This story was produced in partnership with Montana Department of Commerce. Montana is a place where water defines the landscape—pristine rivers weave through canyon walls and sprawling reservoirs ...

Bighorn River — Current flows are 7,500 cfs with a water temp of 36 degrees. Soap Creek is kicking in quite a bit of dirty water, so stay river left after it dumps in just a couple of miles above ...

When Alex Falder reeled in a 15-inch trout on the Bighorn River on July 17, his guide was a bit surprised. “Man, that looks exactly like a cutthroat trout,” said Andy Elser of On The Fly Guiding, a ...

FWP has estimated the river records about 180,000 angler days a year, a number comparable to rivers like the popular Madison or Missouri, but those rivers can spread anglers out much farther than the ...

The section of the river below the dam, between Three Mile and Bighorn fishing access sites, contained more than 4,300 fish 8 inches and larger per mile in the fall of 2015, according to Mike Ruggles, ...

Bighorn Lake: Barry s Landing Fishing is awesome. Ron Herman of Laurel fished it and his group brought home their full limit and they had boated 25-30 fish. The walleye are running 11/2-31/2 pounds.

Bighorn River — The river is fishing good. Toss a scud or sowbug, trailed by a pheasant tail or PMD, like a wonder nymph. By Bighorn Fishing Access, use a black elk-hair or black CDC caddis. The water ...

Famed for its spectacular trout fishing, Montana’s Bighorn River recently gave Kansas City, Mo., fly angler Nathan Diesel a big, toothy surprise — a 38-inch, 16-pound northern pike.