Montana, United States

Big Hole Lodge

FreshwaterWise River valley, Pioneer Mountains — Big Hole, Beaverhead and Bitterroot rivers and private ranch water

Big Hole Lodge, founded in 1984, houses eight to ten guests most weeks in three log cabins by the Wise River, in Montana's Pioneer Mountains. Two anglers share each guide, drifting or wading the Big Hole, the Beaverhead, the Bitterroot and leased water on private ranches for brown, rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout and grayling. Every fish goes back, on every river.

Published price
US$7,100 per person · 6 nights · 2027
Season
April to October
Main fish
Brown trout
and 4 more
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
12 guests at a time

Season

April to October

The 2027 season runs from April 4 to October 2, with Sunday arrivals and Saturday departures. Full-week bookings get first claim on the salmonfly and trico weeks.

The fishing

Water
Freshwater
Species

First is the fish the lodge leads with.

How it is fished
Drift boat, Wading, Float trip
Catch and release
All fish released
Tackle
Fly only
Gear
Flies provided; bring rods

Price and what it covers

US$7,100 per person · 6 nights · 2027

Per person for 6 nights and 5 days with a guide shared between two anglers; a lone angler with a private guide pays US$9,940. Shorter stays with a shared guide: 5 nights and 4 days US$6,300, 4 nights and 3 days US$5,275, 3 nights and 2 days US$4,150. A companion who does not fish pays US$1,500 for 6 nights.

Included

  • Five days of guided fishing
  • Flies and tippet
  • Log cabin lodging
  • Three meals a day
  • Beer and wine
  • Round-trip transfers from Butte or Bozeman airport
  • Daily transport to the rivers

Not included

  • Montana fishing licence
  • Tips
  • Montana lodging tax
  • Overnight floats and B&B trips, at extra cost
  • Land of the Giants trip on the Missouri River, US$450 per boat

Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.

The lodge

Guests at a time
12
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
Package
6 nights, 5 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Not published
Established
1984

Getting there

Gateway airport
Butte (BTM), Bert Mooney Airport
From there
Fly to Butte, about 45 minutes away, or Bozeman, about 2 hours; a lodge driver meets you and the round-trip transfer is included.
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The pin marks the lodge itself. Location from the lodge's own website.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.

Lodge website: bigholelodge.com

Lodge website