Wilderness Guest Ranch And Outfitters

Fishing

The Bridger Wilderness Area is home to the World Record Golden Trout. The Pinedale Wyoming area also holds the State records for Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout and Arctic Grayling. We offer floattrips, wade trips, fishing at the Guest Ranch, or wilderness fishing expeditions.

We have guided many IGFA line class world records for trout.

The Fishing in the Bridger Wilderness Area of Wyoming is World Famous. We have both the Green River and the New Fork Rivers right here in the valley. The Wind River Mountains (Bridger Wilderness Area) has 1,300 lakes and over 800 miles of streams. Here you can find 6 different types of Trout and Arctic Grayling.

The Bridger Wilderness Area of Wyoming is the home to the World Record Golden Trout. (I have personally guided 5 different IGFA line class world records on Golden Trout). This area also holds the Wyoming state records for; Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Arctic Grayling.

A beginning flyfisherman can learn so much, so quick here, because there are just so many cooperating fish to work with. The experienced fisherman is also challenged by the chance at trophy size fish. When you combine all of this with such a spectacular area, you just can not go wrong .

The Wind River Mountain Range is absolutely spectacular. (Did you know that this is the area which inspired the current United States National Forest Service policy and that the Bridger-Teton National Forest is the very first National Forest ever?) We sure would be excited to show this area off to you. We have permits which allow us to travel both the Bridger Wilderness Area and the Gros Ventres Wilderness Area, along with the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

I have been guiding this area since 1983. If you are looking to find one of those out of the way, special wilderness camp spots, try our guided pack trips. If you want to enjoy a float drift fishing trip on one of our famous rivers, we can help you there also.

We offer guided pack trips throughout the whole Bridger Wilderness area of the Wind River Mountain Range. We also offer fly fishing pack trips into the Gros Ventres Wilderness Area and the southern portion of Gros Ventres Mountain range.

Fishing trips can be designed for large numbers of fish per day, or we can go for fewer but bigger fish. We can design trips for several different species. All of our trips get back into spectacular mountain country.

We do mostly catch and release fishing, however some of our lakes have so many fish that it is good to harvest a few from them. We believe that the "Big" fish are for sport and the smaller ones are for eating. We would be excited to fix you fresh trout over a campfire.

We can offer guided pack trips for everything from a two day to a fourteen day trip. On all of our guided pack trips we will supply all the camp equipment, wilderness staff, and a guide to show you all those secret spots. Our camp food is fantastic. Horses remain in camp with us and we have them to get to distant waters if we want.

Our standard 5 day fully guided pack trip is the most popular. This allows a day to pack in, a day to pack out, and three days of fishing/sightseeing. We offer many different types of trips and can design just about anything you could want.

At the Historic DC Bar Guest Ranch you will find a pond that is just chuck full of big Rainbows. Clients have caught Rainbows up to 8 lbs out of this pond. The pond is a favorite evening spot for any fisherman staying at the ranch. You can just walk down and wet a line anytime you would like. This pond has been registered with the state of Wyoming as a fishing preserve so a Wyoming fishing license is not required.

From the ranch it is only a few miles drive to get into some of the best fishing spots on the world famous Green River. Within an hours drive from the ranch we have many different additional options for great fishing. We can wade fish, drift fish or we can take canoes onto one of the many lakes in the valley.

The New Fork River is also very famous and with about an hours drive we can get into some of the more productive spots.

If you are interested in accessing a great fishing spot by horseback, we have many options available to us. In the Bridger Wilderness Area alone there are over 1,300 lakes and 800 miles of rivers. More than 1,000 lakes are known to contain fish.

Some of these lakes are only accessible by pack trip, but a few can be reached for day fishing.

On our standard 6 day/6 night Guest Ranch stay, we allow an overnight packtrip at no additional charge. Often times guests choose to head into one of the lakes up behind the ranch that is noted for great cutthroat and brook trout fishing.

Wilderness Guest Ranch And Outfitters - We have led expeditions into the Bridger Wilderness Area and the Wind River Range since 1983.

If you are interested in getting back into the Bridger Wilderness Area of the Wind River Mountains, let us give you a hand.

The Historic DC Bar Guest Ranch is a unique dude ranch experience. Our ranch stays are designed to get you into the feel of the old west. Horseback riding, canoe trips, fly fishing and overnight pack trips are just some of the more popular activities. This is a great place for the whole family. Located in the woods at the end of the road, just waiting for you.

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