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Friday Mo River Foto Trico’s in the dam reach. August on the Mo. Image courtesy of Tim Plaska.
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UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit
UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit UV Para Ant Fly Tying Kit The ant is a popular fly for the Missouri about 6 months of the year. Those who do not believe in the ant, that is OK.…
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Missouri River Montana August Water Forecast
Missouri River Montana August Water Forecast Warmer and wetter than normal is there NOAA August forecast. Normal water conditions. Cooler this next week. Let’s hope it continues. Dry fly anglers smiling. Not much DFO pressure. Most anglers nymphing. Both are…
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A couple on an ant
A couple on an ant Long time Mo River Outfitter/Guide Tim Plaska/Missouri River Expeditions and Mark fished Tuesday. Got a couple on an ant. Also Trico Spinner, CDC. Caddis, PMD Spinner, Parachute Adams, Purple Haze. Sizes 14-20. Once again, drift…
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UMOWA Boat Raffle
UMOWA Boat Raffle Check it out. Win yourself a new RO Drifter. Scan the QR code and enter today! Help the river, and get your son to row you around for life. What’s better than that? Nothin’.
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Friday Fishing Report from Your Information Source in Craig Montana
Friday Fishing Report from Your Information Source in Craig Montana Update from your full time information leader in Craig Montana. Open daily for guide trips, shuttles, nightly cabin rentals, the Best Flies Under the Big Sky, rental boats, and so…
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The twice annual Reach Cast Discussion
The twice annual Reach Cast discussion kicks off today this Thursday in late July. The other time we talk about this is when me, Mark, has nothing else to say in the mid winter. Or nothing of value daily to…
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We rarely say…
We rarely say… The dry fly fishing is damn good. At least on Monday. Water under the bridge? Yep. Tomorrow, Tuesday. Will the fish be as bitey? Who knows. We do know that warm night promote early fish rise. If,…
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Sunday Mo River Drifter
Sunday Mo River Drifter A hot one out there this weekend. Anglers out just after daybreak. Afternoon nap. Slept in. Splash and giggle out at the crack of noon. Nearing the latter part of the month. July. Minute Treeeeco’s or…
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Silly Saturday Scenery
Silly Saturday Scenery Wade fishing Valhalla. Trico’s spent downstream. PMD spinners; trout candies. Ska dancing caddis skittering. The Mother Mo reveals her varied personalities. Anglers rejoice.
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Weekend Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River in Craig
Weekend Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River in Craig Short and sweet today. Your information source here on the Mighty Mo. Headhunters in downtown Craig MT. Flows dropping according to the BOR. Threatening 4500ish. Currently 5100ish. Perfect. We love 5-6K. They…
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Friday Fly Box Image
Friday Fly Box Image Get out your dirty caddis fly box . Employ the flies that scumliners enjoy. The dirty flavors. Need some? Come by the shop. We got dirt.
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Mo Flows are Perfect
Mo Flows are Perfect You like dry fly wade fishing? Or wade fishing at all? Then this is your time. We like 5K-6K. But will accept lower flows. Enjoy your Thursday. We will be hanging at the shop daily 630.
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Wednesday Mo River Fishing Update
Wednesday Mo River Fishing Update Flows currently 4770cfs. Wadeable. Trico’s am. Spinner falls daily, unless the wind blows them away. PMD spinner fall mid morning and into the afternoon some days. Saw good caddis hatches before noon and into…
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X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video
X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video A great fly for many rivers. Including the Missouri in June, July, August, and September. Just those four months. Tie it up and fish it. We like sizes 14, 16, and 18. How…
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Monday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.17.23
Monday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.17.23 All good on the Mo River front. July is half over and the dry fly fishing has been good, the flows are declining, the weeds are not terrible yet, and most are smiling.…
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It’s Dry Fly Season! The Headhunter Fly Line
The Headhunter Fly Line Today speaking about the Headhunter Fly Line. A dry fly line designed by Headhunters manufactured by RIO for our dry fly obsessions! It is finally dry fly season here on Montana’s Missouri River. And no better…
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Friday Foto | PMD Caught Brown Trout
A PMD dry fly caught Brown Trout. Trusty Rusty Spinner. Love it. You coming to see a few PMD rise forms this month? How about next. We will welcome you. We love talking about trout.
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Efficiency. A Blog by Max Mattioli
Efficiency. A Blog by Max Mattioli Today Max Mattioli writes this fantastic article bout trout fishing with the dry fly. A great read and thanks to you Max for this Thursday article! Want to fish with Max in 2024? Look…
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Even Flow: Releases dropping today, tomorrow, the following…
Even Flow: Releases dropping today, tomorrow, the following… Sunday today to 6800cfs. Monday dropping to 6200ish/cfs, Tuesday to 5600cfs-ish. Even Flow soon? Yeah, most likely.
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Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Kit and Video
Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Kit and Video Many fish the Zirdle as the top fly on the deep water nymph rig. Emulates crayfish, or just something that resembles food. A popular fly throughout the summer months including July. And,…
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July 6th Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River
July 6th Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River Trico’s have arrived. Good spinner falls yesterday and today. Riverwide. Tomorrow? Flows continued higher than normal. Currently 8230cfs. Inflows at Toston falling and into the high K’s. Reduction in flows soon? We think…
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Sunday Imagery from HH of Craig
Sunday Imagery from HH of Craig Ahh, the Dearborn 2023. A pleasant flow year. Lots of water, one float period, good fishing. What is not to like? Next year. We will see y ou again this coming year. If you…
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Silly Saturday Scenery
Silly Saturday Scenery from Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service in Craig Montana. This juvenile Eagle resting on a limb downstream of Craig. Regal Eagle. The fishing is damn good. For those who like to dry fly fish. Holiday weekend…
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New Conservation License for most State Lands
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks asks for your help in reminding recreationists of the new requirement for a Conservation License. Beginning July 1, everyone ages 12 and older will need a Montana Conservation License to access most state lands. For…
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PMD Friday
PMD Friday If you have dry fly fished here before you know the drill. Cripples, emergers, spinners. Although I have seen some eating the dun this year. A reminder as we head into the holiday weekend to practice humility, positive…
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Top 10 PMD Dry Flies
Top 10 PMD Dry Flies Hi-Vis Spinner PMD # 16 Rusty Spinner #16 Q’s Sparkle Flag PMD #16 Sparkle Dun PMD #16 Limestone Cripple #16 Spider Variant #18 Film Critic #16 Ninch’s Hangman PMD #16 Half Dun Hatching PMD #18…
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5 Tips for Late June Fishing Montana’s Missouri River
5 Tips for Late June Fishing Montana’s Missouri River June is a favorite month of dry fly anglers and nymphers alike. Great PMD hatches with daily opportunities for casting dries at feeding trout and bobbering a few up with Frenchie’s…
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PMD Monday
PMD Monday We love June. July too. Happy Monday out there in Headhunters Land. Flows falling today agin to 8K-ish. We’ll be fishing. You?
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Tip ‘O the Day
Tip ‘O the Day When Dry Fly Fishing on the Mo…Cast at the trout. P.S. At their heads man. Not above them, 4′-19′. At them, cast at them, at their heads, at the trout, at them.
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CraigLodging.com Gate House New Property
CraigLodging.com Gate House New Property Just came online this cool and near the river nightly rental property the Gate House. Available this summer, now, which is rare for premier properties like this. But, with the advent of this location just…
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Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise
Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise A great fly for the Mo. Squeeky’s favorite summertime pattern. Been tossing it the past couple weeks. A good time for sure. It is not red hot, yet. It will be. No wing profile…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Mo River Fishing Report 6.22.23
Headhunters Fly Shop Mo River Fishing Report 6.22.23 Flows tolerable at 10300cfs. Will it drop to 6K soon? Most likely. When? Don’t know. Ask Mother Nature. Fish up in spots. Soft edges. Reach casts needed as of a couple days…
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Jazz and FlyFishing @ Craig Taphouse Wednesday June 21st
Wednesday Nite Only @ Craig Taphouse Jazz and FlyFishing @ Craig Taphouse Wednesday June 21st From Jazz & Fly Fishing: “In June 2023, the world’s only fly fishing and film making jazz quartet is embarking on their next big project,…
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Water Falling Tuesday
Water Falling Tuesday And that is OK. Rain locally, and around the state may cause further rising tides. Or not. Lake is full. This river, as they all, must fall. Forecast to drop to 10250cfs Tuesday at 1pm. Cool. Happy…
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Monday Missouri River Fishing Report 6.19.23
Monday Missouri River Fishing Report 6.19.23 Flows will be dropping, this month? Maybe. Dropping today to 11750. Helena Valley Irrigation requesting some water. Not a reflection of dropping or hovering inflows. Toston inflows creeping back up. Today 11500. Lake is…
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Happy Fathers Day from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana
Happy Fathers Day from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana This trout caught this past week was a warrior. Happy Fathers Day to all of you Old Warriors. Young ones too. Fathers help us all the way through life. We…
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Skwala Solstice Sale June 21-25
Skwala Solstice Sale June 21-25 Celebrate the longest days with the gear built for the longest days of the year. Get yourself kitted out for the summer fishing months with the best sun protection gear is all the land. Make…
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Friday Fishing Report HH Fly Shop in Craig Montana
Friday Fishing Report HH Fly Shop in Craig Montana Trisha from Portland fishing with Steve Johnson last week here on the Mo. Flows currently stable under 13K. Inflows at Toston have been staying quite high and currently approx. 13K. Lake…
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UMOWA Annual Rendezvous Friday June 16th
UMOWA Annual Rendezvous Friday June 16t Sponsors and supporters, Our annual UMOWA Rendezvous is almost here! Please join us this coming Friday, the 16th, anytime from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Craig Taphouse (161 Leonard St, Craig, MT). We will…
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Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis
Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis Today we show you one of the new Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis Kits from House of Headhunters in downtown Craig. The Corn-Fed Caddis is appropriate for this time of year. It will be one…
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Tuesday Montana’s Missouri River Fishing Report
Tuesday Montana’s Missouri River Fishing Report Just the facts today on the fishing report authority here in central Montana. Flows: Tuesday nite 11700cfs. Fell 2300 cfs today. More later? yeah, probably. No word yet, but we will of course keep…
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Bald Eagle Days
Bald Eagle Days High waters along with the American Bald Eagle. He is looking downstream where there are fewer anglers. Many of the visiting anglers from the yet higher waters elsewhere around the state. Soon, summer will be here. And,…
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Fishing Report and Water Update June 10th Mo River in Craig Montana
Fishing Report and Water Update June 10th Mo River in Craig Montana Higher water this year. Higher than in several years. Complainers complain about high water, low water, too many people, not enough restaurants, shuttle prices too high, not enough…
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Friday Foto June 9th 2023
Friday Foto June 12th 2023 Not too bad this week with the water flows up. Dearborn up. Some fish, up. Deep Nymphers, getting deeper. Next week all hell breaks loose. Peak season, here locally. Izaak’s, Craig Tap House, the brewery…
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Just Add Vise Tying Video Rusty Spinner
Just Add Vise Tying Video Rusty Spinner A great fly for the month ahead. The Rusty Spinner has long been called the Secret Fly of the Mo. This will get some of the tougher fish on the river, the Missouri…
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River Rising Due to Recent Rainfall
River Rising Due to Recent Rainfall While we love living and fishing behind the Holter Dam we occasionally have to endure, mild in comparison to freestone rivers, a rise in the. waters due to rainfall. This period of the year…
Read MoreThe Dirty Heads Moon Tower Acoustic
The Dirty Heads Moon Tower Acoustic Sunday. Summer is here. Sort of. Meet you at the Moon Tower tonight. Bring your PMD’s.
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Saturday Missouri River Fishing Report from Your Information Leader in Craig
Saturday Missouri River Fishing Report from Your Information Leader in Craig Along with this report you could swing. y the Mother Ship in cowtown Craig and pleasure yourself with our Mo River Fly Selection. Stuffed bins coupled with the best…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River June Forecast
Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River June Forecast Weather Rain. A total of 6 days historically. 2.62″ on the average. Hopefully more this year. Looking like an average month with equal chance higher or lower precipitation and the same for temps…
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Grape Slushy Just Add Vise Video
Grape Slushy Just Add Vise Video This purple guy catches trout. Purple fishes well through then entire season! A good pattern to have in your box with various colored tungsten and/or glass beads. Fished this the other day with really…
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Tuesday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River near Craig
Tuesday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River near Craig Photo Credit Rob Baldwin All good here on the Mo. May-like weather in the Rockies has presented a week or so of unstable systems moving through releasing precipitation daily here in central…
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Friday Fishing Report and NBCR
Friday Fishing Report and NBCR Mo River Flows approx. 8K. Probably rising this week with the forecast including rain. LPP at about 225cfs. No issues. The Dearborn down to 600cfs this week, now crawling back up. Will have add’l color…
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DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT – CRAIG FAS OVERFLOW PARKING – COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT – CRAIG FAS OVERFLOW PARKING – COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED Ed Note: Lots of talk about this proposed additional parking location in downtown Craig MT. Get your 2 cents into the GOV. Link the related doc’s below and…
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Top Tips for Wednesday
Top Tips for Wednesday A few tips to get you through the week and how to handle your fishing here on the Mo. Top Tips for Tuesday include… Get on early or get out late. Busy during the day. First…
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Monday Tying Kits Half Chicken
Monday Tying Kits Half Chicken A local classic that I first saw fishing with Mark Daly and LT back in the day. Don’t know who created it, but one of those two certainly had their hands in it. Both long…
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