MISSOULA, Mont. — NBC Montana is making a weekly fishing report, with help from a local expert, on how to capitalize on the spring Skwala hatch. Skwalas are big, dark-colored stoneflies that show up ...

HAMILTON – Despite the wintry weather, the skwala hatch has started on the Bitterroot River. Doubters need only go to the river and look at all the boats and fishermen during the warmest part of the ...

Anglers: The Bitterroot River is warming up — do you know where your fly rod is? There’s still ice on the lower end and a cold snap could return, but the vaunted skwala stonefly hatch could make its ...

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 ...

There’s still ice on the lower end and a cold snap could come any day, but the vaunted skwala stonefly hatch could make its appearance around March 20, according to Western Flies and Guides owner Jeff ...

After carefully planning the dewatering of the West Fork for repairs on Painted Rocks Dam, it appears that some fish were not able to migrate to more ideal locations and died during the drawdown.

MISSOULA, Mont. - Western Montana river levels are rising. Hot temperatures sparked spring runoff, and depending on the river and the landscape it flows through, waters are higher. The Bitterroot ...

HAMILTON – “Does the skwala hatch always happen? What happens if the weather is too wet and cold for the adults to mate?” These two questions are the most commonly asked questions by new fishermen in ...