“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 ...

Sports; Outdoors; Montana lifts fishing restrictions on Clark Fork River Wed., Aug. 28, 2013 Sparse numbers of big brown trout lurk in the upper Clark Fork River. (The Spokesman-Review ...

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 ...

For information about fish advisories on the Clark Fork River and throughout Montana, contact FWP at 406-444-5686, or visit FWP's website at fwp.mt.gov. Click "Fishing," then click "Fish Consumption." ...

Full fishing closures at the mouth of some tributaries of the Clark Fork River take effect at midnight tonight, July 23. Full fishing closures prohibit any fishing at all.

Thirty years ago when I first moved to Missoula, it seemed like I couldn’t get enough time on the rivers in western Montana. Back in those days, every Friday after work I was heading spend the ...

by NBC Montana Staff. Thu, April 25th 2024 at 7:01 AM. ... Daniel Whitesitt of Post Falls, Idaho caught the lunker while fishing the Clark Fork River in northern Idaho on April 13, 2024.

In the magical photograph, actor Brad Pitt stands on a boulder in the middle of the Blackfoot River, the line from his fly rod coiling in the air like a rodeo cowboy’s rope tossed at a steer.

The Big Blackfoot River and the "nude beach," where the famous sunburn scene in  A River Runs Through It" was believed to have taken place, as the sun sets near Missoula, Mont., July 1, 2016.