LOLO — Travelers’ Rest State Park will host a temporary exhibit, “The Art of the Angle,” from the Maclean family illustration collection beginning in January. The display is centered around fly fishing and illustrations from related books.

Visitors to Travelers’ Rest State Park can view the free exhibit January through April during regular visitor center hours, Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. To celebrate the opening, join in a Zoom conversation with author John N. Maclean on Saturday, Jan. 3, at 11 a.m., and view the exhibit following the presentation. Watch the Zoom presentation in-person at the visitor center, or online from home. Find out more at travelersrest.org.

The exhibit features 34 wood engravings by a trio of artists: Barry Moser, Wesley W. Bates, and Chris Wormell, all featured in the books A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, Home Waters by John Maclean, and the 100th anniversary edition of Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River. The illustrations capture the central truth of each of these famous fish stories – that the solitary fisherman is never alone. They recall the hands that tied the intricate flies, conversations with family members and friends no longer here, and places where lasting memories are made. Maclean family memorabilia and a special exhibit on historic fishing will be displayed alongside the artwork.

The special exhibit is made possible by Scheels and the Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation. “The Art of the Angle” was originally organized by the National Sporting Library & Museum in 2025. Travelers’ Rest Connection is also partnering with Montana Art Gallery Directors Association to coordinate a tour of the exhibit to museums and visitor centers in Montana and Idaho through February 2028.

Travelers’ Rest State Park includes the only archaeologically verified campsite of the Lewis & Clark Expedition and was an important cultural site for the Séliš and Ql?ispé people. Call the state park at (406) 273–4253 or visit fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/travelers-rest for more information.