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Beginner Trips

Beginner Trips Quick Tips

Full Day or Half Day

Choose the duration that best suits your schedule.

Wadable Rivers & Streams

Easy access and great for practice.

Perfect for Beginners

The streams are teeming with eager, aggressive trout that will bite almost anything they see.

Diverse Fisheries

Numerous brook trout streams: ideal places for beginners. Each area caters to different skill levels and times of year.

Beginner Trips Overview

Discover beginner-friendly fly fishing options in the Yellowstone area, where easily wadable park streams cater to learners. Ideal spots include brook trout streams in Yellowstone National Park, especially those flowing through meadows or open woodlands, providing ample opportunities for positive reinforcement with eager and aggressive trout. Emphasizing catch and release, these fisheries allow beginners to experiment and progress with positive feedback from the plentiful fish.

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Beginner Trip Details

*Bookings within 72 hours of the trip date is disabled for online use. Please call for week of availability.

What is provided

  • Wading or wet wading gear (Based on current conditions)
  • Flies, tippet, leaders
  • Rods and Reels
  • Transportation from Parks Fly Shop
  • Lunch on full day trips
  • Good advice and bad jokes

What’s not included

  • Lunch on half day trips
  • Gratuity
  • Fishing Permits/ Licenses (YNP/MT)
  • Park Entrance

Recommended Gear

  • Polarized Sunglasses
  • Rain Gear
  • Sun Protection (hat with a brim, we strongly recommend nearly require clothing good for sun protection such as quick dry long sleeve shirts, pants, buffs, sun gloves, etc.)
  • Sun Screen and Bug Spray
  • Phone for Photos (waterproof case recommended)
  • Layers of clothing (fleece, etc.)
  • Gloves and beanie for spring, fall, or winter trips
  • Small day pack (for hiking with water and layers/rain jacket)

Optional Gear

  • Waders (usually only needed for cooler or wetter times of year, wet wading is common in summer)
  • Wading boots (NO studded boots for float trips, NO felt soles allowed in Yellowstone Park)
  • Fishing Vest or Pack
  • Sun Screen and Bug Spray
  • Hand Tied Flies, custom leaders
  • Wading Staff (optional)
  • 5 or 6 wt fly rod (most commonly used)

Important Notes

  • All trips are catch & release and fly fishing only.
  • Minimum age: 8 years old.
  • We provide necessary equipment upon request.
  • Cancellations received at minimum one month before the trip date (or first date of a multi-day trip) will be refunded in full.

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Hear from Our Clients

Don’t just take our word. Read about the amazing experiences of our customers!

The guides out of this shop are fantastic. I brought 4 other members of my family on a float down the Yellowstone, with very different fly fishing skill levels. Every single person had a blast, learned a lot and caught fish. It was a tough group (3 boats, some folks had essentially no experience) but Rob, Clancy and Trevor did an amazing job. Beyond that, several days later I stopped into the shop to ask about a trip I was planning around Montana. Trevor, Clancy and Richard gave great advice and were happy to do it despite no direct financial benefit to them. They were just stoked to help. This is a top notch group of people.

James Kibler

Whether you are new to the sport, or an experienced angler, Parks’ Fly Shop is an outstanding resource for fly fishers. My brother and I have been fly fishing in Yellowstone National Park for well over 30 years, and we still hire Parks’ to guide us. Richard’s knowledge of YNP and the rivers nearby, outside The Park, is unsurpassed, and he has surrounded himself with an incredible crew of guides. I really can’t say enough about our recent (last week) float and walk/wade trips with them. Kody, Rob, Trevor, Clancy and Ethan are all accomplished anglers who will put you on big fish, often on a dry fly. If you want a truly memorable fly fishing experience, hire Parks’ as your guide.

Hans Hintzen

The beauty of Yellowstone is only rivaled by the personality and passion for the outdoors that our guide Trevor has. He has set the standard to which we will base every trip we have going forward, but I know it’s an impossible standard to meet.

Daniel Renner

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