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At Blackfoot River Outfitters, we don’t hire guides based simply by their Montana fishing experience - but rather their life experience.

Your time on the water is valuable. Too valuable to waste on a guide who thinks your trip is about them instead of you. Our guides will put you on fish, improve your angling skills and increase your fly fishing knowledge. Just as importantly, they enjoy sharing a good story, lay out an exceptional lunch spread and generally make fine company. Some of our guides have fished the world over, others grew up in Montana and find it hard to fish elsewhere. We have guides in their 50’s and others in their 20’s. They are students and parents, Easterners and Westerners, musicians and mechanics. All are special and go about the art of guiding in different ways – and all are hired to make the most of your time on the water.

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Dan Milligan grew up in New England, living in northwest Connecticut, southern New Hampshire and Cape Cod. Fly-fishing for brookies and rainbows in small creeks draining Connecticut and New Hampshire together with Cape Cod’s salt-water fisheries of stripers and blues kept him occupied during the summer months. These fly-fishing adventures as a youngster sparked a lifelong obsession.

In 2000, Dan made his way to Missoula in pursuit of a degree in forestry and natural resource conservation. During his seven years in school, Dan made ample time to learn the ins and outs of western Montana rivers and streams. Rest assured, if Milligan has a day off during the guiding season he’ll be plying the waters himself.

During the off-season following hunting season, you’ll find him on multi-day winter campouts in the backcountry from the Mission Mountains to Teton Pass where he telemark skis and snowboards. Few folks exploit the outdoor diversity of Montana to the level Milligan does. Dan has made his home in Missoula’s Rattlesnake Valley and doesn’t plan on leaving anytime soon.