MISSOULA, Mont. — “Before we hit the Clark Fork River, we had to learn a little more about the background of fly-fishing. So, we stopped by the Missoulian Angler, a local fly shop,” says Jason Hurst, ...

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. If you're a fly angler and haven't been to ...

A football coach, an author and a “riverkeeper” walk into a fly shop one autumn afternoon. What do they walk out with? If you’re waiting for a punch line, relax; fall fly fishing is no joke to these ...

I couldn’t, in good conscience, make the claim that Eastern fly fishermen are better at catching trout than Western fly anglers. When you really break it down, you can either present a nymph, dry, or ...

Western Montana Big Hole River — Fishing has been great. Salmonflies continue to work. The bugs are not flying a lot with the cooler weather. Golden Stones will become a little more dominant during ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The 2025 Fly Fishing Film Tour is coming to Dillon. The 19th annual tour will make a stop at UM Western on Friday, February 28, at 6 p.m. in UM Western's Beier Auditorium. This event ...

It also occurred to me that I could have driven a few miles downstream and likely found more bugs and active fish chasing them. There are quite a few fishing access sites in Montana, as it turns out.

The state is imposing more restrictions on fishing this year as the combination of extreme conditions, including low river levels, fish die-offs and the crush of anglers, poses long-term problems. By ...