Missouri River Fly Fishing Report - Page 32 of 64

February, Montana's Winter Storm, SWE, Winter Storm

Montana’s Winter Storm Dumping right now as I write this Winter Storm Blog Thursday morning in Cascade Montana. Weather Underground says…snow expected, possibly heavy at times. Total snow accumulations of 2-5 inches are expected, with 8-16 inches expected in the…

SIMMS G3 Guide Wading Boots

February 5, 2018

G3 Guide Boot, SIMMS, Vibram, Wading Boots

SIMMS G3 Guide Wading Boots Simms with a change in the G3 Guide Wading Boot this year. Cooler, tougher, leading the trend of wading boots that wear more like a shoe than a cumbersome boot of of yesteryear. I am…

Not Mine, Ours. Smith River Video from TU

February 4, 2018

Conservation, Fly Fishing Video

Save Our Smith, Smith River, Smith River Mine, TU, video

Not Mine, Ours. Smith River Video from TU Super Bowl Sunday. Enjoy the game. Save the Smith. www.smithriverwatch.org

Saturday Snow. Haiku too.

February 3, 2018

haiku, Saturday Bullshit, winter

Saturday Snow. Haiku too. The cold enveloped me as I walked out of the shop while the snow battered my face taking this image Saturday about noonish. This haiku was blown, and stalled cracklin’, on my rear leg. Another 9…

RIO Nymphing Leader

February 2, 2018

Nymphing Leader

RIO Nymphing Leader The next 4 months you may need something like this on the end of your fly line. Nymphing Leader? Why should I rock a nymphing leader you day. Can’t I just use a regular tapered leader, something…

February Top 5

February 1, 2018

dry fly, February, Midges, Top 5, Trout Spey

February Top 5 Not my favorite month. Not too much going on. Slow. My February Top 5 below this Thursday February 1st. Midges may happen mid month. That is a breath of fresh air. Lends itself to spring thoughts. Already…

Hump Day Fishing Report 1.31.18

January 31, 2018

Hump Day Fishing Report 1.31.18 Good times out there coasting into the beginnings of February. January is water under the bridge. Hooray. One day closer to spring. Bring loads of snow to the hills in February please. We could use…

ECHO TR2 Trout Spey Rod Video

January 29, 2018

ECHO TR2 Trout Spey Rod Video

ECHO TR2 Trout Spey Rod Video Our #1 favorite Trout Spey Rod. Our #1 selling Trout Spey Rod. It could be your #1 Trout Spey Rod. Give us a call and get one in the mail today. Or swing into…

F3T Helena MT Grandstreet Theater Tuesday Nite

January 28, 2018

2018, F3T, Greandstreet Theater, Helena MT

F3T Helena MT Grandstreet Theater Tuesday Nite Great Falls had the IF4 Friday nite and this coming Tuesday you can see another fishing film tour roll through Helena with the F3T. Check out the trailers here and enjoy the evening…

March SPEY CASTING Madness @ Headhunters Fly Shop

January 27, 2018

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life, Troutspey

March SPEY CASTING Madness We are launching our March SPEY CASTING Madness schedule today on the Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service Blog. March 23rd, 24th, and 25th with 3 spey clinics raising the bar on your Spey Game! It…

Friday Fog Foto Craig Bar

January 26, 2018

Friday Fog Foto Craig Bar

Friday Fog Foto Craig Bar Lite snow this weekend. Cloudy too. Might be a nice weekend to step out to the Mo. If you live anywhere else around the American neighborhood fishing may not be on your schedule. If it…

IF4 Film Fest in GF

January 25, 2018

Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

Do Bar, FIlm Fest, Great Falls, Pat Barnes Club

IF4 Film Fest in GF Friday nite in Great Falls 730pm. The Do Bar. Go check it. They serve beer and cocktails there. So pretty fun. With fishing videos too. Enjoy! A trailer for met ’18 show. Focus.

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

January 24, 2018

Bugs, Fishing Report

Ants, Beetles, Brown Drake, Bugs, Caddis, Guide Trip, Hatches, Hopper, lodging, PMD's, Streamer, Summer, Terrestrials, trico

Summer Foreshadowing Just the 24th of January today. We have more than our toe dipped into the proverbial year, more like our ankle has entered the water. We are just beginning. And having that ankle submerged made me think of…

SIMMS Challenger Pull On Boots

January 23, 2018

14", Challenger Pull On Boot, Lifestyle Gear, SIMMS, video

SIMMS Challenger Pull On Boots They are here. They have arrived. SIMMS Challenger Pull On Boots in the 14″ length are in store today. These will be popular with the boat only crew. Never put on waders? Sounds damn good…

Late January Missouri River Fishing Report

January 22, 2018

fishing report, Float, Flows, Late January, missouri river, Sink, Swing, Weather, winter

Late January Missouri River Fishing Report Mid Winter check on Montana’s Missouri River as we today give you the Late January Missouri River Fishing Report from your information source Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Facts fill the fishing report…

Somewhere Out West Video

January 21, 2018

Scumliner Media, Somewhere out West, video

Somewhere Out West Video This video does not need an introduction. Happy Sunday.

High And Dry @ Headhunters Fly Shop

January 20, 2018

Fly Fishing Gear, Uncategorized

High And Dry @ Headhunters Fly Shop If you spill this on your shirt, it won’t stain it for life. And, it floats your flies…High and Dry. Damn fine products. Available @ Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig. Stock up on…

One Month ’til Midges?

January 18, 2018

Bugs, dry fly, February, Forecast, Midges, One Month 'til Midges?

One Month ’til Midges? Spending the week in Western Washington as the hard rain has got me thinking…One Month ’til Midges? I did not start out with this exact thought. It started with the hard rain, and being thankful that it…

Orvis Helios 3 Video

January 16, 2018

Accuracy, Fly ROd, Headhunters Fly Shop, Helios 3, Orvis, video

Orvis Helios 3 Video This is a really great rod. Whether you want the distance (D) version or the feel (F) version you will be overjoyed with either. Popular with fishing guides, shop staff, and the you alike, this rod…

Summer Dreams

January 14, 2018

Summer Dreams

Summer Dreams Variable weather here in Montana. This weekend warm and windy. Last week, hyper-cold and snowy. The week ahead? Looks like more snow, and some variable weather patterns too. What I do know about summer, is…more consistency. And warmer…

Classic 3 Door Suburban

January 13, 2018

Chevy, Suburban

Classic 3 Door Suburban Would love to have one of these classic 3 door ’68-’72 Chevy Suburbans. There is one in Great Falls. It used to be parked at the Dearborn boat ramp as the folks that had it at…

Friday Foto Mountain Palace Winter

January 12, 2018

friday foto, Mountain Palace, winter

Friday Foto Mountain Palace Winter Real cold today. Lots of snow falling. Quite a bit overnight. Looks OK for the weekend. Much warmer temps. Maybe fishable. If you deem it fishable, stop in the shop. We have hot coffee. Unless…

How to Tie a Soft Hackle with Hans

January 11, 2018

Fly Fishing Video, Troutspey

fly tying, SD Angler, Soft Hackle, video

How to Tie a Soft Hackle with Hans Today a soft hackle video with Hans S of the South Dakota Angler. We used to post a quite a few vids from Hans. A good tier. If you are in the…

How to interpret water data or Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of.

January 10, 2018

missouri river, Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of., science, Seasonal Flows, Theory, Water Data, Water Flows

How to interpret water data or Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of. The case in point today revolves around a couple charts that we see most often used by bloggers like HH and beyond. Below is an article…

Tuesday January 9th Missouri River Fishing Report

January 9, 2018

fishing report, Jan 9th, Nymphing, Trout Spey, winter

Tuesday January 9th Missouri River Fishing Report No dry fly action. Warm and windy here for the last several days with winter coming to greet us yet again this evening. More snow in the forecast. We love it. Bring more.…

Silly Sunday Melting Snow Scenery

January 7, 2018

Snow, Sunday Scenery, winter

Silly Sunday Melting Snow Scenery You have 3 more days, including today to get out tree and enjoy the river before we slip back into a winter pattern. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Then January brings winter in with snow an scooper…

Montana Boat Builders Jason Cajune Video

January 6, 2018

Jason Cajune, Made in Montana, video, Wood Boats

Montana Boat Builders Jason Cajune Video These truly are the most beautiful boats you will see on the river. Sara has one she bought second hand a few years ago, the skiff model. Super killer. A great sneak boat. I…

Friday Foto

January 5, 2018

friday foto

Friday Foto Warming here in Craig. Shelf ice around, but navigable. Check the boat ramps before doing anything too stupid. Come by the shop get a shuttle, fill the voids in your fly box, check out our Just Add Vise…

White Snow, White Flies.

January 4, 2018

Troutspey

Bobber Flies, Nymphs, Pink, Trout Spey Patterns, White Flies., White Snow

White Snow, White Flies. And Pink. A few white flies to get you into the weekend here on the Montana’s Missouri River. The recent warm spell has got us pretty stoked. Water temps are still frigid but the air temps…

Missouri River Winter-Spring Info Sheet

January 2, 2018

Dates, Guide Trips, Hatches, Info Sheet, lodging, Save the Date

Missouri River Winter-Spring Info Sheet 2nd day of the year here in downtown Craig as we take a look at the future. The past is so last year. Still damn cold here thru today but it will crack the freezing…

Happy New Year 2018!

January 1, 2018

Headhunters Life, Landscape

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2018! Happy New Year to all of the Missouri River lovers out there! Happy New Year. Is this the year that you spend some time on the Mighty Mo, living out your dry fly dreams? Bring it…

Chasing Coral Trailer

December 30, 2017

Conservation

Chasing Coral, conservation, Trailer

A great film trailer today about coral conservation. Chasing Coral is dramatic. I will be watching it today on Netflix. Beats shoveling snow here in central Montana with outdoor temps currently at -12F. Got a couple more inches of snow…

It’s cold. Think warm thoughts.

December 27, 2017

Headhunters Life, Nature

It’s cold. Think warm thoughts. I think it got to 10F. No wind though. Clear and bright. No wind though. We are in the treading water stage of the winter. It’s stale. Watched Hitchcock’s Rear Window last night. Wow! Great flick.…

Montana Fly Shop Strong

December 26, 2017

Echo Fly Rods, Montana Fly Shop Strong

Montana Fly Shop Strong Another cool video Fly Shop Strong Montana Edition today on the Headhunters Blog. John takes part in this edition as Tim Rajeff wanders through Montana visiting ECHo dealers reminding us of why we love homegrown fly…

Merry Christmas from Headhunters of Craig Montana

December 25, 2017

Headhunters Holidays, Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from Headhunters of Craig Montana Merry Christmas from Headhunters to all of you. We appreciate you all year long and we are all thankful for you and your families. Enjoy this time with your friends and families. Be…

One of the great John Cusack Quotes

December 23, 2017

Classic 80's Films, John Cusack, video

One of the great John Cusack Quotes What do you want to do? Are you doing it? Did you have a crossroads decision at one point? We all did. This is a fantastic scene with John Cusack in Say Anything…

Friday Sno-Foto

December 22, 2017

Craig MT, Friday Sno-Foto

Photography

Friday Sno-Foto Cold in Montana. Snowing at press time this morning at 133am. More on the way. We like snow. The bitter cold? Not so much. -11F is cold, along with the wind. Happy Friday. Heading into the holiday weekend.…

Winter Solstice. Fly Fishing To Do List. December.

December 21, 2017

December, To Do List

Winter Solstice. Fly Fishing To Do List. December. Super cold, super snowy, all locked up here in Montana. Winter Solstice is here today. We really do not like the deep of winter too much. We truly like the summer solstice…

Three fly fishing loop knots, how to tie them, how to join them

December 20, 2017

How to, Loop knots, RIO

Three fly fishing loop knots, how to tie them, how to join them We use these knots everyday. Super important if you are in the Trout Spey game. You’ll need these. Tons of snow on the ground here. More to…

3 for Winter from SIMMS

December 19, 2017

Insulated, Keep you Warm!, SIMMS, Trout Spey Clothing, Winter Gear

3 for Winter from SIMMS 3 for Winter from SIMMS. We are fishing all 12 months here on Montana’s Missouri River. We like to be warm and protected from the elements.So we give you these 3 terrific items from SMMS…

Coming home is so very sweet!

December 17, 2017

Hawaii, missouri river, Montana, Winter Fishing

Coming home is so very sweet! Out of town for a spell and returned home yesterday. Spent the time away in sunny Hawaii. Pretty nice and quite entertaining. Fished with my bro’ Marty Thomas, my wife Danielle, and Mike Hennessey.…

Saturday Scenery… and a Fishing Report?

December 16, 2017

fishing report, Scenery

A shot from yesterday to give you an idea of what it looks like ‘round here. As you can see, you won’t need your snowshoes. I call this photo “Silly Saturday Scenery” and dedicate it to Mark Raisler. FISHING REPORT…

Swing Tip: Anchor Placement

December 15, 2017

Troutspey

Casting, spey

There are a few critical components of a Spey cast that I like to emphasize in our trout Spey clinics, because they are the keys to troubleshooting when your cast heads south. Clinics, demonstrations, books and YouTube are all great…

Hardy Rapids

December 14, 2017

Nothing much to say today. Fishing continues to be the same (good) so here is an image from this morning.

Winter Down Low

December 13, 2017

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Cascade, pelican, winter

The above image is not normal. It was taken yesterday morning looking upstream from Pelican Point. There should be ice jams and snow on the ground. When it’s real cold the river might be frozen over. Even on a warm…

McCune on Trout Retrieves

December 12, 2017

mccune, retrieve, spey

“Exactly how do you retrieve or work your fly?” We still get this question A LOT. Spend a few minutes with our pal Mike McCune as he goes over a few of the techniques he uses while fishing for trout…

Swing Tip: Sweep to the Bank

December 11, 2017

Troutspey

hook, set, Trout Spey

You should have a plan for setting the hook. When we dry fly fish we lift slow and high. In the Tarpon boat is an aggressive strip set. Bobber lobbers hit ‘em hard and fast. Fishing a swung fly with…

Silly Sunday Scenery?

December 10, 2017

Photography

photography

Mark and Danielle are in Hawaii checking out the BBQ situation, so it’s up to me to bring you “Silly Sunday Scenery”. Or was it supposed to be “Silly Saturday Scenery”? And come to think of it, “Friday Foto” kind…

Weekend Update

December 9, 2017

G. Loomis, Russell, Sara

Feels like there should be a few folks out on the Missouri River searching for trout this weekend. Really nice temperatures with winds forecast to be around 10-15 mph (not bad at all this time of year). I’m guessing there…

Montana Upland Season

December 8, 2017

bird, hunting, Sara, upland

Big Game hunting is finished but Upland-bird season is still going strong for many Montana sportsman, and the mild weather we’ve been having has created some great conditions for wing-shooters. Our upland hunting expert Sara Roholt can be hard to…

Quiet Time

December 7, 2017

Were heading into a few weeks that are typically quiet, but offer some great fishing. Thats OK. The Mo’ can use a break. We will still do 2 or 3 shuttles a day – more on weekends – and there…

Missouri River Fishing Report 12.5.17

December 5, 2017

Missouri River Fishing Report 12.5.17

Missouri River Fishing Report 12.5.17 A short and sweet hit today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River Fishing Report 12.5.17 Water Temps stable and should be for a while. No foreseeable drop in nighttime air temp for thru the middle…

Now, the rest of the month.

December 4, 2017

December

Now, the rest of the month. Headhunters Fly Shop Christmas Party last night. A great time had by all. We ate well too. A taco bar with 20+ side items to make your taco great. Carnita’s and Beef Barbacoa. Yum.…

It was just a question.

December 3, 2017

7wt., Fly Fishing Personalities

It was just a question. So I walk up to this guy and say “Hey, I hear 7wt. is around.” And I got this look.

Silly Saturday Scenery

December 2, 2017