Late August Missouri River Flies
Late August Missouri River Flies that are hot this week and let’s hope this coming week too. The fishing in the morning is damn good if you are in the right spot with the right fly. What is the right…
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Friday Foto
Your Friday Foto here on the fly fishing blog that contains daily content. Not every post contains meat, but some do. The fishing here on the Missouri River is still pretty fantastic. Good times in the morning hours and good…
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Birthday Girl on the Elk River BC.
Today is Julie’s Birthday. You can’t wish her well face to face, because she is floating down the Elk River in BC (in the front of the boat, of course), sticking big Cutties on dries. Single dries. Julie making the…
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Future Fly Fishers Hayes Edition
Future Fly Fisher Hayes straight outta North Carolina today on this very fishy blog. Hayes was out with his grandmother for a week in early August and experienced his first wester fly fishing experience. Future Fly Fishers Hayes Edition Headhunters…
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Strike Foundry Stealth Indicators
Lots and lots of bobber on the market today. Lots of choices. Strike Foundry was created by Chef Marko to increase sensitivity and sight. The two most important aspics of any good strike indicator. Feel and vision. Period. Strike Foundry…
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SIMMS G4 Gore-Tex Pro Shell
Stay dry longer. Longer than ever? That’s what the fellows at SIMMS are saying. Are you ready for fall yet? We are not. But we are beginning to prepare ourselves for what Mother Nature brings us in the ways of…
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New Breed Chicks Rule & Future Flyfishers
New Breed Chicks Rule & Future Flyfishers today on the Headhunters Blog. Audrey helping Dad with this nice Missouri River Rainbow. Good friends and original Headhunters clients Bret and Sara Childers from up north are now bringing several generations of…
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Blackfoot on Mondays.
The Blackfoot was good today. Monday. A few folks on it but we beat the crowds early this morning. Chubby’s, caddis, moths, and assorted attractors ruled the day. Headhunters has plenty of Blackfoot River patterns to get you through the…
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Mid Summer Boat Smell
Dave brought this new Adipose right from Helena. First stop the Missouri River. Nice choice boys. Eric has Ro at home in Rapid City SD. He now wants one. Boat envy. The Adipose Flow. Dave used to rock a Clackacraft…he…
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Team Headhunters Great Falls Voyagers Baseball Re-Cap
Yep we did it. Team Headhunters went to the ballpark last night and rented a Suite for the staff and the guides. Fun was had by all. The Voyagers lost 8-3. No worries. We ate well and tipped a couple…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report
All is well as we finish the first week of August. Generally a soft period fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Why? Because the rest of the rivers in Montana are actually fishing this time of year. While the Mo fishes all…
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Friday Foto
All you need to get through the day here on the Mo. The fly patch says it all. A couple Trico patterns, a few subsurface jewels, and a few hoppers. Enjoy you river day. It is quiet today. Nice. Shop…
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Employee Appreciation! – Closed this Friday Night
Headhunters will be closing at 5 PM this Friday August 8th, instead of our usual 9-10 PM. The entire staff is getting together for our annual Employee Appreciation Day! For those rolling into Craig after work, you’ll have to find…
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Missouri River Fishing Report 8.7.14
The nymphing the last couple days has picked up. Thankfully. A bit bumpy on the subsurface road for a few days, now it has picked up! The weather is hot and indicative of August here on the Mo. High and…
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Twist of Fate
In a strange but true situation here on the Missouri River the Dry Fly Fishing is better than the Nymph Fishing. Honest. While the Missouri River is know for its famous dry fly fishing it is also a fantastic nymph…
Read More Greg Brown @ Merna Loy for Project Healing Waters
Greg Brown will be performing at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena at 7 PM on Sunday, August 17. He has generously agreed to support a Montana nonprofit organization, Project Healing Waters, by coming to Helena for this one-man concert.…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
A few characters from Montana Mike Ward of Adipose Boats and LG of America. Fishing with some cat outta Australia. I guess he fishes a lot of salt and sets the hook pretty hard. Strip setting with 5X sometimes does…
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Big Brown Trout on Dry Flies
You like good fish on top? We do. The Missouri River is producing some really nice fish on the dry fly. You can nymph them up too. Streamer fishing? OK I guess. “Not Much” is the quote from Dewey @…
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Saturday Trico’s
Trico’s. Lots in the morning. Saturday images for you the dry fly angler. These are Trico’s. Lots of them.
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Freestone Reprieve
Sara and I hit the Blackfoot the other day, along with my 9 year old daughter Adair. Rumors that some Spruce Moths were hatching had us up early and on the water, despite the fact that we’ve been working very…
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New Breed Chicks Rule
Annie today with a nice Rainbow caught not he Mighty Mo with HH Guide Mark Raisler Her husband Sam caught some too! A scorcher today with dry fly fishing for Trico feeders for about 2 hours. Longer in some areas.…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.29.14
Missouri River Trout Fishing on the Missouri River is good. Damn good. The dry fly fishing has been truly great. Did you read the fishing report blog from a few days ago? It still is as good as you are.…
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Dead Flies Don’t Swim – Video
Dead Flies Don’t Swim is a short video shot last week in our backyard. Mark and I love the Trico hatch, and this season it’s been better than it has in years. We thought we’d go out and gather a…
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Silly Sunday Scenery | Brown Trout Edition
Brown Trout on a dry fly. A big purple Hopper. Ninch said it would work. It did. Enjoy your day of rest, this day, today, Sunday.
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Can an animated GIF teach you to Reach Cast?
Our own Braden Lewis executing a proper reach cast. If you watch it enough times, will it embed itself into your brain?
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Trout Belly Edition today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. Rising fish fill the river and this shot was captured yesterday in some sort of feeding frenzy. Looks good for the weekend ahead. Are you coming to enjoy…
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It’s as good as you are…
Today’s Missouri River Montana Fly Fishing Report is as follows… It’s as good as you are. Simple and true. The yearly statement about your skill level and how it correlates to your catch rate. John and I were talking…
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Why I love my SAGE Method
I used to be the soft rod guy. No more. I am a fan of the stick that gets the most work done. Do work Son! That is the SAGE Method. A work horse if there ever was one. I…
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Missouri River Montana Tuesday Fishing Report
One of the greatest spinner falls I have ever seen occurred earlier today on the upper river. Honest. Billion, shoot brazillions, of Trico Spinners hit the water later in the morning and we had a helluva time getting our flies…
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Monday Missouri River Macro
Here’s your Monday Morning Macro of yesterdays Missouri River nymph survey by in-house biologist Braden Lewis. Pretty cool shots, and another weekly change in what’s on the menu for Missouri River trout. Kind of like those “visual” menu’s at Denny’s.…
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Mid Summer New Boat Smell
Jerry from Helena has bought a boat from Helena. He owned a cherry Clackacraft for a couple years and then upgraded to this sweet looking and rowing green Adipose Flow! Nice work Jerry. You too can own one of these…
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Late July Missouri River Hot Flies
We are entering the final third of July and the fishing is red hot. Those who love to dry fly dawn til dusk are having their cake and eating it too. Trico’s continue to be the hottest ticket from dawn…
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Silly Sunday Scenery | PMD Spinner
PMD Spinner hanging from the web of life here on Montana’s Missouri River. Happy Silly Sunday Scenery from all of us here at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. Enjoy.
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.20.14
Late July and all is well. The dry fly fishing has been fantastic and aided in part from the false overcast this last week from the fires to the North and to the West. Now the smoke has been blown…
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Boat Eyes on the Woody!
A cool boat from our good friend Steve. He dropped us this line about the history and the reasoning behind the Boat Eyes on this killer Woody. Hey Mark, Thank you for your hospitality! There is a long tradition in…
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Fishski Wins Drake Film Award!
John Arnold’s Scumliner Media wins Drake Magazine’s Best Humor Fly Fishing Film at ICAST/IFTD this last week in Orlando FLA. Cool huh. Nice work John. We happen to like this film. It is the dead of summer and damn hot.…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report July 17th 2014
Shop fly guru Ben McNinch with this healthy night time Brown Trout. Awesome Ben. While we work most of the time we still find time to get out on our favorite dry fly fishing river in the world. We are…
Read More Craig Montana | Sin City | AC-DC
You like dry fly fishing? Does your fishing partner or your wife believe it is sinful? Yah, we do too. Love AC-DC and sinning? Yah, me too. Enjoy this break from staring at sz 22 Trico Spinners. Rock out in…
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Carp Master Max
Another weekend gone, and another set of photo’s from father/son Ken and Max Rubino in my inbox. This Great Falls duo puts in a ton of days on the Missouri River. It’s a rare weekend that they aren’t in the…
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New Breed Chicks Rule #1
The original New Breed Chicks Rule gal Stephanie Lisser returns to us today for an encore. A standing “O”! Stephanie fishes a ton. Well, only on the Mo, and this just her 4th time this last week. Stephanie also caught…
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Missouri River Mid Summer Fact Sheet
The flows are coming down per the blog and the USBR as scheduled. Should be int he mid 4K’s Monday. The flows are good for all including the wade fishers and the boat anglers. The flows are currently holding at…
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Friday Fishing Report
Just fantastic weather and fantastic fishing on Montana’s Missouri River. This is the busiest time of the year so if you do not like fishing near others, this may not be the environment for you. Unless you explore and understand…
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Thursday Foto | Wish you were here
Morning, afternoon, and evening fishing on the Missouri. It’s good. Wish you were here. Check out the last several posts on this very blog if you need to catch up, or get a primer for the near future. All the…
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New Flies for the Missouri River
Once upon a time, Mark and I ordered all the flies for Headhunters. It’s a grueling task, especially when it comes to finding and having faith in new flies that we’ve never tried. These days, the Ninch does all the…
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Blackfoot River Fishing Report 7.8.14
We’re finally starting to get over to the Blackfoot River on a regular basis. Our favorite freestone has been fishing for a while with deep, heavy rigs, but we’ve been waiting for the water to clear and the surface action…
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Future Fly Fishers | The Hunter Edition
One of our favorites Hunter here on the property this last weekend. He loves Headhunters. Parents Andy and Amy were here as well although Hunter would hitchhike up here if he were given the chance. The tally for fish caught…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.7.14
Good to great depending on who you talk to. The guides out have been reporting good dry fly action in the mornings and slower afternoons. Good evening bite is pretty normal and it has been good enough to be out…
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Monday Morning Missouri Macro
Braden and I set up the Macro Tank the other day to see what exactly is squirming around in the Missouri River. Lot’s of PMD nymphs, and relatively few Yellow Sallies like last week. I do see many stages of…
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No Fish. No bugs either.
A common wade fishers belief. That there are no fish below Craig. I do understand that the upper is classic wade water and that the wade fish opportunities are not as prolific downstream…but having said that, there are some ways.…
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4th of July Recovery
We have done it. The big 4th of July party here in Craig Montana is over. Over for another year. Lots of folks around for the only big 4th of July host in Craig Headhunters Fly Shop with our famous…
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4th of July Celebration @ Headhunters Fly Shop
4th of July Celebration @ Headhunters Fly Shop. Yes one of our favorite holidays. Celebrate America’s Birthday with us here in downtown Craig. We will be BBQ’s up some burgers and dogs and hanging out all day long and well…
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New Breed Chicks. Richardson Edition.
Renee Faltings shows off her sick PMD inventory. Renee is from the Ketchum/Hailey, ID area, and all the cool kids there rock a Richardson Chest Box. They always have. Many moons ago I was a guide on Silver Creek and…
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Big Dries.
The other day I was picking a few big “foamies” out of the bin for a day on the water. A customer leaned over my shoulder and asked “what the hell I was going to use those for?”. “The Missouri”,…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report New Breed Style
Char Ford fishing with Headhunters Guide Jared Edens today on this updated fishing report from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. It is July, and the fishing is easy. Well sometimes. I am referencing the Porgy and Bess tune from…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report July 1st!
The dry fly month has arrived here on Montana’s Missouri River. We love July. It is one busy month though. Bring your battle gear and prepare for dry fly fishing madness. The morning can be great, the veining too. Most…
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Missouri River PMD Patterns
Ninch and I were going through the fly bins the other day and pointing out a few of our favorite PMD patterns for the Missouri River. Right now. Cripples and spinners, mostly. There are others. Here are some macro shots…
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