Arends Fly Shop

06/26/2025

06/26/2025

Bob Arends has been teaching & guiding kids to fish for over 55 years! On this day, his beautiful granddaughter caught her very first Cutthroat trout all by herself! His Flyshop is no longer accompanied by a storefront but now out of his home! We still sell flies and he sends fly orders all around the world still.. Don’t miss out on the best flies made by the world renowned fly tier! Catch more fish than your buddies w his secret fly patterns he’s continually cooking up! Call to place your order 406-270-5766!

07/24/2024

Hey there friends and family! Be aware of the new hootowl restrictions for the North Fork of the Flathead to the Canadian border!!!! 2pm is cutoff for fishing.

05/21/2024

Who doesn’t love to catch fish? We SLAYED it at Lake Rogers! Wet flies, nymphs and got some sweet dry fly action! We caught tons of Grayling and one Cutthroat yesterday! Wanna know the secret flies??? Just ask Bob he’s the “Lord of the flies” call, text or PM us! Also!!!! We’re taking pre-summer fly orders and filling up FAST! Get your into us ASAP!!!

06/18/2023

Happy Father’s Day from our family to yours!! This was caught by one of our own, Steve Arends today! Our new frog pattern fly! His very first Pike💪💪💪 We are starting to take a bunch of fly orders for the summer… get yours into us asap so your buddy isn’t catching more fish then you!! Call us at 406-270-5766 or try our website www.mtflies.com

04/08/2023

Hello friends and family! We have an ice report for you on the Blackfeet reservation. All lakes still have ice on them but Mission Lake and Kipp Lake have some open water now! Give us a call for more updates or for your spring/summer fishing reports as well as fly orders! We’re starting to take a bunch of orders already at this time so we urge you to think ahead and get your fly orders in to us ASAP! 406-270-5766 also the Missouri River is fishing well w Pink Scuds this past week too!

07/15/2022

Flathead River is fishing AWESOME!! 1st float I’ve done w the Big Guy (Bob Arends) in a few years! He’s completed a million surgeries this past year and some change! Para Adam’s SLAYED it tonight! Thank the lord for giving my Daddy back his quality of life so he could take me & his granddaughter fishing tonight! Super special evening! Also as a bonus we had his great Nephew along for the ride & Bob’s been teaching him how to cast & he caught 2 fish all by himself and got them to the boat 🥰🥰🥰💪💪👏👏 (He’s only 9 yrs old)! We still are open just no longer have a store front! Call Bob for fishing info & orders 406-270-5766 also check out our website www.mtflies.com & u can also order from there! Thanks for all your continued patronage, love, prayers & support during my Dad’s long career and his journey w all of the surgeries he went through these past years! PS. Make sure u take LOTS OF BUG SPRAY!!! Those mosquitoes are INSANE!

07/04/2022

Some beauties caught on our flies down on the Missouri River! Purple pheasant tail! Thanks for sharing w us Braden! Arends Flyshop still has the flies u need! Give us a call and place your special order today 406-270-5766! www.mtflies.com Here’s to another amazing summer w tight lines and tan lines💪💪💪

01/11/2022

Arends Fly Shop is officially closed! Bob has had multiple surgeries this past year and we decided as a family to close our doors w heavy hearts! We hope to re-open eventually and will keep u posted and apprised on any new developments! We’d like to thank all of our beloved friends, family and patrons over the past 40+ years for all of their support and patronage! Good news here is Bob will never quit fulfilling his dreams! We still have 10000’s of flies, material and supplies that we can ship directly to you! Bob ties special orders still and can ship as well! U can contact him directly 406-270-5766or can PM me on here (I’m his daughter Kady) Sorry such a late update but decided now was the right time to make this public! God bless all of u for all the love and memories! We’re going to make even more!