To be fair - John warned us before we came that fishing was going to be tough - very tough. We were not expecting much, the main rivers were way high and muddy. - not even fishable. The pond was looking like it might be a possiblity, though we were looking forward to some fiesty Montana river trout.

John suggested we try the West Fork of the Bitterroot. It is higher up and does not have all the little muddy feeder streams messing it up. No promises he said, but it is one of our few choices.

This rver had the opposite problem - low and cold water. There were many areas they had to walk the rafts for several hundred yards.