Jake and I ran to Missoula yesterday to accomplish a few different objectives; we were helping Jess move back to Bozeman and looking at venues for a film project we’re working on.
I’ve never really done this before – we kept a running list of the fishable water that we saw during the drive from Bozeman to Missoula and back – and there’s more than you might think.
Tired of the crowded ‘big fish waters’? There are hoards of small cricks and creeks to ponder and wander.
In the interest of full and honest disclosure – we made sort of a big loop across the south central and southwestern parts of the state. There are more or less two different ways to get to Missoula from Bozeman – on the way to Missoula went cut across from Three Forks to Helena, drove down the big Blackfoot and then on into Missoula. On the way back we simply followed I90 up the Clark Fork to Butte, hopped over the pass, and ran on back into Bozeman.
Here’s the list of the fishable waters along the way (and we probably missed some) –
East Gallatin
Hyalite Creek
Gallatin
Three Forks Ponds
Madison
Jefferson
Missouri
Canyon Ferry Res.
Townsend Ponds
Townsend City Ponds
Pole Creek
Prickly Pear Creek
Ten Mile Creek
Ten Mile Pond
Little Blackfoot
Halfway Creek
Nevada Creek
Washington Creek
Clear Creek
Nevada Creek Res.
Blackfoot River (upper, then lower)
Brown’s Lake
North Fork of the Blackfoot
Monture Creek
Clearwater River
Clark Fork
Rock Creek
Anaconda Settling Ponds
Boulder River
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