stl,2o - that's Rock Creek. It's a good trout flyfishing stream. My Dad used to take my bro and I up that creek and also on the Clarkfork near where it dumps into to it, when we were kids. Like the famous Blackfoot R., it isn't the trophy fishery it used to be, but still good.

CLEO, your biggest challenge the last week in May is going to be high cold water from one of the bigger spring runoffs in years. I suggest calling the Chamber of Commerce in Missoula and Kalispel to get phone numbers for tackle and fly shops that can give you ideas ahead of time, as well as the current conditions and best bets just before your trip. One of the best blue ribbon classed trophy 'bow rivers in the world is the Kootenai River - best fished from below the dam on down for many miles to the confluence with the Yak R. (the Yak is also a good smaller fly fishing river). Good scenery and wildlife in that area - including griz if you know where to look (or to avoid , they can be a little cranky after the winter's hybernation). If the rivers are just too high and cold, there are lots of lakes to fish; with boat rentals common, as are bank fihsing spots. Two of the better lakes are Kookanuska, up the Kootenai R. from the northwest town of Libby. It has 'bows, and has one of the best kokanee fisheries (landlocked sockeye salmon). And the "Big Lake", Flathead Lake, from Kalispel to Bigfork to Poulson is full of good fish. You can rent boats in a number of places. It helps to have downriggers to fish deep for the big 'lakers' (Mackinaw lake trout), as well as the other trout and salmonid species in the lake. But you can fish from the bank for hungry cruising spring trout near shore. A big runoff shouldn't goof that fishery up too much (I think). After checking out the great little tourist trap mod/rustic town of Big Fork, head up to the small towns of West Glacier and Apgar on the west side of Glacier National Park. When the spring weather clears, about every other day (hopefully), you will see unsurpassed scenic mountain beauty! The Nothern Rockies with spring snowcap there is awesome!!! More pristine than the Canadian Rockies and Alaska even. But you won't be able to take the high road over Logan Pass there until it melts off by mid-June or so. IMHO, it's the most awesome natural scenery in the world up that pass! I've been up thru the 'Icefields Parkway' from Banff to Jasper Alberta in the Canadian Rockies and up the AK Hwy, and nowhere do you get as high up in the crags as on that road up to Logan Pass (called 'Going To The Sun' Hwy - 50 miles one way). ...

Guess you can tell I'm a fanatic about that area? I'm a native from NW Montana, and it's easy to get carried away with it. I love it there.