Montana Fly Fishing Catching Tons of Exposure

Montana's famous fly fishing destinations have received their fair share of exposure this month, with President Obama fly fishing for the first time in Livingston followed by West Yellowstone and Missoula’s inclusion last week in Forbes.com’s list of North America’s Top 10 Trout-Fishing Towns.

In fact, Montana was the only state to have two destinations ranked in the Top 10.

“West Yellowstone is a quirky town where the frontier greets the thousands of RVs that cruise through Yellowstone National Park,” the site noted last week. “It's also the epicenter of arguably the best trout fishing in North America. … On the park's outskirts, anglers flock to the Gallatin, the brawling Yellowstone and the trout-rich Madison.
Missoula was recognized for the handful of blue-ribbon fisheries that run through it.

“Another Big Sky gem, Missoula is a laid-back college town with a serious trout- fishing addiction,” the site noted. “Anglers can fish the bouldery Blackfoot and the cottonwood-lined Bitteroot, both of which empty into the Clark Fork, which has 300 miles of fishable water.”

Also joining the Forbes list, which was in no particular order, were Redding, Calif., Calgary, Alberta, Asheville, N.C., Glenwood Springs, Colo., State College, Pa., Mountain Home, Ark., Grayling, Mich., and Roscoe, N.Y.