Missouri River Fly Fishing Report - Page 40 of 64

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Big Sale, Browns and Brews, Demo Rods, fly sale, Headhunters Party, Holiday weekend, Labor Day, Saturday Sept 3rd

Browns and Brews Fest & Big Sale! This Saturday in Craig Montana we have the 2nd Annual Browns and Brews Craft Beer Festival. Craft Beer Fest! Breweries Red Lodge Ales, Mighty Mo from GF, The Front Brewery from GF, and…

Fishpond Drifty Boat Caddie

August 29, 2016

Braden Lewis

Boat BAg, drifty boat caddie, fishpond, gear

I’ve been using the Fishpond Drifty Boat Caddie this summer and I’ve been loving it. Here are the main reasons why this product has become essential for my fishing: Storage I love flies. The Fishpond Drifty Boat Caddie holds all…

Silly Sunday Scenery Brown Trout

August 28, 2016

Silly Sunday Scenery Brown Trout

Future Fly Fishers

Silly Sunday Scenery Brown Trout Graeme with this nice Brown Trout. This image makes us want to fish! Nice work Graeme. We will be dreaming of big fall brown trout as we fantasize about the fall ahead of us. Keep…

Althea Grateful Dead Video & GD 50th Abel

August 27, 2016

Fly Fishing Gear

Abel, Grateful Dead, Super 6N, video

Althea Grateful Dead Video & GD 50th Abel Talking about less and less…my favorite line of this one of my favorite GD tunes. Calm and not too warm yesterday. 75F in the late afternoon. Not too bad at all. Calm…

National Park Service Happy 100!

August 26, 2016

Landscape, Uncategorized

This week marks the 100th Birthday of our National Park Service. Living an equal – and short – distance between two of America’s most iconic National Parks, we are constantly aware of both the importance of our National Parks, and the…

State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16

August 26, 2016

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Conservation, Fishing Report

BWO's, Callibaetis, Fall, Fly Shop HOurs, Hatches, Temps, Trico's, Trout, UMOWA, Water Flows, Weeds, www.craiglodging.com

State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16 Bringing you the State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16. Headhunters is the information source on the banks of the famed Missouri River. Keep it tuned here for your daily bite of…

SIMMS Wader Makers Clay Krull

August 25, 2016

Clay Krull, Made in Montana, SIMMS, video, Wader Makers

SIMMS Wader Makers Clay Krull Clay lives ad works in Montana. He fishes in Montana. Clay rules. We met Clay at a SIMMS wader manufacturing tour years ago. He fishes the Missouri, amongst others. Clay is the real deal.…

Roaming Montana

August 24, 2016

Headhunters Life, Landscape

Roaming Montana

Getting out and roaming Montana this week. Good friend EBitty and myself roaming around and fishing a bit. Love the Missouri River here in Craig but always good to more of Montana than just the canyon. And so we did.…

Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16

August 22, 2016

Ants, Autumn, dry fly, Hopper Bite, Nymphing, Summer, Swingers, trico, Trout Spey

Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16 The latest from your friends at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig in regards to the Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16. All over the board is the best way to describe the…

Aquatic Nuisance Species Reminder

August 21, 2016

Aquatic Nuisance Species Reminder

Conservation

Aquatic Nuisance Species Reminder Before moving to a new body of water you must wash your boat, waders, boots, or anything that may carry Aquatic Nuisance Species. This has become habit for many in the last several years with the…

Real Scary Shit

August 20, 2016

Conservation, Fly Fishing Travel

ANS, Scary Shit

Real Scary Shit This developed yesterday. Actually the day before the signs were in place. The entire stretch of the Yellowstone, the trout fishing reach, is CLOSED TO ALL RECREATION. That is serious. Read it all at RT News, or…

Friday Foto Headhunters Unite!

August 19, 2016

Friday Foto Headhunters Unite!

Headhunters Life, Nature

Friday Foto Headhunters Unite! Some nice brown trout showing up this month. This happens to be one of the smaller trout that inhabit the river. Albeit a nice one. They are all quite nice really. Have not found one, or…

NRS Freestone For Sale!

August 18, 2016

Fly Fishing Gear

For Sale, inflatable drift boat, NRS, NRS Freestone

NRS Freestone For Sale! We only have a couple left of the NRS Freestone. One in the box, and one demo boat for sale. We love the NRS Freestone for when we get out of the tailwater mind set and…

Missouri River Ant Fest! Are you an Ant Addict?

August 15, 2016

Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique

Ants, Fly Pattern, Missouri River Ant Fest, Terrestrial

Missouri River Ant Fest I got an order for ants about 25 years ago. I was tying commercially and this feller wanted a couple hundred ants. What kind of ants I asked? He said quite simply…”Oh tie me up a…

Silly Sunday Scenery Late Summer Style

August 14, 2016

August, Late Summer, Scenery

Silly Sunday Scenery Late Summer Style You can see the color change is this image. It’s coming. Fall is on the doorstep. Cooler weather this coming week. We like the cooler mornings too. Fished hoppers and ants this am. Fun…

Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report

August 13, 2016

Ants, August, fishing report, missouri river, Terrestrials, Trico's

Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report Really a rosy outlook after yesterdays fishing here with your Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report from the information source in Craig Montana. At least that is how I look at it. Trico show in…

Friday Foto An Early Fall in Montana?

August 12, 2016

Fall, Montana, Seasons

Friday Foto An Early Fall in Montana? Saw the turning of colors begin about 2 weeks ago. An early fall in Montana? Yep. Maybe. The water temps are cooler than normal. The weed growth is not early what it has…

Creek Fishing

August 10, 2016

Headhunters Life, Uncategorized

creek, mountain

Did a little “Crick” fishing’ with my daughter yesterday. Had to get out and have a walk around. And catch some fish in a boulder filled stream. We found a few, and we also found surprisingly cold and powerful flows…

Freshwater Drum – Did You Know?

August 9, 2016

Fly Fishing Technique

drum, freshwater, Justin

Our good friend and Adipose Boatworks GM Justin Waayenberg recently posted a picture on Social Media showing off a Montana Freshwater Drum he caught somewhere in Eastern Montana, and I asked him to put together a few words and images for us.…

Fly Fishing Sun Protection

August 8, 2016

Fly Fishing Gear

protection, sun

Above: Former firefighter and fly fishing model Dwayne Sutphin sporting some of our favorite sun protection gear: a DeYoung Patterned Buff, a 12WT FreeWT shirt, and the new Osprey Hat from Sheltahats. We sell a lot of sun protection gear…

Sunday Scenery

August 7, 2016

Photography

photo, Sunset

A calm sunset at the Wolf Creek FAS. Those aren’t clouds, but smoke from the Roaring Lion Fire at Hamilton, Montana. We’ve had very little smoke in our area from that or other fires in the region. All quiet on…

Saturday Fishing Report & Housekeeping

August 6, 2016

Uncategorized

“You gotta fish at the coolest time of day.” A tip from Braden, who we find twitching and skittering after dark in the above image. The after-hours party is happening right now, with a mix of Caddis, tiny PED’s, Craneflies, a…

Friday Foto Hiking with Jim

August 5, 2016

Photography

Brandley, hiking, Jim

Shop regular Jim Brandley and I spent a day hiking a small stream up near Glacier NP last month. Here’s a few shots of our day. Incredible scenery. Pretty good fishing. Great hike. No bears. Enjoy the weekend. A few…

Recycled Anchors

August 3, 2016

Conservation

anchor, recycled

A few years ago Jason Fowler walked in our shop and asked if we wanted to buy some “used” drift boat and raft anchors. When I asked him where he got used anchors, he told me he dove for them.…

Dog Daze Fishing Report – Missouri River

August 2, 2016

August, fishing, report

So inconsistent I can’t even keep up with it. Fishing reports are all over the place right now, and fortunately you can fish all over the place right now. Pretty rare to be heading to the lower river during August…

UPDATED HOOT-OWL CLOSURES

August 1, 2016

Conservation, Fishing Report

closures, hoot owl, restrictions

Recent warm weather has increased water temperatures and decreased flows on a number of Montana rivers triggering Hoot-owl restrictions. It seems the days of complete closures are over. Here is the most recent update for those wondering which rivers are under restrictions.…

Sage X Coming Soon

July 30, 2016

SAGE Fly Rods, Sage X, Summer Heat

Sage X Coming Soon The latest and greatest fem Sage coming soon. The X replaces the Sage ONE. It’s good. That is what I will say and it is also what I hear from those who have handled it. We…

Depth Perception Video

July 29, 2016

Depth Perception Video From Scumliner’s long list of kick ass Missouri River videos comes Depth Perception. Shot 5 years ago this classic is sure to entertain. Caddis evenings can be great. Nice evenings and great mornings will help you through…

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report

July 28, 2016

fishing report, July

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report As good as you are. That is the way it will be for a while. Warm weather for the remainder of the week with the weekend heating up even more. We will see 90F…

Trout Bummin’

July 27, 2016

Uncategorized

Trout Bummin'

Trout Bummin’ Found these cats fresh outta the water at Wolf Creek Bridge after a swim bath in Mother Mo. Trout Bummin’ Montana. A short chat revealed they had rented a boat from us and had enjoyed sampling some of…

Brutal Honesty on the MO!

July 26, 2016

attitude, Hot weather, July, March Brown Patterns, Punchy

Brutal Honesty on the MO! Or a bit of reality in Montana. Tough out there yesterday. May be tough out there this week too. A few anglers went blank out there. The news from the guides mirrored the sentiment of…

Late July & August Missouri River Fishing Forecast

July 25, 2016

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

August, fishing, Forecast, July

Late July & August Missouri River Fishing Forecast Today we bring you the late July & August Missouri River Fishing Forecast. One thing we know for sure is that the last week of July is gonna be hot. Trico’s August…

Falling off in late July

July 23, 2016

Falling off here in July, fishing report

Falling off here in July The masses have left, or gone to the Madison. Wherever they may have gone we are moving on here on the Missouri River. Trico’s are the game here with the terrestrial making up the remainder…

Friday Foto Missouri River Night Vision

July 22, 2016

Friday Foto Missouri River Night Vision Fished last night from Mid C all the way to Prewitt Creek with the big fly. Not too good out. A few ate the big purple chubby and a few ate the Water Walker.…

Thursday Morning Brown Trout

July 21, 2016

Brown Trout, July, Mornings, Summer, Thursday

Thursday Morning Brown Trout Big trout love mornings too. Thursday Morning Brown Trout gets our blood pumping. Get out there early or head out there late. But the most actiove time for brown torut is the hour before daybreak. Early…

Hump Day Missouri River Fishing Report

July 20, 2016

Hump Day Missouri River Fishing Report A short bulleted version of the Hump Day Missouri River Fishing Report. Good Trico spinner fall in the morning. The farther you are downstream the longer it lasts. If you are fishing at the dam…

Dog Days this Week

July 19, 2016

Dog Days this Week We are a couple strong weeks away from the Dog Days of Summer but the temperatures will remind us that August is coming. Remember that July is our warmest month here in central Montana with August…

Mid July Missouri River Fishing Report

July 18, 2016

Mid July Missouri River Fishing Report Mid July Missouri River Fishing Report begins and ends with the Trico hatch. Going strong here fishing central Montana’s Missouri River. It is the focus of most everyday. Missouri River Trico Hatch Timing is…

Silly Sunday Scenery Scanning for Trout

July 17, 2016

Silly Sunday Scenery Scanning for Trout We rate nearing the tipping point of the summer. I think July 5th is a date upon the fish become more difficult everyday. I think that the beginning of the 4th week of July…

Saturday Cinema – Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Locations

July 16, 2016

Un-Fishing

Lightfoot, Thunderbolt

We’re huge fans of the 1974 film Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, and not just because it’s filmed in this area. It’s a must-see modern Western starring two great actors. We’ve written about it before, and some feedback clued us into the…

Friday Foto Rain Delay

July 15, 2016

Friday Foto Rain Delay Two of my favorites over the years. Tony and Sandy. Quite a pair. Enjoyed fishing with both of them. This is a rain delay a number of years ago under the tailgate at Stickney Creek. Rain…

A few Secrets for July Missouri River Fly Fishing

July 14, 2016

Fly Fishing Technique

Caddis, July, Techniques, tips, Trico's PMD's

A few Secrets for July Missouri River Fly Fishing Anglers come into the store and ask a ton of questions. We love to answer all that we can. And we do! We’ll let you in on a few of the…

July Trico’s Missouri River Fishing Report

July 13, 2016

Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique, Photography

dry fly, July, missouri river, Trioc's

July Trico’s Missouri River Fishing Report Some good times and some not as good times for anglers here fishing Montana’s July Trico’s Missouri River Fishing Report. Depends on where you are at what time with what fly and a good…

Missouri River Bugs – July

July 11, 2016

Braden Lewis

fly fishing technique, fly tying, Nymphs, photography

Missouri River bugs The following are some pictures of Missouri River bugs that were collected just downstream of the Mid Cañon boat ramp on July 7th. It has been a month since our last bug post, so some of the bugs…

Missouri River Montana July 10th Fishing Report

July 10, 2016

Missouri River Montana July 10th Fishing Report One third beyond us already is this July. Two-Thirds to go. Trico’s are the meat on the menu here in central Montana. Feels like less pressure this month than the last several years.…

The Scandinavian Way Video

July 9, 2016

InWaders Media, Simon Perkins, The Scandinavian Way Video

The Scandinavian Way Video Funny, clever, terrific is how I rate this video. Perfect for a Saturday in July. Chill. It looks good on you. This crew stopped by the shop last simmer after completing their journey. Love the results!…

Silly Saturday Scenery July Edition

July 9, 2016

Headhunters Life, Uncategorized

Craig MT, Trico's

Silly Saturday Scenery July Edition Getting on already in this 7th month of 2016. Silly Saturday Scenery July Edition brings you a serene view from Craig Montana. Trico’s out daily. Anglers too. A nice time of year for the dry…

Missouri River Trico’s & Fishing Report

July 7, 2016

Missouri River Trico's, Trico's

Fishing Report, Food

Trico’s are trout food. Missouri River Trico’s get us all worked up. Good hatches daily. Not great ones yet. But they are on the horizon. Pretty much anywhere you head you will find them. The weather will put them off…

Commando Style – Explore Rentals

July 6, 2016

Fly Fishing Travel, Headhunters Life

Camping, Explore, Phasmid, Rentals

As we head into a drought year with at least some fishing restrictions, we thought we’d throw a long overdue shout-out to our friends at Phasmid Rentals (now Explore Rentals) in Bozeman. Owner Will Cassella has been a customer for…

At least the hurricane force winds kept the flags flying all day.

The town that forgot how to 4th of July

July 5, 2016

4th of July, BBQ

photo essay by John Arnold Every once in a while, a town forgets how to 4th of July. Yesterday was that day for the village of Craig. A handful of folks drifted through town to celebrate our Nations independence on…

Montana Hoot-Owl Restrictions

July 3, 2016

Conservation, Headhunters Life

closures, drought, hoot owl

Here we go. July 1 and we’re already seeing some “Hoot-Owl” closures around the state. That means that June was a little warmer than we like it. Or than the trout do. It seems early, and it also seems like…

Silly Saturday Scenery Upstream Cast

July 2, 2016

Photography

East Coaster, Fly Cast

Silly Saturday Scenery Upstream Cast Checking this feller out casting upstream the other day. Did not see him hook up but I left before he gave up. I suggest he got what he was after. When I was watching him…

Welcome to July with Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video

July 1, 2016

July, Scumliner Media, Trico's, video

A Scumliner Classic today to greet you into July on the Missouri River. July means bugs. july means Trico’s. July means early mornings. July means fun. Lots folks around during this the busiest month of the year. Bring your sunglasses,…

June is done Missouri River Fishing Report

June 30, 2016

June is done Missouri River Fishing Report Caddis, Pale Morning Duns, Yellow Sally’s, Nocturnal Stones, Brown Drakes, Callibaetis, and now Trico’s. What is not to like?! July is a great month on the Missouri River with lots of dry fly…

Sage Trout Season Video

June 29, 2016