As you learn to fly fish you learn to read the rivers. Every river tells a story, and learning to read that story can turn your day of casting into a day of catching.

As you learn to fly fish you learn to read the rivers. Every river tells a story, and learning to read that story can turn your day of casting into a day of catching.

This blog provides 2026 fishing season and condition outlooks for the Kootenai river in Montana.

This blog provides 2026 fishing season and condition outlooks for the Kootenai river in Montana.

This blog provides spring bear hunting tips.

This blog provides spring bear hunting tips.

Linehan Outfitting receives 2026 Orvis award for excellence.

The .270 is the best Montana deer rifle caliber.

New and updated Orvis Recon is best fly rod on the market for the money.

Tim Linehan of Linehan Outfitting provides the history of the royal Wulff dry fly.

This blog offers Montana spring fishing tips, techniques and insect hatch information.

Mild winter means Montana game bird populations should be healthy in fall 2026.

Easy winter means minimal winter kill for deer and elk herds.

Montana Trout Unlimited is hard at work protecting Montana’s trout fisheries.

As you learn to fly fish you learn to read the rivers. Every river tells a story, and learning to read that story can turn your day of casting into a day of catching.

Early spring can offer some great fishing opportunities.  Here are five tips to help keep you safe, comfortable, and more successful on the water in March and April here in Montana.