For early fishing on the Big Hole, Benzel recommends “simple stonefly nymphs – Pat’s stone, rubber legs. The San Juan worm works well in the spring. Pheasant tails and hare’s ears get it done.

Brian Wheeler, director of Save Wild Trout, recently documented extensive algae blooms on the Big Hole, Jefferson and Boulder ...

Take your pick. Water levels have dropped and the weather has stabilized, making fishing conditions very hospitable throughout Montana.

Instead, at the Battle of White Bird Canyon, the Nez Perce won, but they were on the run. ... He met them near the Big Hole River and was wounded in the battle, ending his pursuit.

On Aug. 2, the Big Hole Watershed Committee reported water temperatures in the river ranging from 71.6 degrees, in the section from Dickie Bridge to Maiden Rock, to 79.2 degrees from the Tony ...

The closure extends for the entire Beaverhead River—from its confluence with the Big Hole River to Clark Canyon Dam. The closure will remain in place until lifted by Montana Fish, ...

Reduced flows and forecasted high water temperatures have triggered a full fishing closure on the entire Beaverhead River — from its confluence with the Big Hole River to Clark Canyon ...

WISE RIVER, Mont. — Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder ...

Algal blooms periodically bedevil the Big Hole River. But not like this one, say people who know the river well. “Algae itself is not necessarily uncommon, but river-wide, thick neon blooms sure ...

Two river groups advocating for the Big Hole River pushed back this week after their petition seeking a specific impairment designation for the river was denied in mid-April by the Montana ...