Don’t miss this nice piece from the Missoulian about a nifty project the Clark Fork Coalition helped pull together to save an insane number of fish (up to 10K/year) lost annually in the Lolo-Maclay Diversion Ditch. Attaboy. (Image via the linked article in the Missoulian)
River – Bitterroot
The Bitter Root Water Forum (yep, it’s spelled differently than the river) has their two big late summer events this weekend – their Run for the River 5k on Friday and their big River Cleanup Day on Saturday (free BBQ 4-6 pm for participants). Details here, and attaboy BRWF.
From the Missoulian today in Bitterroot River Recreation Panel Gets Push Back from Fishing Outfitters – HAMILTON — The Bitterroot River Recreation Advisory Committee will meet Monday to review its draft recommendations for managing river recreation on the Upper Bitterroot and West Fork — and some changes may be coming. The current recommendation sets aside […]
Bitterroot River Montana Fly Fishing Video – Late from Joe Cummings on Vimeo.
Bitterroot River, Montana Fly Fishing from Larry Van Dyke on Vimeo.
A few weeks ago an extended family member asked me why I waste my time reading fly fishing blog and even more time writing one. The question was meant to be just what it sounds like (an overt expression of disdain among other things), though if I had to guess, I’d bet my answer wasn’t […]
Calling Hogs from Yukon Goes Fishing on Vimeo.
Zach over at False Casts and Flat Tires has recently put up some additional pics of the gravel work done over on the Bitterroot at the Mitchell Slough headgates. Sure will be nice to get the rest of the story….
The guys writing over at False Casts and Flat Tires (Missoula) stumbled across a nothing-short-of-astounding change to the Bitterroot in the vicinity of the infamous Mitchell Slough… The Bitterroot is one our favorite rivers. Its close proximity to Missoula, a strong trout population and the fact that their are still a few hidden gems where […]
From today’s Missoulian….. The Clark Fork and Bitterroot rivers near Missoula would be closed to high-speed watercraft under a proposal by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Increasing conflicts between homeowners and non-motorized boaters on one side and speedboaters on the other prompted the plan, according to FWP fisheries manager Pat Saffel. The […]
There’s still some fishing to be done on the Bitterroot this week, and the weather forecast doesn’t look bad at all….. A couple of friends from Seattle have been trying to put a trip together to make a run over here, and they’ve been stymied at every turn. I told them that if they really […]
Pic via DiscountFlies.com
All things considered, this should be a decent week on the river. The forecast this morning is calling for a little more sun than I’d like to see, but low 50’s the first week of November makes for a nice afternoon on the water whether your getting much done fishing or not. Sometimes we just […]
The Bitterroot continues to give it up for the dry fly aficionado; the weather has been ideal save for some wind on the day before these storms roll through. I wasn’t on the water yesterday but heard it got tough (wind) in the afternoon. The game is still BWO and mahoganies. Bring a nice assortment […]
The word is ‘yes’. The Bitterroot is still fishing well. We’ve had a good week (more or less) since the seasonable weather returned to the Bitterroot valley, though today and Saturday are both forecast to be windy with Saturday forecast (as least as of this morning) to be very windy. The blue wings and mahoganies […]
