Game & Fish West

GO WITH THE FLOW ON THE MO

Big water, big fish, big hatches and big crowds. That’s a fairly accurate description of Montana’s blue-ribbon reach of the Missouri River, generally located between Helena and Great Falls, and almost all of it within sight of Interstate 15. This water is one of the classic tail-race trout fisheries of the West.

The stretch that gets most of the attention from trout anglers is below Holter Dam, a bottom-release structure that discharges cold, clear water no matter the month. That

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