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Welcome to the Headhunters nearly daily fly fishing report for Montana’s Missouri River. Flows still at 9K and water temps flirting with 50F. The tribs are still relatively clear and viz below the Dearborn, 987 cfs, is about 2 1/2…

Row Jimmy Row

May 20, 2014

Row Jimmy Row today on the Headhunters Blog. The art on the TShirt above is called Row Jimmy after the Dead tune. You have seen the Dead Drifter art on our TShirts last year so we give you this Row…

Yep, we got high(er) water.

May 19, 2014

The Missouri River is higher than normal. It certainly is not High. High water is way higher than it is now. Like double. Does it affect our trout? Yep. They just get bigger. With an average trout int he 18″…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.18.14

May 18, 2014

Raining. Rain tomorrow. Warmer weather. Great fishing. Some dry fly action. Creeks seem to be running relatively clear. That is the nut shell report. But, we will give you more today on the Headhunters Fly Shop fishing report. Drove across…

Sunday Scenery from Ben McNinch

May 18, 2014

Ben McNinch Photography, missouri river, Silly Sunday Senery, team Headhunters

Sunday Scenery brought to us today from our very own fly guru Ben McNinch. Ben caught this image mid eek down below his house. They boys caught some fish too! Fishing with Headhunters Guide Nick Stipech. We are just getting…

New Breed Chicks Rule #678

May 18, 2014

Diane Gross, New Breed Chicks

Diane Gross today on New Breed Chicks Rule. Diane and Leonard visit quite often from Spokane Washington. Just a stones throw really. Why wouldn’t you travel for trout like this one, and that one. They were recently here for the…

New Breed Chicks Rule | Sunday Afternoon Dee-Light!

May 17, 2014

Bikini Girl, missouri river, New Breed Chicks

Lauren rocking it on the Mo. Her first trip here and not her last. The weather warmed enough this last week to get a few of us to take off some layers. First time all year. Let’s hope the last.…

Opening Day. Take a Kid Fishing.

May 16, 2014

Future Fly Fishers, take a kid

In my case, it’s my kid. This Saturday marks the opening of many smaller streams in Montana. While many (most?) area creeks will be too high for good fishing and safe wading, there will be some small stream opportunities available…

Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off next Saturday

Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off Tomorrow!

May 16, 2014

Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off, Craig Festivals, Craig Montana, missouri river, team Headhunters

Hello to all! This Saturday is our 8th Annual Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off! Activities begin at 4pm with about 10 BBQ contestants grilling awesome food like Ribs, BRisket, Wings, Pork and much more! Max Hay and Rocket to…

Missouri River Montana May Dry Flies

May 15, 2014

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear

Dry Fly Patterns, fishing report, May Dry Flies, Midge Hatch, missouri river, Missouri River Dry Flies

Here is a short list of flies that are rocking it in May. While we do not have the caddis flies on this list, they are very near. Yep. Saw a this last week fluttering about while doing some evening…

New Breed Chicks Rule #653

May 14, 2014

Diane, New Breed Chicks, New Breed Chicks Rule

New Breed Chicks Rule Diane Edition today from the Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig MT. Gary said he got out fished again by Diane. We believe it. Not because Gary is a slouch…because Diane catches big fish! Thanks for dropping…

May State of the Missouri River

May 14, 2014

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

May State of the Missouri River from Headhunters Fly Shop in downtown Craig Montana. The river is fishing well. Nymphing great. Streamer fishing well. Dry fly fishing just OK. The water levels are higher than normal with the current flows…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.13.14

May 13, 2014

craig trout camp, fishing report, missouri river, trout bum

The sun came out. Yes, I said it. The sun came out today. How about today? Will it come today?. The weatherman says it will. Just no more snow please for us here in central Montana. We have enough. Honest.…

Derek DeYoung @ Craig Caddis Festival Saturday May 17th

May 13, 2014

Craig Caddis Festival, Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off, Craig Montana, Derek DeYoung, Saturday May 17th

Izaak’s Restaurant and Craig Caddis Festival hosting Derek DeYoung at this years 8th Annual Craig Caddis Festival Saturday May17th 4pm. Be here for the BBQ Cook-Off which is part of the fun as 10+ BBQ contestants smoke, roast, and grill…

5 Ways New Fly Lines make you Smile!

May 12, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear

Airflo Fly Lines, Cortland Fly Lines, fly fishing technique, Orvis Fly Lines, products, RIO Fly Lines, RIO Products, Smiles!, Wulff Fly Lines

5 Ways New Fly Lines make you Smile! Think you need a new fly line? I do. I think you need a new fly line. The simple truth is just this. It is the vehicle that delivers the fly to…

Mothers Day, New Breed Chicks Rule, & Future FlyFishers

May 11, 2014

Future Fly Fishers, New Breed Chicks

Future Fly Fishers, Katrina Moon, missouri river, New Breed Chicks, Preston Moon

Both today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. Our good friend Preston Moon sent us this image and this short below. HH staff, Here are a few pics of my new breed chick Katrina Moon! We took out the PHW…

Missouri River Mothers Day Fishing Report 5.11.14

May 10, 2014

Missouri River Mothers Day Fishing Report from the headquarters of fishing madness near the shores of Montana’s Missouri River. Fishing is good. The flows are moving upwards to alleviate the traditionally higher flows of late May and June. Will we…

Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off next Saturday

May 10, 2014

Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off next Saturday May 17th in the tiny fishing ‘burb of Craig. Events start at 4pm with the Parade, the 10+ BBQ contestants, silent auctions, live auction at 8pm with guide trips from around the…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.9.14

May 9, 2014

fishing report, flies, Guide Trips, Headhunters Guides, missouri river

Good weekend ahead of us here on the Missouri River. Good weather too. If you like potential snow and rain. You should like this weekend just fine. The tributaries are clear and clean and the entire river is fishing just…

Friday Foto | Sara Spey Edition

May 9, 2014

Headhunters Life, New Breed Chicks, Photography

fishable spring Missouri River, phtography, team Headhunters

Friday Foto today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Montana’s best photo blog every Friday. Sara Roholt, a Headhunters All Star learns from Mike McCune of international Spey Casting Fame. Last weekend we hosted Mike and Whitney Gould here on…

Kinnetic Loop – Available on iTunes

May 8, 2014

Fly Fishing Video

kinnetic loop

A Kinnetic Loop is a celebration of our past, present and future. Produced by our good friend Simon Perkins at Sharptail Media, this was another film featured at the Down the Hatch Fly FIshing Festival in Missoula last month. You…

Rules for taking better fishing pictures

10 Rules for Taking Better Fish Pictures

May 8, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique, Photography

The 10 Rules for Taking Fish Pictures today on the Headhunters LFy Shop Fly Fihsing Blog. We all love to have fish pictures from our trip. Why not take better fish pictures. Below is a list of ways to get…

Headhunters Fly Shop Logo Wear Rocks!

May 7, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear

Clothing, Headhunters Life, Headhunters Logo Wear, Sun Wear, team Headhunters

Yes it does. The current line-up of Headhunters Fly Shop Logo Wear Rocks! With many designs by Headhunters consigned artists, a cool idea from Julie Arnold, and more from Headhunters Guide Peter Skidmore’s fiancé Hannah Uhde. What is next? Nothing.…

My Day with Nick and the Fish Magnet

May 7, 2014

Headhunters Life, New Breed Chicks

$300 Guide Trips, Gigi Rules!, Headhunters Guides, Spring Special, team Headhunters, Terry Armstrong

Ed Note: This article sent to us by Headhunters Fly Shop friend Terry Armstrong in regards to their annual guided trip through Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service during the Spring Special. Headhunters Guide Nick Stipech is the guide in…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.5.14

May 5, 2014

We survived, and you, the weekend again. Rain, cool air temps, and some sort of sleet at one point kept anglers cooler on Saturday but as it warmed Sunday to nice blue skies and nearly 70F we all breathed a…

Silly Sunday Scenery

May 4, 2014

craig trout camp, fishable spring Missouri River, phtography, Spring Fishing

Rain day on the Missouri River. Raining as I rose this morning and may continue all day long. The tribes have jumped a bit in the last 24 hours and the Dearborn is tossing some mud our direction. Brown for…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.3.14

May 3, 2014

fishing report, Midge Hatch, missouri river, team Headhunters

A couple hints today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Report for this early May weekend. Sow bugs man. Scuds and sows. Mostly the key for the Headhunters guides this week. Some mayfly action, but the prominent flies are of the…

Friday Foto | Coming Home

May 2, 2014

Love this shot of the Wolf Creek Bridge. How do you feel when you drive down this grade to the Missouri River? I know that even today I still get jazzed when I get the first glimpse of the Missouri…

Missouri River Montana Weekend Fishing Report

May 1, 2014

fishing report, May Fishing Report, missouri river, Nymphs, Spring Fishing, Sunny Weather

The weekend us upon us and the weather is warm. Time to head out fishing to your local river or lake, or to the Missouri River. It’ll be fun! The fishing report will be short and factual. 2 spots left…

New Breed Chicks Rule 1st Fish Edition

May 1, 2014

New Breed Chicks, team Headhunters

Stephanie straight outta Montana’s Capitol City Helena with here 1st trout on a fly rod. She often rows her husband Jerry down the river as he fishes here on the Missouri River. I think Jerry may be rowing more than…

May Day Missouri River Fishing Report

May 1, 2014

Baetis, fishing report, March Browns, May Fly Fishing Montana, Midge Fishing, Midge Hatch

Better dry fly daily. You will still have to work hard to find the sipping trout as there are not many in the high and bright sun. But later in the day. When the skies become hazy? You know Headhunters…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 4.30.14

April 30, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, missouri river, Montana April Fishing

The fishing can be difficult as the Rainbows are, or seem to be on strike. Or on the spawn. They are not as present as they have been or will be. But the Brown Trout are out and being caught.…

Yes, they are here. The bugs that is.

April 29, 2014

A common question the last couple weeks. Have the bugs arrived? I think we can certify that they have arrived. Yes, they are here. Midges? Yes. BWO’s? Yes. You? We hope so. Check out the all new IDB. The…

NRS Freestone Drifter – Video

April 28, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Video

drift boat, NRS

The much anticipated NRS Freestone Drifter has finally arrived at Headhunters. We’ve received many questions about this “inflatable drift boat” designed by the whitewater/fishing guru’s at NRS. Many questions revolve around performance, but just as many are curious about the…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 4.28.14

April 28, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, inflatable drift boat, missouri river, Spring Fishing, Spring Special

Flows holding at 8670cfs and water temps are 44F. Not bad for an April Monday. The bugs have definitely arrived in a big way and some fish are responding. Look hard in the afternoons and post up for those surface…

New Breed Chicks Rule Sunday Edition

April 27, 2014

New Breed Chicks, Spring Fishing

New Breed Chicks Rule Susie Sunday Edition today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Check it out. Susie spends some time wandering the mean streets of Craig. She visits as often as possible. Sometimes she even brings her husband and…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 4.26.14

April 26, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, missouri river, Spring Fishing

Raining and sleeting out this morning as we movie into more winter here in Craig Montana. Montana’s Missouri River is fishing well if you are prepared for the elements. Bring rain gear, hand warmers, a Thermos or 2 of coffee,…

Silly Saturday Image

April 26, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, missouri river, team Headhunters

Check it out. Mark rowing switch. He thinks he invented it. I for now believe he did. Thanks to westside Tony for sending this image. He said: I think an appropriate name for this trick would be the ‘switch 180 inside…

Friday Foto. Brown Town.

April 25, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, Brown Trout, friday foto, missouri river

A ton of these guys in the river this year. Is this the year that we see a large number of Brown Trout in the system? Maybe. We have been seeing a number of larger Brown Trout this year already,…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 4.24.14

April 24, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, Midge Hatch, missouri river, Spring Fishing, Spring Special

The Spring Special rolls on as we enter the final week of $300 Guide Trips. Grant, Paul, and Blair were out fishing today down from the northern region and graced us with this beautiful Rainbow image. More on the Facebook…

Soon. Missouri River Baetis

April 24, 2014

May Baetis, Mayflies, missouri river

Baetis on the docket. Soon. Have seen some movement and have seen some fish respond. More on the way. Soon. Your objective? Be at the right place at the right time. Your task? Drift well. We know you have the…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 4.23.14

April 23, 2014

Flows are holding at 8160 cfs with water temperatures moving upwards daily. The bugs like it too as we have been seeing more and more midge and baetis everyday. The weather this week? Really quite nice yesterday and Monday. It…

Bobbers. A Nymphing Tale.

April 22, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear

Looks like nymphing is part of our daily routine here on the Mo this spring. While we have dry fly opportunities daily, we also have lot so time in-between dry fly chances. Streamer fishermen have not been setting any records…

New Breed Chicks Rule #547

April 21, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, missouri river, New Breed Chicks

New Breed Chicks Rule #547. Lisa has always been a New Breed Chick. And she Rules. Thanks for coming on out Lisa and fishing the Missouri River. We will see you later this summer! We love women anglers! They are…

Missouri River Monday Fishing Report

April 21, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, craig trout camp, dry fly, fishable spring Missouri River, fishing report, Spring Fishing

Monday on Montana’s Missouri River and all is well. The flows are hovering around 8000cfs and the water temps are 43.5F. The bugs are here and more are hatching daily. The dry fly weather is suspect as the air temps…

Silly Sunday Scenery

April 20, 2014

Photography

Midges. Lots of them around. More on the way. Happy Easter. Did the bunny visit you?

Saturday Missouri River Fishing Report

April 19, 2014

$300 Guide Trips, April Fishing Report, fishing report, Montana April Fishing, Spring Fishing, Spring Special

All is good with the Missouri River. Nothing is blown, the creeks are clear, and the fishing is good. The Dearborn, Prickly Pear, Sheep Creek, and Stickney Creek are all clear and not affecting the flows or the color. The…

Friday Foto and Fishing Report

April 18, 2014

friday foto, phtography, team Headhunters

Lee straight outta Seattle Washington with this Bamboo caught Brown Trout. Nice Lee. Headhunters Guide Nick Stipech put him on this behemoth yesterday. As Lee was battling this Missouri River Brown Trout he turned to the guest in the back…

10 Tips for High(er) Water Success

April 17, 2014

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

$300 Guide Trips, fishing report, fly fishing technique, Guide Trips, Midge Hatch, missouri river, Spring Fishing

The flows this morning are 8360cfs. This is not high by historical flows, but is higher than some anglers are comfortable with. High flows are aver 15K to us here on the Missouri. We will write another blog when she…

Hank Patterson on Pebble Mine

April 16, 2014

Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

Montana funny-man and fly fishing guru Hank Patterson lays down his opinion on the Pebble Mine issue. http://www.stoppebblemine.org

How to Fish Rising Waters & Current Water Predictions

April 16, 2014

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video

fishable spring Missouri River, high water nymphing, Missouri River Water Advisory Committee, nymphing techniques, Spring Fishing

Lots of questions, calls, and folks inquiring about how to fish the rising water levels. Generally this happens in June. It is April. No worries. Bottom Line? The water will rise. When? Soon, now, today, tomorrow. The plan is to…

New Breed Chicks Rule | Carroll College Edition

April 16, 2014

fishing report, New Breed Chicks, Spring Special

Brittany and Allyson rock. They came out from Carroll College and fished hard in the driving snow this last Saturday. It was damn cold. Actually, brutal. Snowing sideways and the primary 15mph breeze coming from the North. Headhunters Guide Beth…

New Boat Smell | Tax Day Edition

April 15, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear, Headhunters Life

$300 Guide Trips, Adipose Boatworks, IDB, inflatable drift boat, missouri river, New Boat Smell, NRS

It is the time of year when we see a ton of new boats coming out to the Missouri River for the inaugural float. Why not christen your craft on the Missouri? This is one more of the many new…

Land of the Giants – Missouri River

April 14, 2014

Our “Land of the Giants” guides are running some great trips right now. Spring fishing at LOG is pretty good. You’d be hard pressed to fins any better in the state right now. Of course, if you don’t like catching…

Missouri River Monday Fishing Report 4.14.14

April 14, 2014