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 ...

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 ...

It is known for its high-water quality, scenery, recreational opportunities, cold-water fishery, and historic and cultural significance.

CORVALLIS - After 18 years of patrolling the Bitterroot River every summer, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks warden Douglas Johnson thought he knew that waterway like the back of his hand. But ...

WISE RIVER, Mont. – Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder ...

— Bighorn Angler, Fort Smith. Bitterroot River — The catching is good. Water levels are fluctuating with warm daily temperatures and snow melt, but still very fishable.

"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.