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 ...

If you’ve ever stood on the bank of a river with a fly rod, stared at the water, and wondered, ‘Where the hell do I start?’, you’re not alone. When you’re just getting started trout fishing, even ...

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 sho ...

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

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 ...

Freestone stream, spring creek, tailwater — which would you rather attack for trout? The answer will depend largely on where you live, but it might also hinge on the style of fishing you prefer. Each ...

At the conclusion of a recent presentation by Save Wild Trout on their monitoring efforts in Montana's Jefferson River Basin, the mood in the community room at Helena’s Lewis and Clark Public Library ...

Tom Rosenbauer reached down to his laptop, and a picture of a tiny cascade of water splashing down stones appeared on the projector screen. “Would you stop and fish a stream that small?” he asked the ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries staff have noticed a declining number of bull trout spawning nests in western Montana. Trends show the spawning nests, or redds, have ...

This story, “It Takes a Grampus,” appeared in the August 1950 issue of Outdoor Life. Did you ever buck a first-class, big­ scale, full-blown jinx in a choice piece of trout country? Ever fish streams ...