It might be a Circus
It might be a Circus It might be a Circus out there this weekend. And in the following weeks ahead. Our Governor declared a statewide flooding emergency. We are not flooding here. We have 3 dams, and 3 lakes, feeding…
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Friday High Water Fishing Report 11 May 2018
Friday High Water Fishing Report 11 May 2018 High water here on the Mo. Fishable high water. The information leaders in Craig Montana give you today the Friday High Water Fishing Report 11 May 2018 Busy. Lots of boats rowing in…
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Future Fly Fishers Colbie Edition!
Future Fly Fishers Colbie Edition! A great Rainbow in the net for Colbie! Our latest edition of Future Fly Fishers. She did awesome and this was just one of here accomplishments in the recent week. Fishing is tough some say.…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Sally Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Sally Edition Sally from somewhere in the last month. I think in the rainy period of April. Hence the rain jackets. Did not damper the enthusiasm in this boat though. Big fish caught by Sally, including…
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Missouri River Montana Headhunters Fishing Report May 7th
Missouri River Montana Headhunters Fishing Report May 7th High water techniques apply. Fish towards the bank, or away from it. The best catch rates are those hugging the bank and tossing into the deep trough that lines the bank. Soft…
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Just Add Vise Zirdle Bug Tying Kit Video
Just Add Vise Zirdle Bug Tying Kit Video High water means more bigger bugs. Yep. Big fly big water theory. Some say it. Some even mean it. If you are headed this way in the spring, summer, or fall you…
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Shane Wilson drifting down the river last week. Laughing, fishing, enjoying the day. The weather is fresh, springlike, and fantastic. Visit us when coming to the Mo We’d love to meet you. We have Craig’s only Wi-Fi, cellular…
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Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast Here we go out of April running full speed into the jaws of May! Hooray. Maybe spring will greet us this Month of May. Things to look forward to in May include… More water.…
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JAV Rainbow Czech Nymph
JAV Rainbow Czech Nymph Tie this up. Use it daily this spring. Through July 5th? Maybe. Or you can buy them at the store. Or buy the Just Add Vise Rainbow Kit here online. Or skip it all and just…
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Top 15 Missouri River May Nymph Patterns
Top 15 Missouri River Montana Spring High Water Nymph Patterns Some days it sure feels like there are not 10 patterns that are effective. And other days it fishes well and most every reasonable spring Montana pattern is getting some…
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Missouri River Fishing Report April 29th 2018
Missouri River Fishing Report April 29th 2018 Not normal Missouri River fishing. Lower than average catch rates. Difficult situations. Fluctuations in the water couple times a week. Swollen feeder creeks like the Dearborn and Little Prickly Pear. Lots of boats.…
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What Goes Up Must Come Down
What Goes Up Must Come Down The water is going up. It will come down. In late June. Blood, Sweat and Tears nailing Spinning Wheels today on the Headhunters Blog Pretty funky. The tail end of this jam is the best. I…
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Friday Foto Spring Eagle Image
Friday Foto Spring Eagle Image On the upper Thursday. Not too many floating around from WC down. They must have been int he canyon, the plug of spring boats. A few waders snuggling to find water as well. IT’s gonna…
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Dearborn Boat Ramp Work
Dearborn Boat Ramp Work Some work going on at the only county owned boat ramp on our river. This Wednesday at noon-ish. Will update tomorrow or tonight when we see what has happened. We believe that it is already finished…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Spring Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Spring Edition Erin with this beauty yesterday morning. She was fishing with her friend and confidant Annie both of Helena Montana. In the high(er) water? Yep. We love fishing with women here at Headhunters Fly Shop.…
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Here we go to 9K! Plus a Safety Conversation
Here we go to 9K! Plus a Safety Conversation SWE is still blue on the map above. Warm weather all week long. Will it start coming off? The snow? We’ll witness it here on the ground and report back to…
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How to Capitalize on Spring Time Fishing Flows
How to Capitalize on Spring Time Fishing Flows Guide Eric Mondragon landing a trout with his dog TD in 2011 in the image above. Our last high water year. 2011 was big like 1997. Look at the Russian Olive trees…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River Off Color
Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River Off Color Westside rivers are all out of shape. Maybe not today, not tomorrow, but this spring for sure. They have a bunch of snow lying in wait, in those hills, in those mountains. Lots.…
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Marmot Saturday Wildlife
Marmot Saturday Wildlife Sunny. Warm. Windy. This Marmot sunning himself Saturday late morning. The water is rising again on Monday. It is getting higher. Enjoy your weekend. Warm weather this coming week too. What will the snow pack do? We’ll…
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Friday Foto The tide is rising
Friday Foto The tide is rising Came up to 8480cfs yesterday. More coming on Monday. This wekend’s weather is gonna be warm! Calm today Friday and super windy Saturday. Decent Sunday. Rain and wind Monday. But no snow in the…
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5 Ways to Skin the Spring Cat!
5 Ways to Skin the Spring Cat! Kinda been off and on out there. Some days better than others, but the theme could be described as not all that consistent. Waters rising off and on, mostly in this last month…
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Still some snow in the hills!
Still some snow in the hills! In the mountains too. Pooled up water everywhere here and there. I drove back from Kalispell today and witnessed winter. Yep, still alive and well on the westside of the divide. The image near…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Water Update & Fishing Report
Monday Morning Missouri River Water Update & Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River Water Update Yes indeed Mother Mo is treating us to above average water this spring. High? No. That is the question we and every other fly fishing professional…
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The snow is gone…for a short while
The snow is gone…for a short while It came, it went. It’ll come again on Monday, then again later in the coming week. It was so very pretty Friday morning. A cleansing of the dirty snow and dust and mud…
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Friday Foto No Snow Please!
Friday Foto No Snow Please! OK. Bring it. Spring will have to wait. Sometimes spring comes to us in the form of snow, or sleet. Warmer today. But yesterday snowing, 39F, blowing 10+ from the North. Ohhh, that is cold.
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Osprey Sunset
Osprey Sunset YEs, the Osprey have arrived. Last week sometime. I was away so I don’t know the exact date that our local fish hawks flew into town. Historically on the 30th, or 31st. I think they were a couple…
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Missouri River April Tuesday Fishing Report
Missouri River April Tuesday Fishing Report Warmer weather today, yesterday, and tomorrow. We dig it. Nymphing not too bad. I found it a bit difficult yesterday. And the fish are moving around a bit with the unsettled water. Today up…
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Summer Foreshadowing
Summer Foreshadowing Looking at the end of winter today? Maybe. Before we get to thinking about summer we have to get ourselves into spring. And that may happen this month? We sure hope so. A couple days of 60’s but…
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Brown Trout Like Snow!
Brown Trout Like Snow! Guide Shane Wilson and this fishy feller got on top of the heap Saturday while snowing and cold on the Mighty Mo. Good to great fishing on a daily clip. Midges? Sometimes. Gotta go to know.…
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Silly Saturday Scenery Wishing for Summer Edition
Silly Saturday Scenery Wishing for Summer Edition Snow on the ground today. Gone tomorrow? Maybe locally. We are looking at warmer temps for the coming week with daily air temps breaking the 60F mark. On the horizon are BWO’s. They…
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Single Handed Spey Video
Single Handed Spey Video w/ Simon Gawesworth of RIO Today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog we bring you this fantastic video with Spey Casting Guru Simon Gawesworth of RIO Products. We get lots of questions about this newer style…
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Today is our 10th Anniversary
Today is our 10th Anniversary John, Julie, and Mark thank you deeply for supporting us through the first 10 years. Today is our 10th Anniversary. April 4th 2008 is when we opened our doors for the first time. A great…
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Top 10 Missouri River Spring Time Dry Flies
Top 10 Missouri River Spring Time Dry Flies Here they are. The flies we like for spring time dry fly action Missouri River style The dry fly fishing has been sporadic as of late. You can bump into comments of…
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Headhunters Spring Special thru April 30th!
Headhunters Spring Special thru April 30th! Our annual discounted guide trips and local Craig lodging have become quite popular. If we believe Oscar Wilde and his quote, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”…
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Silly Sunday Scenery April Fools Edition
Silly Sunday Scenery Winter does not want to relinquish its grasp. So we must fantasize about warmer, longer, dry fly days ahead. Check out the family out wandering this Trico spinner fall flat just under the dam in late July.…
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Friday Foto TAKF
Friday Foto TAKF Think about fishing with your kids this year. You should fish more often with your kids. Or go outside with them. Even if you have to drag them out. Take a Kid Fishing this year. Plan it…
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Squeeky’s Missouri River Sow and Scud Box
Squeeky’s Missouri River Sow and Scud Box Full of heavy, kinky sow bug and scud flies. Lots of them. I think I am stocked for the spring ahead. We may have higher than normal water so I am prepared to…
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Missouri River Hump Day Image
Missouri River Hump Day Image Awful nice here on the river. Sun is out, snow in the hills, and spring on some days has sprung. Status quo this time of year. Guide trips, streamer reports, fly line sales, excitement, is…
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Late March Missouri River Fly Fishing Report
Late March Missouri River Fly Fishing Report Water flows are above 6K coming out of the dam at 6230 currently. Then add a couple hundred at the Prickly Pear, the Dearborn, the Sheep Creep, Wagner, Prewitt, Stickney and you have…
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Aguas de Marco Elis Regina
Aguas de Marco Elis Regina Waters of March. That is where we are at. Higher at 6.7K cfs and the fish have spread out a bit. Certainly tougher to find. Smaller sweet spots. Streamer anglers have been finding a few…
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Izaak’s of Craig For Sale
Izaak’s of Craig For Sale Izaak’s opening April 5th! Thursday thru Sundays for a few weeks to start with 4-9pm! Awesome. We can’t wait until se can saddle up to the bar and enjoy fantastic BBQ and more! New items…
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Silly Saturday Scenery Muddy Dearborn River Edition
Silly Saturday Scenery The Dearborn is a bit blown. IT is not as high as it was at the front end of the week, but she is pushing some mud at a volume of nearly 200cfs. 2011 showed us 5K…
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First Friday of Spring Foto
First Friday of Spring Foto Fishing is quite good for late March. I think the scale tipped the other way not eh first day of spring. The fishing will get better everyday thru July 5th. Easier I mean. After July…
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Hump Day on the Mo
Welcome Spring! Hump Day on the Mo The new South Fork Skiff at rest. You can order yourself up one at Adipose Boatworks of Helena. Enjoyed fishing in this last week with Shane of HH and Justin of Adipose. A…
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5 Things you don’t want to find in your Drift Boat
5 Things you don’t want to find in your Drift Boat A few items you hope you do not find in your drift boat today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Spring starts tomorrow. It is happening, it will. I…
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Missouri River Trout Spey Spring Swing Report
Missouri River Trout Spey Spring Swing Report In one word. Good. Some days great. The fish do make the ultimate decision. Fished with Ninch and our Sage rep Thursday and Ninth put on a show. Outfishing Kurt and I by…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Spring Edition
Silly Sunday Scenery Spring Edition Swing up a couple trout in the tail end of JackPot Slot. A good Trout Spey Bite on Friday! Plan your spring trip to the Mo today. Don’t let another spring slip away?! Happy Sunday.…
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Dead Drifter on a Hoody
Dead Drifter on a Hoody Our most popular Hoody with the Headhunters Dead Drifter art is back. Come by while supplies last. These really do go fast! Happy Friday. The weekend looks good for fishing. Swing on by and fill…
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YNP Bans Felt Soles
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –Aquatic invasive species (AIS) could have devastating ecological, economic, and recreational impacts on Yellowstone National Park. They are costly to manage and extremely difficult to eradicate. Due to the urgent need to prevent these destructive species…
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Spring Training in Montana
Spring Training in Montana Tomorrow starts the Spring Special here at Headhunters of Craig. Cheap guide trips and cheap lodging. Yes it is coming, Spring we mean. Warm out all week and snow tomorrow. April is the big push for…
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Missouri River Tuesday Fishing Report
Missouri River Tuesday Fishing Report The mercury tipping ht escapes at 62F today. The warmest day since the middle of November? October? Sure was nice. Same weather tomorrow and then headed into a stormy period Thursday and Friday with up…
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“Hatred for guides overtaken by Massive Pink Flamingo Floaty”
“Hatred for guides overtaken by Massive Pink Flamingo Floaty” Saw a few of these craft hanging from the Sam’s Club roof today. The first thing I thought of was “Hatred for guides overtaken by Massive Pink Flamingo Floaty”. Although the hatred…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River Sunday morning. Image shot from Scotty Brown Bridge. Temperature 13F. Still winter on the westside too. But, air temps in Craig 47F today. Getting warmer all week long reaching the low 50’s. A couple dozen…
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MountainFilm in Great Falls March 20, Helena March 21
MountainFilm in Great Falls March 20, Helena March 21 Coming to Great Falls March 20th at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center supporting the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation. Coming to Helena at the Myna Loy on the 21st. Back to…
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Spots available in March SPEY CASTING Madness Women’s Session
Spots available in March SPEY CASTING Madness Women’s Session Still spots open for the March 24 session. This Introduction to Women’s Spey Casting is presented by Whitney Gould, Sara Roholt, and Beth Langell. An all day affair filled with laughter,…
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Top 5 Flies for Swingers
Top 5 Flies for Swingers The weather if fishable. So anglers are fishing. And asking what to swing for flies out there. And we have not only the flies at your Trout Spey fly shop we have the knowledge too!…
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