A rainbow trout tagged by FWP as part of its study of fish declines in southwestern Montana rivers. (Image courtesy FWP) You really can’t make this stuff up. Last week Montana’s Department of Fish, ...

It comes as no surprise, but nonresidents spend substantially more on travel-related items such as accommodations, outfitter ...

When the weather and water temps start dropping, most trout anglers break out the tiny flies. Fishing midges deep in the ...

The color of Mountain Dew. Brian Wheeler discovered and photographed significant algae blooms last weekend on the Big Hole, Boulder and Jefferson rivers. He described these early algae blooms, ...

No one can say for sure. Is George Grant spinning in his grave or celebrating a new alliance that might benefit his beloved Big Hole? The Big Hole River Foundation was founded in 1988 by celebrated ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Two conservation groups are petitioning the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to ...

Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates.

BUTTE — The announcement Tuesday by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks struck some river watchdogs as puzzling. They wondered about FWP’s decision to reopen sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River to ...

DILLON, Mont. — The fishing closure on the Big Hole River, stretching from the North Fork of the Big Hole River to Dickie Bridge, has been lifted due to improved water flows. This section is now the ...

HELENA, Mont. — Cooler temperatures have led to the lifting of hoot-owl fishing restrictions on the Lower Madison River and angling closures on Sections 3 and 4 of the Big Hole River, effective ...