On a Sunday morning in June, on the Big Blackfoot River, it was not hard to see how the Macleans came by their faith. Although the family's home stream runs just outside of Missoula, a town of ...

All of the fly fishing scenes Bailey was involved with, he said, were filmed on the Gallatin River 15 miles southwest of Bozeman, not the Blackfoot River featured in Maclean’s book.

Opinion This Montana river is threatened by one senator and a bitter clash over use of public lands November 16, 2021 More than 3 years ago ...

FISHING — In an effort to protect fish from the stress of low stream flows, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will impose a complete closure to fishing on the Blackfoot River and its important bull ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued about 141,000 two-day, nonresident fishing licenses in 1992. “A River Runs Through It” was released in October of that year.

A river runs through them all. The 1976 book by Maclean, a retired University of Chicago professor, was a lyrical and wistful novella about growing up and fly fishing in early 20th Century Montana.

Following last year's historic drought in Montana and hot temperatures early this spring, the Blackfoot River is running at ...

The glacial melt and spring water open up their bounty of trout during a brief time for fly-fishers to launch from 21 points that dot the river. Annually, the river that threads around Montana ...

Nearly a dozen rivers in western Montana and a handful of rivers inside the borders of Yellowstone National Park are under restrictions or closures as biologists seek to reduce angling-related sources ...

Preeminent Montana fly fishing film “A River Runs Through It” closes with an elderly Norman McLean casting into the Gallatin River — a stand-in for the Blackfoot River in northwest Montana.

Get away from the Yellowstone hype and find yourself some unforgettable Fly Fishing in Craig, Montana: Here's a DIY Guide to the Real Big Sky Country.

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.” That’s how Norman Maclean began “A River Runs Through It,” his revered 1976 autobiographical novella about his ...