“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”


John Muir

The Best Fly Fishing Streams in America

Those that we have fished ranked....

The Best Fly Fishing Streams in America ranked by TroutJourneys.com

Top 10 Favorites (ok 11)
1. Green River, Utah - Dutch John, Utah
2. The Missouri River - Craig, Montana
3. The White River - Cotter, Arkansas
4. San Juan River - Navajo Dam, New Mexico
5. Kenai River - Cooper Landing,  Alaska
6. North Fork of The White River - Dora, Missouri
7. Yellowstone River - Livingston, Montana
8. Quartz Creek - Cooper Landing, Alaska
9.  Chuit River - Beluga, Alaska
10. Big Horn River - Fort Smith, Montana
11. The Eleven Point River - Alton, Missouri

Honorable Mentions
DePuy Spring Creek - Livingston, Montana
The Frying Pan - Basalt, Colorado

Fished By State

Alaska 
Kenai River - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Anchor River - Homer, Alaska
Willow Creek - Willow, Alaska
Byers Creek -  Talkeetna, Alaska
Skialak Lake, Skialak, Alaska
Russian River -  River, Alaska
Quartz Creek - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Chuit River - Beluga, Alaska

Arkansas
Little Red River - Heber Springs, Arkansas
White River - Cotter, Arkansas
Spring River - Mammoth Springs, Arkansas
Beaver Tailwater

Colorado
Roaring Fork - Basalt, Colorado
Frying Pan - Basalt. Colorado
Crystal River - Carbondale, Colorado
Colorado River - Basalt, Colorado

Florida
Islamorada, Florida Keys
Keys

Missouri
North Fork of the White River - Dora, Missouri
Current River - Salem, Missouri
Niangua River - Lebanon, Missouri
Dry Run Creek
11 Point River - Alton, Missouri
Crane Creek - Crane, Missouri
Taneycomo - Branson, Missouri
Rockbridge - Rockbridge, Missouri

Bennett Springs - Lebanon, Missouri 
Montauk - Salem, Missouri
Roaring River - Cassville, Missouri
Meramec Springs - St. James, Missouri

New Mexico
San Juan River - Navajo Dam, New Mexico

Montana
Big Horn River - Fort Smith, Montana
Gallatin River - Bozeman, Montana
Madison River, Enis, Montana
Missouri River - Craig, Montana
Slough Creek - Yellowstone, Montana
Firehorn - Yellowstone, Montana
Yellowstone River - Livingston, Montana
DePuy Spring Creek - Livingston, Montana

Utah
Green River - Dutch John, Utah

Wyoming
North Platte River - Casper, Wyoming


Bucket List

Pyramid Lake - Reno, Nevada
Patagonia
Chile

Next Up .......  2013  ?????????