Colorado fisherman drowns in the North Fork River

A 67-year-old Colorado man drowned while fishing in the North Fork of the Flathead River on Sept. 25. David Hughes, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said the man was wearing waders and fishing with a relative from Whitefish near the outlet of Camas Creek when the two lost sight of each other around a bend in the river.

When the Whitefish man could not find his relative, he went for help around 1:45 p.m.

Personnel from the sheriff’s office and North Valley Search and Rescue located the Colorado man’s body submerged in the river about 100 yards downstream from Camas Creek.

The incident is under investigation and an autopsy will be performed.