After spending about 10 minutes under the overturned raft that we had propped up between two boulders as a temporary shelter, the hail storm eased and we crawled out to inspect the cloudy sky for any ...

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NORRIS, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced hoot-owl restrictions will be lifted Wednesday on the lower Madison River. Hoot-owl restrictions prohibit fishing between 2 p.m. and midnight ...

WEST YELLOWSTONE - Walter Clairain was having a beer break, frustrated at his inability to get a strike from one of the large fish he had spotted lurking at the bottom of a nearby hole. "I seen a ...

The evening air in the mountains has already begun to show signs of fall. There is a slight tinge in the leaves. Berries ripe from months on the branch now weigh heavy on the boughs. And the trout in ...

Streamers are particularly effective in high, stained water and in low light conditions. When visibility drops, a trout relies heavily on its lateral line system to find food. Streamers create ...

The first time I fished the lower Madison River, I felt small. I was 18 years old and had never been out West—and though I’d grown up trout fishing on the East Coast, I had never done so on a river ...

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced hoot-owl restrictions are lifted on the Madison River upstream of Hebgen Reservoir. The restrictions were lifted due to cooler ...