River Wire Blog

The Trout Shop Cafe is open for dinner Friday and Saturday Night - April 29 & 30 from 5 PM to 11 PM. Appetizer: Fresh Penn Cove Mussels in Wine, Garli and Chilis $12.00. Soup and Salads: Grilled Asparagus Salad, House-made Green Goddess $6.95. House Salad... Read more

FWP's Grant Greysack said the Brown Trout that we were seeing last year  that had a fish fungus received the ailment from a natural event. During the construction of their gravel spawn beds,  they rubbed off the protective slime layer that is there primary protection against the fungus... Read more

Governor Schweitzer put the brakes on Cyanide Leach Pads in Montana.  SB 306 is dead on arrival. Read more

Long term and short term conditions look great on the Mighty Mo. Weather:   The general  long term weather forecast is that we are in a La Nina pattern that will be moderating into a neutral position for July , and August. Forecasts point to a 50/50 percent chance of... Read more

Get them while you can.  Our current Whiting Farms feather inventory has been updated to reflect our current inventory levels.  Hair dressers are keeping us busy.  Read more

Angling Trade recently posted an interesting story on premium fly fishing products being found in Costco.  We're not surprised that it's happening. Kudos to Mike Michalak's post - a must read found in the comments of the magazine's post. Here's what we think. Not that long ago... Read more

Montana's Pebble Mine? During floor debate on a measure that undermines Montana’s ban on new open-pit cyanide-leach mines, Sen. Dave Lewis punctuated his support by declaring, “…. some people don’t like…holes being dug, but this is Montana. That’s what we do... Read more

From Angling Trade - Costco Enters Fly Fishing For the fly shop owner, there are threats coming from all different angles at any given time.  They come from increased prices from suppliers, new competition down the street, big boxes building the mega-complex across town, and now ... Read more

The annual meeting of the Upper Missouri River Water Advisory Group is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12th at 1:00 PM. The meeting location is the Commission Meeting Room on the Main floor of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Building located at 1420 East Sixth Avenue, Helena MT... Read more

Check out the new Argentina fishing photos in our photo gallery on The Trout  Shop's faceebook page.  We hope you like them.  More to come. Read more