Missouri River Fly Fishing Report - Page 7 of 64

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.

Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Kit and Video

July 7, 2023

JAV, Just Add Vise, Zirdle Bug

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,…

July 6th Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River

July 6, 2023

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…

Slow Motion 4th of July – Video

July 4, 2023

John Arnold

A throwback from 2013 with Scumliner Media and Travis in the danger position. Here’s a short I did a year ago today. I was playing around with the 240fps WVGA setting on the GoPro Hero 3. Pretty cool super slo-mo.…

Sunday Imagery from HH of Craig

July 2, 2023

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…

Silly Saturday Scenery

July 1, 2023

Headhunters Life, Photography

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…

New Conservation License for most State Lands

June 30, 2023

Conservation

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…

PMD Friday

June 29, 2023

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Mega-Hatch, PMD, Summer

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…

Top 10 PMD Dry Flies

June 28, 2023

Bugs, Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

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…

5 Tips for Late June Fishing Montana’s Missouri River

June 27, 2023

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…

PMD Monday

June 26, 2023

Bugs

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

June 25, 2023

Dry Fly Tip

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.

CraigLodging.com Gate House New Property

June 24, 2023

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…

Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise

June 23, 2023

Buzzball, Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise, Gary LaFontaine, Junk Fly, Just Add Vise Kits, missouri river, Online Shopping

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…

Headhunters Fly Shop Mo River Fishing Report 6.22.23

June 22, 2023

dry fly, Frenchie, high water, June, Nymph Game, Peak Season, PMD, Streamer

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…

Jazz and FlyFishing @ Craig Taphouse Wednesday June 21st

June 20, 2023

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,…

Water Falling Tuesday

June 20, 2023

Water Forecast

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…

Monday Missouri River Fishing Report 6.19.23

June 19, 2023

Caddis, fishing report, high water, June, Nymphing, PMD, Water LEvels

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…

Happy Fathers Day from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana

June 18, 2023

Father's Day

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…

Skwala Solstice Sale June 21-25

June 17, 2023

Fly Fishing Gear

Skwala

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…

Friday Fishing Report HH Fly Shop in Craig Montana

June 16, 2023

Caddis, fishing report, June, nymph, PMD

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…

UMOWA Annual Rendezvous Friday June 16th

June 15, 2023

Conservation

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…

Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis

June 14, 2023

Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis, Just Add Vise Kits

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…

Tuesday Montana’s Missouri River Fishing Report

June 13, 2023

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…

Bald Eagle Days

June 12, 2023

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,…

Fishing Report and Water Update June 10th Mo River in Craig Montana

June 10, 2023

Fishing Report, Uncategorized

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…

Friday Foto Fishing Report June 12th 2020

Friday Foto June 9th 2023

June 9, 2023

Friday Foto Fishing Report June 12th 2020

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…

Just Add Vise Tying Video Rusty Spinner

June 7, 2023

CDC Para-Spinner, Rusty Spinner, Trusty Rusty

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…

River Rising Due to Recent Rainfall

June 5, 2023

2023, Annual Run-Off, high water

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…

The Dirty Heads Moon Tower Acoustic

June 4, 2023

Dirty Heads, Live, Moon Tower, Music

The Dirty Heads Moon Tower Acoustic Sunday. Summer is here. Sort of. Meet you at the Moon Tower tonight. Bring your PMD’s.

Saturday Missouri River Fishing Report from Your Information Leader in Craig

June 3, 2023

fog, June, PMD, Rain, Streamer Fishing is Good!, Summer

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…

Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River June Forecast

June 1, 2023

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…

Grape Slushy Just Add Vise Video

May 31, 2023

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…

Tuesday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River near Craig

May 30, 2023

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…

Friday Fishing Report and NBCR

May 26, 2023

fishing report, friday, New Breed Chicks Rule

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…

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT – CRAIG FAS OVERFLOW PARKING – COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED

May 25, 2023

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…

Top Tips for Wednesday

May 24, 2023

Fly Fishing Technique

Spring, tips

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…

Monday Tying Kits Half Chicken

May 22, 2023

fly tying, HH Only, JAV, Kit, Tuesday 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…

Saturday Smoky Scenery

May 20, 2023

Headhunters Life, Landscape

May, Scenery, smoke

Saturday Smoky Scenery Smoke still in the air. Will continue for a while? Don’t know. Tune in to our Voicemail Recording Fishing Report Weekly Update 406-235-3447 ext 3 for 4 minutes of rambling from Squeeky about the current conditions, flows,…

Weekend Fly Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River

May 19, 2023

Weekend Fly Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River Writing this report not he porch here at Headhunters of Craig and the smoked smells of Izaaks Restaurant wafting though the fishing ‘burb of Craig are making me hungry. Check out the menu…

Smoke on the Water

May 18, 2023

Smoke on the Water Smoke in the air this week. Pretty bad on this Thursday. Viz less than 5 miles. How will it look this weekend? No idea. Guessing it will stick around. Flows up a bit this week. Warmer…

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 5.15.23

May 15, 2023

BWO, Caddis, fishing report, March Brown, May, May 15th, Midge, Sow

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 5.15.23 Flows forecast to go to 6K today. Will it happen? It could. Flows currently 6360cfs. DB 851cfs, LPP 324cfs. Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 5.15.23gthjn trips somewhat colored. Not enough to factor into…

Celebrating Mom’s Today

May 14, 2023

Celebrating Mom’s Today Hooray for Mom’s today. Mom’s have been supporting fishing behaviors from men for many generations. Some stay home preferring to let the boys go fishing. Other Mom’s get after it. We love both! Thanks Mom’s out there…

CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WITH FREE FISHING

May 12, 2023

CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WITH FREE FISHING No fishing licenses will be required Mother’s Day weekend, May 13 and 14. So grab your gear and your gal and head out to enjoy Montana’s countless rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs. Montanans have…

Friday Foto

May 12, 2023

Friday Foto Becoming green here on the Mo. Anglers around from all over the state. Flows somewhat decreasing. Rain and thunderstorms today, and throughout the weekend. Bring, or buy, ranger on site. Some dry fly action when the sun comes…

Water Levels Dropping Thursday

May 10, 2023

Water Levels Dropping Thursday Water levels scheduled to drop to 6100 cfs Thursday. Water levels from he Dearborn dropping currently Wednesday eve @ 895cfs. Waffling up and down a bit in the daytime high temps and nighttime lows. A common…

Tuesday Fishing Report from Headhunters of Craig

May 9, 2023

fishing report, May, Spring

Tuesday Fishing Report from Headhunters of Craig Bulleted today… Water Temps currently near 50F. Water Flows Mo: 7360 cfs Water Flows Dearborn River: 1040 cfs and falling. Currently. Cleaner than the last week. Looks like it could be fishable, on…

You Belong to Me Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters Duet

May 7, 2023

Un-Fishing

Bernadette Peters, Duet, Steve Martin, You Belong to Me

You Belong to Me Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters Duet I love his scene. It is the HH Blog today, Sunday, written by Sparky. With my favorite comedian Steve Martin. And the quite lovely voice of the very talented Bernadette…

Missouri River Montana May Water Forecast

May 6, 2023

Flow, Forecast, May, Projection

Missouri River Montana May Water Forecast Higher water? Yes, this month and next. Average? Yeah, it is. A normal winter here in Montana had us upset for the duration, but it is not uncommon in the space of time, but…

Cup ‘O Pizza

May 5, 2023

Bernadette Peters, Cup 'O Pizza, Steve Martin

Cup ‘O Pizza Hockey Night app’s? Weekend Kentucky Derby race time snacks? Cup ‘O Pizza, of course. Rumor has Cup ‘O Pizza opening a storefront in downtown Craig soon. Gotta be next to one of the shops? Or otherwise? Could…

Tuesday Mo River Water Update 5.2.23

May 2, 2023

fishing report, Higher Flows, May, Spring, water

Tuesday Mo River Water Update 5.2.23 Rising water levels throughout the state including the Mighty Mo. Currently 6K. The Dearborn blown. Fishable below the confluence? Maybe. Pretty dirty. The lower reach? Yeah, probably would work. Little Prickly Pear tossing bit…

Monday May Day Montana’s Missouri River Fishing Report

May 1, 2023

6K flows, fishing report, May, May Day, Spring

Monday May Day Montana’s Missouri River Fishing Report Water temps climbing as well as the water flows from most every creek, river, stream in the state. May is here, spring has arrived, we hope, and do not see temps drop…

Dry Fly Super Bowl still a few months away

Great Days with Jim

April 29, 2023

Jim Arkin

Jim caught a bundle of fish. Was he the best technician? Nope. A very good angler? Yep. Fun in the boat? The best. A good person to spend the day with was Jim. His long time Mo River and beyond…

Watercraft inspection stations open across most of Montana

April 27, 2023

This just in from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Watercraft inspection stations open across most of Montana 2,000 watercraft inspected so far this year HELENA – With the exception of Eureka, watercraft inspection stations are open. All vehicles transporting any…

Fly Fishing Report Tuesday April 25th

April 25, 2023