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HELENA, Mont. — Disappointed anglers are putting off their vacations this year with Montana’s blue-ribbon trout streams running higher and dirtier than they have in recent memory.
The murky water is the result of spring flooding and a torrential runoff still pouring off the mountains from a record winter snowpack. Water flows for many of the major rivers are at twice their normal rates or higher, churning up muck and mud that have made the water nearly opaque in some streams.
That’s muddied the outlook for a major tourism draw for Montana, with cancellations running as high as 80 percent in parts of the state so far this year. Some fly shops are reporting that their business is off between 38 and 50 percent.
The Associated Press
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