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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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."

Activism for the survival of Bitterroot River

"Andy casts far beyond his line in the Bitterroot .
His record and passion for the aquatic insect population living under a rock at river's edge to the "big one" that rises above the river is contagious.
Yet, it was his activism for the survival of Bitterroot River with future minimum flow management and
respect for the habitat and survival of the trout that intrigued me and punctuates his so very authentic life."
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:27:52-07:00
"Andy casts far beyond his line in the Bitterroot . His record and passion for the aquatic insect population living under a rock at river's edge to the "big one" that rises above the river is contagious. Yet, it was his activism for the survival of Bitterroot River with future minimum flow management and respect for the habitat and survival of the trout that intrigued me and punctuates his so very authentic life."

Team of Professional Guides

"For the last 5 years we've worked with Andy Carlson. Andy and his team of professional guides have unparalleled access to the Bitterroot, Clarkefork and Blackfoot Rivers.
Western Montana has stunning scenery and the rivers are well off the beaten track"
Dan Reynolds, Roxton/Bailey/Robinson Chesire England
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:15:46-07:00
"For the last 5 years we've worked with Andy Carlson. Andy and his team of professional guides have unparalleled access to the Bitterroot, Clarkefork and Blackfoot Rivers. Western Montana has stunning scenery and the rivers are well off the beaten track" Dan Reynolds, Roxton/Bailey/Robinson Chesire England

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

Give Me Lips

"Repeatedly casting for wild rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout, an excited American voice was shouting, "give me lips baby,"shortly followed by , "come up and play you big dog!"
It only remains to be seen whiter the cry of 'give me lips' will stir Scottish salmon out of their usual torpor."
Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
2017-08-05T23:21:14-07:00
"Repeatedly casting for wild rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout, an excited American voice was shouting, "give me lips baby,"shortly followed by , "come up and play you big dog!" It only remains to be seen whiter the cry of 'give me lips' will stir Scottish salmon out of their usual torpor."
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Bitterroot Anglers Float Fishing trips
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