You hear the roaring waters, birds chirping, and watching leaves fall; you know you are in Montana by the Bitterroot River. This river is forty-two miles in length. As you walk barefoot in the shallow water you will see tadpoles, mossy rocks, and gorgeous rainbow trout. Although the Bitterroot River passes close by to many residential areas, it is a terrific place for wildlife viewing.
The Bitterroot River flows from South to North, and can be very high in the Summer. My father, Cory, told me stories as a child about how he and my grandfather used to go fishing on the Bitterroot almost everyday in the Summer time. As I listened to these stories, I couldn’t imagine the patience and skill my father had to endure while learning these techniques. At the age of seven, I was taught how to tie up a line, cast, and just wait for that perfect fish to bite. …show more content…
That’s because most of this river’s streams flow from the Bitterroots. In the Bitterroot’s middle, between Hamilton and Stevensville, the riverbed is mainly small pebbles, sand, and gravel which cause the river to continually “reconstruct” and form new channels every year. For years, even decades landowners have attempted to control the meandering river. They’ve also dredged channels that supply farms with water and to help keep the river from flooding homes.
The Bitterroot Valley was the not so original home of the Salish Indians, also known as the Flatheads. The name Bitterroot came from the Montana state plant. In 1805, on its westward climb to the Pacific, the Lewis and Clark Expedition met members of the Salish Tribe at a meadow called Ross’ Hole, on the East Fork of the Bitterroot. After a few days traveling downstream, the explorers decided to camp on Lolo Creek. The campsite at Lolo Creek, about 11 miles south of Missoula, is today the Travelers’ Rest State Park. The expedition would camp there once again in 1806 on the return
The Bitterroot River flows from South to North, and can be very high in the Summer. My father, Cory, told me stories as a child about how he and my grandfather used to go fishing on the Bitterroot almost everyday in the Summer time. As I listened to these stories, I couldn’t imagine the patience and skill my father had to endure while learning these techniques. At the age of seven, I was taught how to tie up a line, cast, and just wait for that perfect fish to bite. …show more content…
That’s because most of this river’s streams flow from the Bitterroots. In the Bitterroot’s middle, between Hamilton and Stevensville, the riverbed is mainly small pebbles, sand, and gravel which cause the river to continually “reconstruct” and form new channels every year. For years, even decades landowners have attempted to control the meandering river. They’ve also dredged channels that supply farms with water and to help keep the river from flooding homes.
The Bitterroot Valley was the not so original home of the Salish Indians, also known as the Flatheads. The name Bitterroot came from the Montana state plant. In 1805, on its westward climb to the Pacific, the Lewis and Clark Expedition met members of the Salish Tribe at a meadow called Ross’ Hole, on the East Fork of the Bitterroot. After a few days traveling downstream, the explorers decided to camp on Lolo Creek. The campsite at Lolo Creek, about 11 miles south of Missoula, is today the Travelers’ Rest State Park. The expedition would camp there once again in 1806 on the return