No doubt Montana is at the top of the list when it comes to fly fishing destinations in the U.S.. If you don't believe me spend three hours in a traffic jam trying to get to one of the famous rivers ...

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.” That’s how Norman Maclean began “A River Runs Through It,” his revered 1976 autobiographical novella about his life in ...

CUT BANK, Mont. - "I'll teach a woman or a kid fly fishing anytime over an adult male," said Dave Parsons, owner of Cut Bank Creek Outfitters and Summit Station Lodge in northern Montana. Parsons, a ...

BIG SKY, Montana — There had to be a little magic in play that rainy September day on the Gallatin River when I first felt the fly line arc behind me just right and then sail back as if in slow motion ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — “Before we hit the Clark Fork River, we had to learn a little more about the background of fly-fishing. So, we stopped by the Missoulian Angler, a local fly shop,” says Jason Hurst, ...

Did John Holt just give away the best fishing stream in Montana? You be the judge. In his latest guide, “Fly Fishing Montana,” released this month, Holt describes the Jefferson River’s Willow Creek ...

It’s summer so it’s high time to unwind and experience all the great outdoors has to offer. One of nature’s most relaxing activities is fly fishing. (Author Izaak Walton once referred to the sport as ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.

One thing I pondered recently on a river in Montana: Maybe fly-fishing doesn’t have to be about hooking fish. The sport, or art, or however you regard it, is in reading the river, thinking like a ...