular clients, a Gardiner local.
Many other lodging options are available, ranging from motels to rental cabins to campgrounds. Please check the Gardiner Chamber of Commerce website for all of them. We do suggest you choose an option that's locally owned if possible. We also encourage our guests to AVOID vacation rentals (VRBO and AirBNB), since such establishments have gutted the local housing market and made it very difficult for our staff to find affordable housing. Most lodging in Gardiner fills up quickly, so don't put off your reservations.

Protect Your Waters: information on cleaning and disinfecting wading gear to prevent the transport of aquatic hitchhikers.

Yellowstone Park's Fishing Pages: Note that you must purchase YNP licenses in person. Boating regulations are also discussed on these pages.<
Purchase Montana Fishing Licenses Online
Montana Fishing & Boating Regulations: We are located in the Central District.
Montana Area and Waterbody Closures: These closures mostly occur during late summer due to high water temperatures or wildfires. Closures seldom impact the Yellowstone River or its tributaries, but are common on lower-elevation rivers further north and west, particularly those lacking deep-draw dams to cool the water.

Note that many local private fisheries (especially ranch lakes) lack websites and must be booked through a fly shop or outfitter.

Montana Streamflow Gauges: of particular note are the Upper Missouri and Upper Yellowstone drainages. E-mail us if you need to know how to read these tables. Generally speaking, sudden spikes mean dirty water. On the Yellowstone, flows over about 10,000cfs in May, June, or early July mean the spring runoff is underway and the river is and will be unfishable for a while. On the Missouri at Hauser or Holter Dam, flows over about 6,000cfs make fishing on foot nearly impossible, though you can always fish from a boat.
Montana Snowpack Information: Use this map (and the next) to keep track of winter snowpack, which is the primary driver of our water year. Higher-than-average snowpack generally means higher, colder streamflows in the core summer season (good), but can make for a long spring runoff on waters impacted by the spring melt (bad). Lower-than-average numbers mean an early start to the summer season (good) but low, challenging water levels and potentially warm water temperatures in mid-late summer (bad). Our drainage basins are the Upper Yellowstone, Gallatin, Madison, and Missouri Mainstem basins.
Wyoming Snowpack Information: River basins in Wyoming that impact our summer water (by flowing north into Montana) are the Yellowstone and Madison-Gallatin basins in the far northwest corner of the state.

Murray's Fly Shop: we have no idea how many customers Harry Murray has sent us over the years. Visit his shop on the Shenandoah.
Streamside Orvis: ergo for Streamside Orvis in Traverse City. They are the only place besides our store where you can get our custom Magic Sauce Fly Floatant.
Curtis-Wright Outfitters: The boys from Curtis-Wright in Asheville, NC bring us out a large group that fishes with us every year. Check them out if you're looking to fish western NC or eastern TN.

Fly Anglers Online: Fly fishing forum. Walter posts as "Longs for Cutts." Lots of good fly recipes get posted here.
The Fly Fishing Forum's Rocky Mountain Boards: Also check the other boards on this site.
Trout Nut: lots of great info on aquatic insect entomology.

Parks' Fly Shop: Yellowstone and Montana Fishing Links