Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park may be turning on. Take your bug spray. The black flies are nasty this year. The heat wave across Western Montana has increased the water temperature on most ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves ...

For a few hours on a sun-soaked autumn morning, Dan McGuinness stands ankle-deep in Montana's idyllic Sixteen Mile Creek. His thoughts focus on casting a fly lure to the perfect spot, drawing the ...

Located in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, this community offers visitors all kinds of outdoor activities, including fishing, ...

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Law students at the University of Montana created an independent student organization called the Fly-Fishing Society for those who love fishing the state's rivers. The organization ...

CUT BANK, Mont. - "I'll teach a woman or a kid fly fishing anytime over an adult male," said Dave Parsons, owner of Cut Bank Creek Outfitters and Summit Station Lodge in northern Montana. Parsons, a ...

For lake and reservoir anglers the bad news is that many of the region’s lakes and reservoirs still had rotten ice when this report was compiled. The good news is that ice is receding, and with warm ...

In July of 2021, Montana fly fishing guide Zach Pleshar emailed clients, warning of potentially difficult drought-like conditions on the Yellowstone River: low water and rising water temperatures – a ...

Warming waters and other factors along the state’s rivers like the Big Hole appear to be contributing to alarmingly low numbers of the state’s renowned rainbow and brown trout. By Jim Robbins WISE ...