MISSOULA, Mont. — Right now rivers are high, muddy and dangerous, so NBC Montana ventured to a Montana creek. The Blackfoot River's water levels are high and murky, but NBC Montana chose a small ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. After a round of cooler temperatures and rain in recent weeks in much of southwest Montana, state ...

When Neale Streeks moved to Montana in 1978, guided fishing trips on the Missouri and the Smith rivers were rare. After 36 years as a fly-fishing guide, and seeing countless changes on area rivers, ...

When it comes to fly fishing, no one has a better river than Michigan. That’s according to USA Today readers, who were asked to identify the best rivers in the U.S. for fly fishing. The list, released ...

HELENA, Mont., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As fall arrives, Montana's world-class rivers, streams, lakes and spring-fed ponds cool down and come alive, providing a fishing paradise for both ...

Unlike fly fishing or the tried-and-true method of simply casting a line, paddlefish are typically caught using a technique ...

This hotspot has countless streams, lakes, and several major rivers, is home to more than 20 fish species, and has plenty of ...

Boulder River — The flow has stayed high and clear and fishing is getting good and should get nothing but better. Wading is still difficult and floating is for the skilled, but the fish are seeing ...

Biologists in Montana are sounding alarms over the discovery of nonnative brown trout in the Flathead River in the northwestern part of the state. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks published a press ...

When Brian Wheeler set out to install water quality monitoring equipment in the Big Hole River near Twin Bridges, Montana on June 28, he encountered an unexpected sight. In many parts of the river, ...

TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.