Andy Carlson - Bitterroot Anglers | Montana Outfitter and Guide Service

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Andy Carlson
Montana’s Legendary Fishing Outfitter and Trout / Water Activist

Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Clark’s Fork and Missouri Rivers
(including the Bitterroot East Fork , West Fork and Main stem from it’s headwater to it’s confluence with the Clark’s Fork)

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Andy Carlson – Bitterroot Anglers
Professional Fly Tier, Outfitter and Guide Service

Purple Haze - Andy Carlson's signature pattern.
“Purple Haze” – One of Andy Carlson’s Signature Flies.

Andy Carlson and the Bitterroot Anglers provides float trips, wading trips, fly fishing schools, and guide schools. Beginners to experts are welcome to enjoy the quality of our services. Every trip is a “mini school” which includes basic knots, basic casts, leaders, flies and much more. The Bitterroot Anglers guide staff has accumulated over 150 years of experience between them.

The professionalism exhibited by Bitterroot Anglers and its owner, Andy Carlson is unmatched in Western Montana. Please come to join us in a guided float trip and/or enjoy casting one of Andy’s fly patterns over hungry rising trout on your favorite river.

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Andy Cares Deeply About the Resource

"Andy cares deeply about the resource(both for the fishery and achieving a quality experience) Thank you!"
David Campbell, Bitter root National Forest West Fork Ranger District
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:25:11-07:00
"Andy cares deeply about the resource(both for the fishery and achieving a quality experience) Thank you!" David Campbell, Bitter root National Forest West Fork Ranger District

The trout of a lifetime

"Fly fishing Montana's wild trout waters is a wonderful memorable experienced ...
and with a great guide like Andy Carlson, even a rank beginner can catch the trout of a lifetime "
Suzanne Moore- West Virginia
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:09:04-07:00
"Fly fishing Montana's wild trout waters is a wonderful memorable experienced ... and with a great guide like Andy Carlson, even a rank beginner can catch the trout of a lifetime " Suzanne Moore- West Virginia

Andy Carlson, a great guide and a real character

"I go to different places so I rely upon the guide. Up on the Bitterroot I go with Andy Carlson, a great guide and a real character.
I love his purple haze think he originally tied it and has a patent on it..."
Jimmy Kimmel
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T22:56:10-07:00
"I go to different places so I rely upon the guide. Up on the Bitterroot I go with Andy Carlson, a great guide and a real character. I love his purple haze think he originally tied it and has a patent on it..." Jimmy Kimmel

First Class Operation

"My hat is off to you for running a first class operation and doing a superb job of making my clients feel like they are the most important people on earth.
You are a unique individual and a first class business man and I admire you and your associates for that."
Dennis Westover, Insurance Broker Redmond Wa.
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:14:40-07:00
"My hat is off to you for running a first class operation and doing a superb job of making my clients feel like they are the most important people on earth. You are a unique individual and a first class business man and I admire you and your associates for that." Dennis Westover, Insurance Broker Redmond Wa.

The best fly fishing outfitter in the state of Montana

"I was introduced to Andy by dear friends who billed him as" the best fly fishing outfitter in the state of Montana. Andy knows where the trout live."
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:26:06-07:00
"I was introduced to Andy by dear friends who billed him as" the best fly fishing outfitter in the state of Montana. Andy knows where the trout live."
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