HAMILTON – Waiting for the river to be at perfect condition can be a tedious task. Every year, anglers wait and wait for the right conditions to appear before they launch their season on the ...

FLY FISHING — The Bitterroot River, which runs through Missoula, is warming up and anglers are starting to squirm at the thought of the season’s first hatch of big fish-arousing stoneflies. There’s ...

Fly fishermen – with their armadas of rubber boats filled with anglers dressed in khaki vests and chest waders – are the iconic Bitterroot River’s own symbol. The 75 miles of the river’s main stem ...

HAMILTON — After clarifying what constitutes a “float,” the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new regulations for the West Fork of the Bitterroot River, a world-renowned cutthroat trout ...

Climbing water temperatures have triggered fishing restrictions on the main Bitterroot River and new sections of the Clark Fork River starting Tuesday. The "hoot-owl" rules prohibit angling between 2 ...

HAMILTON - The owner of a Hamilton fly-fishing shop died in a rafting accident on the Bitterroot River on Wednesday. Richard "Dick" Galli, 72, drowned after the raft in which he was riding overturned ...