If you’ve missed out on the opportunity to float in Montana’s Smith River State Park this year, you’re not the only one. The Smith River offers a unique floating experience as it stretches 59 miles of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It’s time to get your applications in if you hope to float Montana’s iconic Smith River this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 2—Applications for a permit to float the Smith River became available Thursday, Jan. 1, through Sunday, Feb. 15. The drawing ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is accepting permit applications starting on Jan. 1 to float the Smith River. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15, with a drawing held on ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is accepting permit applications starting on Jan. 2 to float the Smith River. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15, with a drawing held on Feb. 19. Applicants ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Results for the Smith River Permit lottery are now available on Montana FWP’s licensing portal, ...

This year, 5,704 people applied for a permit to float the central Montana river and 915 received the permit they sought. That’s a 16 percent success rate. Total applications this year were slightly ...

In winter most outdoor enthusiasts ski, ice fish, snowshoe, snowmobile ride, or sled. But for some 5,000 river-runners it is time to apply for a permit to float the Smith River, located in the Smith ...

This story, “Float to Wild Trout,” appeared in the August 1987 issue of Outdoor Life. For the last mile or so, I have been sitting relaxed with the canoe paddle across my lap, lulled by the stunning ...

Montana’s snowpack could change floating and fishing conditions this summer as rivers may run lower and warm earlier across ...

When we awoke to snow on the surrounding mountains following our first night of canoeing and rafting Montana’s fabled Smith River, I thought we had dodged the nasty-weather bullet. Given that the ...