I heard some very disappointing news yesterday; apparently evidence of Zebra/Quagga Mussels have been found in the Missouri River. From what I hear this was both upstream and downstream of Craig, Montana. At this point there is not really any immediate impact on anglers from Canada, and maybe the fishery is OK. Longer term though this is a severe issue.
If you haven't made the pilgrimage to the Mecca of Fly Fishing that is Craig and the Missouri I can only encourage you to do so. You might want to make it sooner rather than later though in case they take drastic steps to try to deal with this. The dams there are hydro dams and once the mussels get in and clog everything up its a legitimate disaster. I don't have an article to link at this point, but I will post one if I come across it.
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