Emergency officials plan to recommend a state of disaster declaration for Missoula County Thursday. As of Wednesday afternoon, experts aren’t expecting the Clark Fork River to crest as high as ...

HAMILTON, Mont. — Anglers are getting an early start on weekend fishing. High water has kept a lot of fishermen and women waiting. The water is still high for this time of year, but it has come down ...

FISHING — Growing fishing pressure and congestion on Western Montana’s Bitterroot River has prompted the state to propose limits on outfitters in the river’s upper reaches. Montana Fish, Wildlife and ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Earlier this month, an angler seeking trout in the lower Bitterroot River near where it joins the ...

The Bitterroot River's blue-ribbon fishery will have a long and promising future under an agreement announced Thursday by two state agencies and Montana Trout Unlimited. Brokered by TU's Montana Water ...

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 ...