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Macroinvertebrate Report from UMOWA

January 5, 2016

& Wildlife, Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Bugs, Conservation, Fly Fishing Technique, Nature

fly fishing technique, missouri river

On December 22, the Upper Missouri River Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) released the Baseline Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report 2015 for the Upper Missouri River, MT, prepared by David Stagliano. The purpose of this study was to provide baseline macroinvertebrate (bug) monitoring data in order to assess…

It's time to work on your casting technique

It’s time to work on your casting technique

December 29, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Casting, Casting Education, Double Haul, Instruction

It really is time. You have the rest of the winter to get it done. It only takes a few minutes a week. And, you will reap the rewards for the entire season. A building block for even greater accuracy,…

Wednesday Workshop Find the Right Water

Wednesday Workshop Finding the Right Water

December 9, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Nymphing, nymphing techniques, water, Wednesday Workshop

At some point every conversation when speaking with new anglers to the Missouri River turns to this very topic. Whether spring, summer, fall, or winter the biggest part of the fish catching game is fishing in the right water. Finding…

5 Tips for Missouri River December Angling

December 2, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

5 Tips for Missouri River December Angling

Headed out for a December trip to the Mighty Mo? We think you should enjoy it. Here are a few Wednesday December tips for success. Fish in the heart of the day. If the temperatures are well below 30F in…

Fluorescent Flies

November 21, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

flies, fly tying, Nymphing, winter

As Mark recently pointed out, water temps are falling and we’re moving into winter. Scuds and sows are king and pink flies or flies with firebeads will continue to gain popularity as winter progresses. Popular winter flies include the Pink Lightning Bug, Amex, Rainbow Czech,…

Womens Spey Clinic

Women’s Spey Clinic

November 9, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life, Troutspey

clinic, spey, troutspey, women

Headhunters manager Sara Roholt and guide Beth Hood held our first women’s spey clinic this weekend. As expected from these two, the clinic was a success and all who attended learned a thing or two about spey casting, rigging and…

When slumping, go back to the beginning.

When slumping, go back to the beginning.

November 5, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

go back to the beginning., When slumping

Been in a slump this last week. I’m done guiding daily and it is time to take myself fishing. I like fishing for me. I like fishing with me too. But I have been sucking. Slumping is really too tame…

Top 10 Missouri River November Flies

Top 10 Missouri River November Flies

November 2, 2015

Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Top 10 Missouri River November Flies

Top 10 Missouri River November Flies These will get you through the front end of the month. Plus your fall favorites too. Bring it all when you visit the Mo this coming week or two. In your boat should be…

Friday Foto along with BWO Report

October 23, 2015

Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

friday foto, Friday Foto along with BWO Report

Shitty bright sun this week. Some overcast yesterday afternoon. More this weekend. Thank the fishing gods for putting this sunny month to bed. Let’s finish the month with darker skies. Having said that I feel better. No more t-shirt afternoons…

Double Rigging a Streamer

October 10, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Double Rigging a Streamer

October and November are terrific streamer fishing months on Montana’s Missouri River. Everything this is donning their fall suits including the trees, animals, and our big and fat trout. Halloween is on the way and the Brown Trout are dressing…

Fishing the Missouri River Short Leash

Fishing the Missouri River Short Leash

October 6, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Fishing the Missouri River Short Leash, Missoiuri River, Nymphing, nymphing techniques, Rigging Techniques, Technique

A great October nymphing rigging technique. The short leash is employed as well in this lower water period. Can you rig long and roll? Sure. Sometimes int he mornings and in the high and bright sun we love to go…

Whitney Gould Spey Instruction

Red Shed Spey Gathering

September 28, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Travel, Troutspey

Clave, Red Shed, spey

above: Whitney Gould started off the morning instructional sessions. I headed over to the Clearwater River last weekend for the annual Red Shed Spey Gathering (aka Speyclave), a celebration of spey casting and Steelhead fly fishing that incuded product demo’s…

Why Wade Fishing is a Good Teacher

Why Wade Fishing is a Good Teacher

September 24, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Missouri River Technique, Why Wade Fishing is a Good Teacher

Yes sir Wade Fishing is a Good Teacher. A great teacher indeed. Many Missouri River anglers are boat centric. A big resource with lots of water is served well with a drift boat. You can see and fish so much…

Tippet and Leader Article

Tippet and Leader Article

August 10, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

One of the most common questions I receive in the boat concerns the reasoning behind the leader and tippet I am using. I am sure that the saltwater guides, steelhead, salmon, and bass guides receive the same questions. It is…

Montana PMD fishing

Fishing PMD Hatches

June 22, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Our annual PMD hatches are in full swing now – along with a few bazillion caddis – and the fishing has been spectacular when the weather cooperates. It has more than not this month. If you want to know a…

Baetis Week. Dry-Dropper Rigs

Baetis Week. Dry-Dropper Rigs

April 23, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Dry-Dropper, fly fishing technique, Headhunters Wisdom, Mayfly Nymphs, Rigging Techniques

Today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog we bring you new science. The dry-dropper rig. No. Not new. Yet quite effective here on Montana’s Missouri River. I was not a fan for many years. I had always believed that the…

Missouri River March Streamer Patterns

Missouri River March Streamer Patterns w/ a side of Streamer Line discussion

March 19, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

March Streamer Patterns, Missouri River Flies, Spring Fly Fishing

March Streamer Fishing is?…which leads us to this article written by team members Dewey and Mark at Headhunters Fly Shop. Missouri River March Streamer Patterns With unseasonably warm weather this month the river is starting to get pressure. A popular…

5 Tips for Better Missouri River Spring Fishing

March 9, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

fly fishing technique

Fishing Reports from the last week have been varied. Spring like conditions are ever changing and it pays to keep a few things in mind when fishing the Missouri River the next couple months. The water can be green this…

Missouri River Winter Trout Candy

Missouri River Winter Trout Candy for Bobber Lobbers

February 24, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Anglers, Indicator, Missouri River Winter Trout Candy, Sow Bug Patterns

Nymphing is the primary fish catching method of any winter trout fishery. The Missouri River is no different. So why not toss the sowbug. We have a ton of sows in stock and ready for winter angling. At any given…

Slow or Low

February 16, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

A busy weekend means that we get to hear a lot of fishing reports. And we can tell you that for Friday and Saturday – and much of the last week – they’ve been all over the place. Streamer guys…

Ryan McCourtney Headhunters

Back to Spey

February 13, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life, Uncategorized

mcCourtney, ryan, spey

Ok, I did a bobber report the other day. I hope you liked it, and that it helped you find success on the Missouri. If so, you should know that I made it all up. I only swing a two…

2015 Year of the Net

February 12, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

Here, we observe Missouri River guide Beth Hood using a long handled net to capture a nice sized Missouri River Rainbow. Good form. The team at Headhunters has noticed that net sales, questions and available options have all increased in…

Missouri River spey fishing

Additional McCune-Gould Class April 10th

February 10, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

Due to the demand for Mike McCune and Whitney Gould spey instruction, we have added another class session on Friday April 10th. This gives you one more chance to experience these great instructors in a 3:1 student to instructor ratio.…

Abandon Hope by HH Guide Ben Hardy

January 27, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

Ben Hardy, Depth Perception Video, team Headhunters

Hope. It’s a good thing, right? Wiki says that hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. As a verb, to…

Missouri River winter flies

Fly Tying Night Efforts

January 22, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

fly, night, tying

Fly Tying Night in America resumed last night in Craig, MT. We kind of announced it at the last minute, and folks came from both directions – Helena and Great Falls – as well as locally. Some pretty nice efforts last night.…

McCune Gould Spey Clinic April 11th and 12th

McCune Gould Spey Clinic April 11th and 12th

January 12, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

Mike McCune, Spey Clinic, Whitney Gould

Hooray! Once again Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service is hosting famed spey casters Mike McCune and Whitney Gould. They will be conducting their very popular 2 Handed Casting Spey Clinic focussing on Sustained Anchor Casts. Last year these 2…

Fly Tying Night in Americas

Fly Tying Night in America

January 6, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video

Craig MT, Fly Tying Night in America, fly tying video, winter

Fly Tying takes a lot of time when restocking personal boxes for the upcoming year. This is a pattern that we use all winter long and one you should have in your box. Tie this Firebead Soft Hackle Ray and…

Montana spey fishing

Spey Lines – Diagrams for the Confused

December 17, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

It’s really not that complicated, but the massive amount of advice from all corners of Spey-dom seems to confuse those new to the style. Here’s a few diagrams from our Spey Clinic presentation. CLICK TO ENLARGE SCANDI & SKAGIT Both Scandi…

Too Many Bugs?

December 15, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

fishing, Hatches, winter

There can be, and I’m not talking about mosquitos. When the weather does the right thing and the bugs go nuts, Missouri River trout often get so focused on emerging insects that they start to ignore everything else. That includes my…

Montana Spey Clinic

December 8, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

CLINIC #1 IS IN THE BOOKS An excellent turnout for our first two-handed Montana Spey clinic of the year. The weather was nice, and we had a little glitch with our google drive sign up list and overbooked it. That’s OK.…

Missouri River Swing Season

Missouri River Swing Season

November 24, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Casting Education, Free Spey Clinic, Swing Season

Missouri River Swing Season is upon us. We have $300 Spey Casting/2 Handed Rod Guided Trips for the rest of 2014. All the way until the 31st of December. We have done a few and have a few more slated…

Looping the Loop

Looping the Loop

November 15, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Looping the Loop, RIO Products

Read this entry. Stolen right off of the RIO Products website today is this tip. I see this incorrectly done, a lot! So very easy to make the mistake. A 50/50 shot. Happy Friday. Check it out here on RIO…

Trout Fishing Temperature Game

The Trout Fishing Water Temperature Game

October 29, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Here are few Missouri River Water Temperatures that you may be interested in. I know we have been waiting patiently chewing off my fingernails for a month now for the BWO Hatches that we are accustomed to on this great…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 10.27.14

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 10.27.14

October 27, 2014

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 10.27.14, Novmebr fly fihsing, October Caddis, October Fly Fishing, Streamer fishing

Today we are having the first cold weather in a decade. Or so it seems. We have had themost pleasant fall that many can remember. Sunny and 70F. Standard for the 2014 season. Today it changes. We command it to…

Missouri River October Flies

Missouri River October Flies

October 13, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Dry Flies, Fall Flies, Missouri River October Flies, Wet Flies

Dries that have kept our interest this last week include some of the following. The weather has not been cooperating with clouds and moisture. But it should, would, will come? We are doing the snow and rain dance daily. Row…

Missouri River Pseudos and Baetis

Pseudos… call them what you will.

September 16, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Anoka, Baetis, Pseudo

Mark and I hit the river at Pelican the other afternoon and both Pseudocleon (Pseudo’s) and Caddis were present in a big way. Fish were up all over the river eating both bugs. Mid-September is when both of these hatches…

Twist of Fate

Twist of Fate

August 6, 2014

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

Dry Fly August, Shitty Nymph Fishing, 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…

Missouri River Reach Cast

Can an animated GIF teach you to Reach Cast?

July 26, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

GIF, reach cast

Our own Braden Lewis executing a proper reach cast. If you watch it enough times, will it embed itself into your brain?

Big Dries.

July 3, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

big dries, flies, fly fishing technique

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”,…

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…

Top 10 Tips for Higher Water Success

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…

How to Fish Rising Waters

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…

Mike McCune Whitney Gould spey class

Mike McCune & Whitney Gould at Headhunters

February 27, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

Headhunters is pleased to announce that we will be finishing up our Two-handed casting clinics (for this winter) with a visit from famed spey-casters Mike McCune and Whitney Gould. Mike is a longtime PNW Steelhead guide, and was on the…

Pink Lightning Bug

Pink. Changing it up.

February 26, 2014

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Another Missouri River trout succumbs to the pink fly. Pink rules in the winter and spring. Some throw it all year and find that they need nothing else. When we use the term “pink” this time of year, we use…

Can I add A Scandi to my Skagit?

Can I add a Scandi to my Skagit?

February 25, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

This article was written for SAGE Current Blog a couple weeks ago. Now we are posting for your pleasure…or who knows. You may just say aghhh baloney. Nevertheless we have our final Free Spey Casting Clinic on March 8th. It…

Gary LaFontaine Wisdom…

February 4, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Braden Lewis, Gary LaFontaine, team Headhunters

New employee Braden Lewis, you’ll meet him this summer, sent us this mid-winter blog post. Thanks Braden. We love LaFontaine wisdom too! While the winter time on the Missouri River still offers solid fishing, I find myself taking more time…

Fly Tying Night in America

Fly Tying Night in America

January 22, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

missouri river, team Headhunters, winter

Yep, it’s on. Tying tonight in Craig Montana. Snowing as I write this post and we expect a few inches is all. No wind. Nice! Been reading Scumliners posts this last week and learning a ton! Maybe he should write…

Spey fishing Montana Missouri River

Why Spey Rods are More Effective in the Winter.

January 22, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Over the last few winters, I’ve spent more time fly fishing the Mo’ with a two handed rod than with a single hander. This is especially true when it comes to streamer fishing. In fact the inconsistent and often slow…

Winter nymphing

Missouri River Winter Nymphing Techniques

January 20, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

Winter fishing on the Missouri River means that you will most likely be doing some nymph fishing. The water is cold and the fish can be lethargic. The most effective method usually involves putting a nymph right in their face.…

Cold Water Nymphing

Cold Water Nymphing | Technique by Bob Glassen

January 2, 2014

Fly Fishing Technique

The water temperature’s about 34 F. Pretty damn cold. You wouldn’t think the nymphing is hot, but it is. The fish are hot, too – surprisingly strong for that water temp. The thing to remember is that they are not…

Missouri River Big Trout

Missouri River Big Trout

December 13, 2013

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

big trout, fly fishing technique, winter

We got some big ones. This fish caught by Jim Murray on the Mighty Mo. Missouri River Big Trout come to those who fish here. Can you target large fish? Yep. But they mostly come when you are not expecting…

Size Matters

Size Matters | Bob Glassen

December 5, 2013

Fly Fishing Technique

Bob Glassen, missouri river, Orvis Helios 2, RIO Outbound Short, SAGE ONE

We do a lot of mending here on the Mo’. The flows are moderate to slow – not the fast, tumbling water you’d see in free stone streams. Most of these trout have seen it all and dragreally turns them…

Headhunters Spey Clinic

Headhunters Spey Clinic | Saturday Spey Clinic Cancelled

December 3, 2013

Fly Fishing Technique

The damn cold weather got us…we are pulling the plug on the Saturday Headhunters Spey Clinic. We’ll move this Saturdays Headhunters Spey Clinic to the following Saturday the 14th, weather permitting. Same fun, same class, different day. We still have…

April Vokey | Missouri River Flyfishers Nov. 14th

November 13, 2013

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Travel

Tomorrow Night the Missouri River Flyfishers present April Vokey @ Great Falls Real Estate Association 401 13th Ave. Sth. Be there @ 730 for the presentation Missouri River Flyfishers is pleased to welcome our November genreal meeting guest speaker…