GET TO KNOW ROCK CREEK

Rock Creek is an official Montana Blue Ribbon fishery, with reported 2,000 fish per mile.  Visiting Rock Creek is a must; a stay on the creek is a fabulous experience!  You can enjoy year-round fishing of rainbows, browns, brooks, and cutthroats. 

Certain hatches will give you some of the most furious action.  Early April is the start of the hatches, you will have skwala and the March brown.  Next is the baetis and caddis hatches, and then there’s the spectacular salmonfly hatch in June and July.  The myriad hatches happen throughout the summer and fall.  

The run of spawning brown trout in the fall make for some awesome fishing!  Chances of hooking a big fish are great at this time.  Rock Creek is excellent for wade fishing all year, except for when the water is high for spring runoff.  Rock Creek Road (Forest Road 102) follows the creek all the way, but the middle of the road is pretty rough and bumpy.  

Floating the creek is very popular until July, that’s when the creek is closed to fishing from a boat until Nov 30th.   There are a few places to launch your boat if you wish to float including private put-in and take-outs for guests of The Cabins at Rock Creek.