River Wire Blog

At this time of year, every winter has been a "long winter".  By Montana standards, this winter has been mild.  We've had a few cold days and a few warm days.  Mostly, we've had a lot of inbetween.  Perhaps that's about to change.  High temperatures will reach...

From: Gents: FYI. We’ll see the river drop about 400 cfs for a month. The water supply looks bleak above Canyon Ferry at this point and BOR doesn’t want to spill water. Grant and Brad (his new fish tech) will try to get an idea of any dewatered brown trout redds to see if we will...

From The Great Falls Tribune 2/11/2010 By Bill Schneider Editor's Note: Few anglers know how a handful of dedicated government officials and conservationists saved the incredible tailwaters trout fishery of the Upper Missouri River below Holter Dam. Along the way, they essentially stopped...