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Take a Kid Fishing Photo Contest

July 17, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Future Fly Fishers, Photography

echo gecko, Future Fly Fishers, photo contest, photography, Rajeff SPorts

Take a Kid Fishing Photo Contest Headhunters Fly Shop is hosting a “Take a Kid Fishing” photo contest on our Facebook page. The contest will run for a week from today until next Monday, July 24. The winner will receive…

Troutspey Reels and Running Lines

May 3, 2017

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Gear, Troutspey

coated, lines, mono, reels, Running, spey

There is always a lot of talk about running lines for trout spey rigs around the shop. Some like mono, and some like a coated running line. I think were at about a 50/50 split among our customers and staff.…

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Photos

April 29, 2017

Braden Lewis

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Photography

fly tying, Spring Fishing, Streamers

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Headhunters hosted a streamer fly tying contest on our Facebook page this past week. The objective was to submit a home-brewed streamer pattern that would work well on the Mo this spring. Tyers sent in a…

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm

April 27, 2017

Braden Lewis

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

fly fishing technique, fly tying, Nymphs, Spring Fishing, worm

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm needs to be in your box. Fish like worms. Rising water flushes worms from the banks and bottom of the river into the current. Last week the flows increased from around 5,000 cfs to the current…

RIO, Scientific Angler, and TroutHunter Tippet Comparison

April 17, 2017

Braden Lewis

Fly Fishing Gear

fly fishing gear, Review, RIO, Scientific Anglers, tippet, trouthunter

Tippet Brands Headhunters stocks tippet from RIO, Scientific Anglers, and TroutHunter. All three companies make great tippet. I’ve used all three and they have all performed well. So what kind should you buy? Cost Cost is a primary consideration. It…

Paper or Plastic?

March 24, 2017

Braden Lewis

Conservation, Fly Fishing Gear

conservation, fly cups, fly fishing gear, fly storage

Paper or Plastic? Soon, you might be hearing this question at your local fly shop as well as the grocery store. AFFTA has announced that they are making recycled paper fly boxes available to fly shops as an alternative to the…

New Scientific Anglers Spey Lite Lines

March 22, 2017

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Gear

Lite, Scientific Anglers, spey

A couple of months ago, Scientific Anglers sent me a few prototypes of some new “Trout Spey” lines they were working on. I’ve been fishing them regularly and have been really impressed. They cast extremely well, and feel right (not…

Casting Range

March 20, 2017

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! For many anglers springtime means “gear time”. Lots of things on the to-do list. Cleaning lines, tying flies, cleaning out that mess you call a boat bag, and for many it means some new equipment. In…

New Boat Smell Wilson Edition

February 24, 2017

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