Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect on the Bitterroot River starting Wednesday at 2 p.m., extending from Veteran’s Bridge ...

Hoot owl restrictions are going into effect for the Bitterroot River between Veteran’s Bridge in Hamilton to the confluence ...

After weeks of high water western Montana rivers are becoming tamer. More anglers are venturing onto the water. Fishing access sites up and down the Bitterroot River are busy.

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 ...

Fishing in western Montana this spring was good. Abundant skwala stoneflies on the rivers around Missoula made for some very consisnent nymphing and spots of awesome dry fly fishing.

Bitterroot water levels 'well below normal' as Montana rivers see mid-summer conditions early From the June 26 recap: Hamilton news you may have missed today series ...

the Bitterroot River near Missoula last fall. In his newly updated book, “Fly Fishing Montana,” writer John Holt laments the growth in popularity of the sport since his first guide book 20 ...

FLY FISHING — The Bitterroot River, which runs through Missoula, is warming up and anglers are starting to squirm at the thought of the season’s first hatch of big fish-arousing stoneflies ...

"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 life in ...

While hoot-owl restrictions have not been authorized on the Bitterroot River yet, other popular water bodies in Montana have already seen the regulations imposed.

“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 ...