Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have decided on the 16-member Bitterroot River Recreation Committee tasked with developing recommendations on how fishing should be managed on the upper ...

It’s soon going to be time for the public to weigh in on how fishing pressure on the popular upper reaches of the Bitterroot River could be managed in the future. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nestled in the middle of Montana's Bitterroot Valley, just over 35 miles south of Missoula, the small community of Victor, Montana, offers an idyllic base camp for exploring mountain trails, ...

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 ...

Bitterroot Valley emergency crews rescued a floater stuck underneath a log jam on the Bitterroot River on Thursday morning. Two men floating the West Fork of the Bitterroot overturned their raft on a ...

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 ...