Complete Fly Fisher

Complete Fly Fisher Ideally located on the finest section of the Big Hole River, the Complete Fly Fisher is a Montana legacy lodge.

Originally built in 1968, guests from all over the world have traveled here, to the beautiful banks of the Big Hole River. Originally built in 1968, guests from all over the world have traveled here, to the beautiful banks of the Big Hole River to experience the magic of Montana for more than 52 years. The Lodge is a world class destination that offers a level of rustic and relaxed luxury found in

very few places on Earth. Set in the heart of the greatest collection of trout fishing waters found in North America, the Complete Fly Fisher is the ideal place to escape from the intensity and pace of life found outside of the Big Hole Valley.

OK - here's the update referenced in our last post. This happy fella is Ken. He has a lot of reasons to be happy.1) It's...
06/11/2026

OK - here's the update referenced in our last post. This happy fella is Ken. He has a lot of reasons to be happy.
1) It's a gorgeous day
2) He's fishing the Big Hole River in Montana
3) He just caught a nice chonk of a brown on a big dry fly (golden stone)
And ...
4) It's the first fish he caught on the fly rod that he pulled from the depths of the Big Hole last summer. We shi*t you not! Link to story in comments.

06/10/2026

We're re-posting this video because there is an update on this situation! Stay tuned...and here's the original post:

About a year ago, CFF guide Max Lewis received a text from a client he had guided the previous summer. The client was new to fly fishing but under Max's tutelage had learned quickly and enjoyed the kind of action for which the Big Hole is renowned. Now, that client was seeking advice on the kind of gear he should purchase to continue his newfound hobby.

Last summer, the client returned, but hadn't had the chance to make those acquisitions. Again using CFF's line of top-shelf gear for clients, he and Max went back at it. And this time, he came back with an absolute whopper of a tale. Click the link in the comments for the full story.

Big hills still hold snow, big bugs in the air, camas in full bloom.June in the Big Hole Valley is kind of ridiculous.
06/06/2026

Big hills still hold snow, big bugs in the air, camas in full bloom.

June in the Big Hole Valley is kind of ridiculous.

06/04/2026

Cattle graze beneath an upper Big Hole Valley sunset. June 3, 2026.

Audio recorded on location. Turn it up for the full experience!

Paul is a CFF regular who bookended his recent stay with these two fine specimens. The Day One bruiser is a 21" brown ca...
05/29/2026

Paul is a CFF regular who bookended his recent stay with these two fine specimens. The Day One bruiser is a 21" brown caught on the Big Hole, and the Day Five tank is a two-footer caught on the upper Beaverhead, just below the dam. Streamers did the trick for both fish.

The man really knows how to make an entrance. And an exit!

"To step into this river is to step into something larger than yourself. Wading the Big Hole asks you to slow down. To p...
05/29/2026

"To step into this river is to step into something larger than yourself. Wading the Big Hole asks you to slow down. To pay attention. To notice things you had forgotten you were capable of noticing — the rhythm of a cast finding itself, the way a trout rises through water so clear you see the take a half-second before you feel it, the sound of current moving over stone in a pattern that has been playing here long before there was anyone to listen.

And when you're not wading, you're drifting. As you drift down the river at the pace the water allows, the worries you carry in your daily life slip away into the current and the rocks, and the wind and the water wash something clean in you. Time stops because it simply doesn't matter anymore."

- Complete Fly Fisher: The Story (link in comments)

Looking for YOUR cabin on a Montana trout river?
Now booking: end of July, mid-late August, September, October!

Like the wind, the tides, death & taxes, some things are just inevitable. Like Big Fish Amy earning the nickname our gui...
05/26/2026

Like the wind, the tides, death & taxes, some things are just inevitable. Like Big Fish Amy earning the nickname our guide Kelly bestowed on her a decade ago, on her first trip to the lodge.

Here she is yesterday on the first day of her 2026 trip. Her husband Jon is no slouch in the big fish department, but Amy ... she's a force of nature!

"Evenings end the way evenings are supposed to end — around a table, with a meal that feels earned, and stories that don...
05/22/2026

"Evenings end the way evenings are supposed to end — around a table, with a meal that feels earned, and stories that don't need embellishment because the day itself has been the story. Outside, the sky comes on the way it does where there are no city lights for sixty miles in any direction — slowly at first, then all at once, until the Milky Way is the brightest thing overhead and you remember that this is what the sky has looked like the whole time, everywhere, only most of us forgot."

- Complete Fly Fisher: The Story (link in comments)

Looking for YOUR cabin on a Montana trout river?
Now booking: end of July, mid-late August, September, October!

"Mornings don't begin with an agenda. They begin with light — the kind that comes slow over the mountains, touches the c...
05/21/2026

"Mornings don't begin with an agenda. They begin with light — the kind that comes slow over the mountains, touches the cottonwoods first, then works its way down to the water as if the whole valley is waking up together. You'll have coffee in your hand before the world has fully arrived, and somewhere in the second cup, the day will have already done something to you that the rest of your year hasn't been able to do."

- Complete Fly Fisher: The Story (link in comments)

Now booking: end of July, mid-late August, September, October!

"When they make my gravestone, I want that fish on it!"Link in the comment section takes you to the "complete" story.📸: ...
02/26/2026

"When they make my gravestone, I want that fish on it!"

Link in the comment section takes you to the "complete" story.

📸: Chris Russo

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