by Leah Veress
How one volunteer organization is working to restore coldwater fisheries.
Each year for the past three decades, volunteers scatter like windblown mayflies across the lower Madison River for the annual Madison-Gallatin Trout Unlimited (MGTU) end-of-summer river cleanup. … Read more...
by Don Thomas
What makes the west slope cutthroat so special?
It’s mid-September on a remote mountain stream that shall go unnamed for reasons understood by all serious anglers. The ambience could not provide a starker contrast to my last … Read more...
What does the future hold for Montana’s most iconic river?
by Dave Hemphill
Montana’s Big Hole River has been considered one of the Treasure State’s gems by anglers for nearly 150 years. It gained attention in the late 1800s when … Read more...
by Dave Hemphill
Not all heroes wear capes. Some don fishing waders and hold law degrees. The folks who form the Upper Missouri Waterkeeper are such people. Working to protect Montana’s Upper Missouri River Basin, an area that covers 25,000 … Read more...
by Eli Fournier
What’s the best way to visualize the number one million? Abstractly, it’s about the population of Montana. In more relative terms, it’s the maximum capacity of 13 NFL stadiums put together, or approximately 40 Montana Griz stadiums … Read more...
by Peter Moreno
The crystal-clear alpine lake boiled with rings as the sun set; hungry trout feasted on surface bugs after their long winter dormancy. My first backcast caught on the small spruce behind me. It took me 30 minutes … Read more...
by Scott Bosse
And what tools can be used to do so.
Anyone with a soul who has ever fished, paddled, or even just laid eyes on the Gallatin River wants to see it protected. More than any feature in … Read more...
