In this file photo from August, Save Wild Trout's lead scientist Kyle Flynn, Ph.D., carries a portable water-quality monitor out of the Big Hole River at Jerry Creek Fishing Access Site.

Fly guides report scarcer bug hatches every year. The density of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are consistently above threshold for healthy trout populations. So is water temperature; parts ...

The sport has exploded along the state’s rivers, with many fearing that trout are being “loved to death.” For example, the number of angler days – or any part of a day spent fishing per ...

Last month, fishing outfitters, guides, anglers and people worried about the decline of trout populations in southwest Montana sought immediate action from Gov. Greg Gianforte.

On Aug. 11, Dixon said he hadn't cast a fly for a wild Montana trout in nearly a month, and he doesn't expect to start taking clients again until late August or early September. He estimated the ...

The move is to protect the park’s native and wild trout fisheries. High temperatures and low river flow must improve until ...