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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Here’s how to plan a trip to Darby, Montana. Courtesy of Triple Creek Ranch Cowboy herding cows at Triple Creek Ranch. From riding horses at Triple Creek Ranch and fly fishing the Bitterroot River to ...

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 ...