The trout rose in a smooth arc, took my tumbling salmon fly, and completed its curve ... I’ve fished the Blackfoot River in northwestern Montana from the time I was big enough to tag along ...

My guide for the day was John Herzer, a 25-year Missoula resident and the owner, with his wife, Terri, of Blackfoot River Outfitters, one of the area’s top fly-fishing operations. He slid our ...

Sponsor Message “It’s a real paradox for me,” says John Herzer, who’s been a fly fishing guide and outfitter ... native bull trout on the Blackfoot River long before author Norman Maclean ...

It is known for its high-water quality, scenery, recreational opportunities, cold-water fishery, and historic and cultural ...

The Blackfoot ... sure to stay bear-aware when fishing mountain creeks. Hiking to a small mountain stream, we often find fish are more likely to take a dry fly that isn't presented as well ...

Author Norman Maclean made that happen with his novella about fathers, sons and fly fishing in 1976. It recounted a time 40 years earlier when the “Big Blackfoot” River was the lure for big ...

endless outdoor activities and 10 private and pristine miles of the famous Blackfoot River (the body of water at the center of A River Runs Through It). For those new to fly fishing, start with ...

Preeminent Montana fly fishing film “A River Runs Through It” closes with an elderly Norman McLean casting into the Gallatin River — a stand-in for the Blackfoot River in northwest Montana.

NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: Kynslee Scott is a fly fishing guide and conservationist. KYNSLEE SCOTT: My life revolves around fishing. ROTT: She's on the banks of the Blackfoot River on an overcast ...

The trout rose in a smooth arc, took my tumbling salmon fly, and completed its curve ... I’ve fished the Blackfoot River in northwestern Montana from the time I was big enough to tag along ...

The Blackfoot River is the lowest it's been in fly fishing guide KynsLee Scott's career. "I don't know how you could be a guide and not be concerned," she says. Nathan Rott / NPR Western Montana ...