If your idea of the perfect vacation is coaxing a big, hungry trout out of a rushing river in Big Sky country with a perfectly placed fly, then perfection awaits you at the “Best Of” Montana High Country Ranch. This Orvis-endorsed fly fishing lodge specializes in customized trips to some of the world’s most revered trout fisheries including the nearby Beaverhead and Big Hole rivers. Outside its back door in the Western Montana’s Grasshopper Valley is over 500,000 acres of pristine backcountry and the legendary state’s best trout fishing. With nearly 30 years in the fly-fishing guide business, Montana High Country knows where all the trophy-sized rainbows, brook, cutthroat, graylings and brownies are lurking. Guides will even take you on overnight trips to secret alpine streams or well-stocked ponds on private property. The lodge is top-notch, with 12 oversized rooms with private bathrooms, game room, hot tub, business center with WiFi, outstanding Western cuisine and a gift shop stocked with flies and other equipment. Perfect your cast at its stocked pond or go on a big-game hunting adventure for a change of pace.

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