More "hoot owl" fishing restrictions come to Western Montana

State wildlife officials have instituted "hoot owl" fishing restrictions on a section of the Blackfoot River and some of its tributaries.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced that no fishing will be allowed between 2 p.m. and midnight on Morrell, Gold, Belmont, Cottonwood, Copper, and Monture creeks as well as the North Fork of the Blackfoot River below North Fork Falls and Landers Fork.

LINK (via:KPAX)

For a statewide view of closures, view the Fishing Closures map.

North Olympic Peninsula rivers at historic low flows amid worsening drought

Things are not looking good for the rivers on the Olympic Penninsula.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has reported low, warm river flows are causing high mortality among salmon trying to return to rivers to spawn.

While all of the North Olympic Peninsula's measured rivers are setting new daily records with each dawn, the Elwha and Calawah rivers are at their lowest for the month of June recorded in 117 years.

LINK (via: The Peninsula Daily)

Small fly fishing community emerging around Pierre and Fort Pierre

Every year tens of thousands of fly fishermen flock to the Missouri River. All of them are hoping to catch trout out of the legendary river’s cold, clear water. Of course that’s in Montana where the river is made up almost entirely of glacier and snow melt.

Around Pierre and Fort Pierre there’s a slightly different character to the Mighty Mo.

LINK (via: The Rapid City Journal)

The father of the large arbor

A profile of Bauer Fly Reels from the Ashland Daily Tidings.

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Jimmy Kimmel Joins American Rivers Board

“I am thrilled to join the board of directors of American Rivers,” Kimmel said in the release. “As an avid fly-fisherman, I look forward to working with this great organization to protect wild rivers, restore damaged rivers, and conserve clean water.”

LINK (via: Outside)

The bad news is that after two recent meetings in the Bahamas, things seem to be getting worse

A discouraging Bahamas regulations update from Yellow Dog.