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| | Fly-Fishing Montana's Gallatin River, by Greg Thomas |
 | | When that demand arrives, I pack the 4-weight, boxes of attractors, terrestrials, and standard drys, and head to southwest Montana’s Gallatin River, where the trout come easy and often, access is an afterthought, and hatches are diverse and prolific. |
 | | The Gallatin is a well-known and heavily fished stream that, regardless of those pitfalls, offers three species of trout that willingly smack dry flies and nymphs in one of the most beautiful and rugged portions of the Treasure State. |
 | | The Gallatin has 120 miles of appealing trout water, including a delicate upper portion that flows through lush meadows, a roily middle section that cuts through a spectacular, heavily forested mountain canyon, and a lower stretch that twists across a broad valley before meeting the Jefferson and Madison rivers at Three Forks. |
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