Missoula Montana – One of North America’s Top 10 Trout Towns!
August 27, 2009
Forbes Magazine Ranks Missoula as One of North America’s Top 10 Trout Towns!
Forbes just released its list of the Top 10 Trout Towns in North America – Missoula, Montana is on that list.
According to government statistics, some 11 million anglers in the U.S. and Canada search for that moment of beauty every year – fly fishing. President Obama joined the ranks recently when he fished for trout in Montana.
Forbes Magazine states:
Missoula is a laid-back college town with a serious trout-fishing addiction. Anglers can fish the bouldery Blackfoot (A River Runs Through It author Norman Maclean’s home river) and the cottonwood-lined Bitteroot, both of which empty into the Clark Fork, named after explorer, William Clark, which has 300 miles of fishable water.
Missoula Montana (MT) is an amazing place to live and work. We are in a deep valley with three rivers the Clark Fork River, the Blackfoot River, and the Bitterroot River flowing through most of the County. Needless to say, Missoula is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise!
Missoula County is home to approximately 95,000 people in several welcoming communities. Communities include Missoula - the County Seat, Lolo, Frenchtown, Huson, East Missoula, and Bonner.
According to Kingfisher, one of Missoula’s top Fly Shops,
In Missoula, Over 80% of our fishing is with dryflies. Montana has more miles of wild trout rivers than any other state in the lower 48 . . . by far! It’s also true that the vast majority of these rivers just happen to be in the western part of the state.
Missoula has the reputation within the state of being the “banana belt” of Montana. This is because we have much milder winters than the majority of Montana, and a MUCH longer dryfly season than anywhere else in the country. Fish Missoula and see why it’s the Crown Jewel of the Rockies!
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Float Trip on the Blackfoot River Near Missoula Montana
August 7, 2009
Float Trips on the Blackfoot River Near Missoula Montana
We spent yesterday afternoon on inner tubes floating down the Blackfoot River near Johnsrud Park, approximately 16 miles Northeast of Missoula MT.
The Blackfoot River is the river that was made famous by the movie made from Norman McLeans’s novel about fly fishing called A River Runs Through It. From the book and movie:
“On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached from across the river, and the trees took the river in their arms. The shadows continued up the bank, until they included us.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
We rented our inner tubes from Blackfoot River Rentals which is located at McNamara’s Landing off Highway 200.
Blackfoot River Rentals provides inner tube rentals and a free shuttle service that takes you six miles up the river. They also rent a variety of sizes of rafts, life jackets, and river equipment for reasonable rates.
It was a beautiful day to be on the river and we had a lot of fun. This section of the Blackfoot has a few Class 2 and Class 3 rapids however which were challenging for us as beginners. We got through them however, and made it back to McNamara’s Landing about two and a half hours later.
McNamara’s Landing also has cabins for rent and a lodge-style restaurant which had live music from a local band. Their menu has everything from burgers and sandwiches to steaks, seafood and prime rib. After a long day on the river, it’s a great place to relax and enjoy some great food and drinks.
McNamara’s Landing is located at:
878 Highway 200 East
Bonner, MT 59823
Phone: 406-244-2015
www.McNamarasLanding.com
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