Other Activities
The Big Hole Valley is a remarkably beautiful place. This isolated pocket of Montana offers so much more than just the fishing. If you have friends or family that want to escape to Montana, we have other activities to fill their time at the Complete Fly Fisher. Our Hospitality team can assist you with plenty of activities beyond the world class fishing.
Guided hiking into some of the most beautiful wilderness lands found in Montana. The Southwest mountain ranges and canyons have trails specifically carved for you.
Hiking
Guided horseback rides into the pristine Pioneer Mountains that line the Big Hole Valley. These guides and horses are our neighbors - it’s easy to book a ride to fit your experience level.
Horseback Riding
Golf at the
Rock Creek Cattle Company
A Tom Doak designed course, to which we have privileges. It has been ranked in the top 48 of all courses in the United States.
Golf at
Old Works Golf Course
The Jack Nicklaus Signature Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda, Montana.
If discovery & exploration is your desire, you’ll find yourself in a very interesting corner of the Rockies. There are sightseeing and photography excursions to Big Hole National Battlefield. https://www.visitmt.com/listings/general/national-historic-site/big-hole-national-battlefield.html
There is a mining ghost town. A digging field of gems (one of the richest veins of gems in the US) and you are right on the Lewis & Clark Trail.
Explore Crystal Park
Crystal Park is a unique recreation area at an elevation of 7,800 feet in the Pioneer Mountains in southwest Montana. Quartz crystals are scattered liberally through the decomposed granite of the unique 220-acre site that’s been reserved by the Forest Service for the popular hobby of rockhounding. Quartz crystals are hexagonal (six-sided) prisms, with a pointed “face” at each end. The crystals found at Crystal Park can be clear, cloudy, white, gray or purple. They can be smaller than your little finger or up to several inches in diameter. Gray, purple and other colors are caused by minerals within the quartz. Gray crystals are known as “smoky” and the highly prized purple ones are called amethyst. Single crystals are most common at Crystal Park. Most of the crystals have little value other than as collector’s items.
Big Hole National Battlefield
Southwest Montana has a diverse terrain. The Pioneer Mountains offer trail riding or road biking. The views are incredible!
Mountain Biking
Local Historical Sight Seeing
Historic Tour: Bannack Ghost Town
Bannack, once a bustling mining camp, first territorial capital of Montana and birthplace of vigilante justice, is now a state park. See the “Old West” come alive again at the site of Montana’s first major gold discovery in 1862 and Montana’s first territorial capital. Come walk the deserted streets of Bannack and discover for yourself the realities of the “Old West.” Bannack is the best preserved of all Montana ghost towns.
Bannack State Park is a National Historic Landmark and the site of Montana’s first major gold discovery on July 28, 1862. This strike set off a massive gold rush that swelled Bannack’s population to over 3,000 by 1863. As the value of gold steadily dwindled, Bannack’s bustling population was slowly lost. Over 50 buildings line Main Street; their historic log and frame structures recall Montana’s formative years.
Historic Tour: Butte
Underground city, brothels & Butte trolley tour gives a quick way to see and learn about Butte’s rich histotycopper Kings, stop at Anaconda Stack. From 1955 until 1982, the Berkeley Pit produced enough copper to pave a four-lane highway, four inches thick, from Butte to Salt Lake City, Utah and 30 miles beyond. When mining operations ceased in 1982, the underground pumps were shut off, and the Berkeley Pit began filling with acidic water, heavy metals and unique microscopic lifeforms. The Pit with its water and colorful landscape can be seen via a visitor viewing stand.
Assist in the Kitchen
We are blessed to have world class chefs at the Complete Fly Fisher. If you want to spend a day watching, assisting and learning from our chefs, just let us know.