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260 Patterns! Nymph, Dry Fly, Streamer SALE! Only $1 Check out the Nymph, Dry Fly, and Streamer Sale Prices at only $1 Online here. Another 60 new patterns on top of the recent 40 new patterns added! Go and look, fill…

Just Add Vise Kit SALE 40% OFF & Buy 2 Get 1 FREE

February 23, 2025

fly tying, HH Only, Just Add Vise Kits

Just Add Vise Kit Fall Super Sale Yes, 40% OFF and, BUY 2 GET 1 FREE…get a bundle, give them as gifts, stock up, save money, gather Mo River tools like these great fly patterns for this wonderful resource. Today…

Foxee Minnow Tying Kit JAV

September 5, 2024

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying

Foxee Minnow Tying Kit JAV

Foxee Minnow Tying Kit JAV Pretty crucial for Missouri River fall streamer fishing. This perennial locals favorite works! The weather this week has us thinking more and more about chucking the big fly for big fall brown trout. Rainbows too.…

Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Tying Kit and Video

August 6, 2024

Just Add Vise Kits, Online Store, Order from HH of Craig Today!, Zirdle Bug

Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Tying Kit and Video Tie these up for summer and fall fishing success on the Mo. Ever thought of fishing it on your trout spey rod? A few of our gang has been flirting with…

Corn-Fed Caddis Tying Video JAV

July 30, 2024

Corn-Fed Caddis Tying Video JAV

Corn-Fed Caddis Tying Video JAV A good one for the Mo. And beyond. Many swear by this pattern. The Corn-Fed Caddis. Enjoy your week. All good here in downtown Craig. Book your August trip today. Buzzball $2.50 Select options This…

Firebead Ray Charles Tying Video

March 16, 2024

Firebead Ray Charles Tying Video, fly, tying, video

Firebead Ray Charles Tying Video Saturday in Craig Montana. St Pats Day tomorrow. Warm for the week ahead. Time to get out and fish. Weekend in full effect. Good swing action out there. Also getting into the pink period of…

Rainbow Czech Nymph Just Add Vise Kit, Video

March 7, 2024

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Rainbow Czech Nymph Just Add Vise Kit, Video The legendary Rainbow Czech Nymph offered by Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Included is the video above. Come by the shop picking up the Just Add Vise Rainbow Czech Nymph Tying…

Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit w/ Video

January 30, 2024

Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit w/ Video

Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit w/ Video It’s winter. It’s cold. It’s time to tie some flies. The Pink Lightening Bug is an 8 month bug here in central Montana. We fish it hard November into early June.…

Fruit Roll-Up Just Add Vise Video

January 19, 2024

Tuesday Tying Kit Just Add Vise Video

A great fly for swinging this winter. For stripping this winter. For having in your arsenal as we move through the winter. This came around a few years ago and has been a fantastic producer here on the Mo and…

Kreelex. Just Add Vise kits

December 4, 2023

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying

Check it. The Kreelex Just Add Vise kit is in stock. Kreelex Minnow. Just a few words about our Just Add Vise Kits today on the Headhunters Blog. And, Kreelex Minnows, fly patterns, are stocked as well. In many color…

Tying Ninchs Bubble Yum Scud

November 29, 2023

Bubble Yum Scud, Headhunters Own, JAV, Just Add Vise Kit, Order Online, Scuds

Tying the Bubble Yum Scud When you think about the Mighty Mo, and nymphing, you think of scuds, sows, and in the winter months…Pink! Check this baby out. It has a heavy tungsten bead to get you to depth rapidly.…

It’s Winter. Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit

November 7, 2023

JAV, Pink Lightening Bug, Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit

Pink Lightening Bug Just Add Vise Kit This might be a good idea to tie on fishing the Mo this winter. One of the standard issue fly patterns. I first saw it from local legend Dan Gard. Don’t know if…

Sparrow Fly Tying Video Just Add Vise

September 26, 2023

JAV, Just Add Vise, Online Store, Sparrow

Sparrow Fly Tying Video Just Add Vise This pattern, the Sparrow, is a big player in the fall and winter here on the Mo. A true classic as Jack Gartside was the first one to come up with this pattern.…

X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video

July 18, 2023

X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video & Kit

X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video A great fly for many rivers. Including the Missouri in June, July, August, and September. Just those four months. Tie it up and fish it. We like sizes 14, 16, and 18. How…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Monday Tying Kits Half Chicken

May 22, 2023

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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…

Thin Mint JAV Tying Video

April 11, 2023

Homegrown, JAV, Just Add Vise, Order it up online @ Headhunters, Thin Mint, Thin Mint JAV Tying Video

Thin Mint JAV Tying Video Possibly on one of the best sellers in any fly shop the last several years has been this Woolly Bugger-esque pattern. Many just call this a Woolly Bugger, and they are right. But the materials…

Just Add Vise Kits back in stock!

March 29, 2023

JAV, Just Add Vise, Spring, tying

Just Add Vise Kits back in Stock! Headed into the tying season before summer arrives, and spring is happening, soon!? So get to the bench and knock out some of your favorite Missouri River patterns before your trip. Since SOL…

Tailwater Sow Bug Tying Video & JAV Kit

March 25, 2023

Tailwater Sow Bug Tying Video

Tailwater Sow Bug Tying Video This is the bug you need for spring, summer, and winter too. If you fish the Mo, then you know you need this. Love to tie this from the bend of an oversized Adams fishing…

Foxee Minnow Just Add Vise Video

October 19, 2022

Foxee Minnow, Foxee Minnow Just Add Vise Video, Streamer, Trout Spey, video

Foxee Minnow Just Add Vise Video Really a cool pattern that was popularized here about 20 years ago. Easy to tie, easy to throw, and quite addictive to our trout here fishing the Mighty Mo. Just caught a couple in…

Trout Spey Flies @ Headhunters. Sparrow Tying Video

October 11, 2022

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying

Trout Spey Flies @ Headhunters. Sparrow Tying Video Great Swing bite this week. And the fly that was on top of the list was this Sparrow. Runner up being the Carey Special. Included in the top five is the leech.…

Mid-WeekFly Tying Just Add Vise Mozuri Minnow

September 28, 2022

Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying, Troutspey

John Arnold, Mozuri Minnow, Streamer, Swing, Trout Spey, Tying Kt, Tying Video

Mid-Week Fly Tying Just Add Vise The Mozuri Minnow from the vise of John Arnold. John patterned this streamer pattern from the Yozuri Minnow fished on light tackle when living in the Florida Keys. Originally tied with Walleye in mind…

Arnold’s Mozuri Minnow Tying Video

September 1, 2022

Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying, Troutspey

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Arnold’s Mozuri Minnow Tying Video This from the Just Add Vise Tying Kits video vault. A popular streamer that we not only strip in the fall we just as often swing it. The fall and winter months here on the…

Fruit Roll Up JAV Video

August 10, 2022

Bugs, Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying

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Fruit Roll Up JAV Video Love this pattern. Has been responsible for many trout during the Swing Season. You like stripping? Yeah, we do too. It works! Tie this feller up this spring for the remainder of the Swing Season…

Attention Swingers and Strippers Mozuri Minnow Video

January 20, 2022

Headhunters Own, JAV, Just Add Vise, Mozuri Minnow, Streamer Anglers, Streamer Pattern, Strippers, Swingers, Tying Kits

Attention Swingers and Strippers Mozuri Minnow Video and Tying Kit Swingers and Strippers are coming in daily. One of the flies that you must have is the Mozuri Minnow. Created by John Arnold of Scumliner Media and Headhunters Fly Guru…

Bubble Yum Scud Tying Video

May 11, 2021

7wt., Bubble Yum Scud, Fly Tying Kits, Just Add Vise, ninch

Bubble Yum Scud Tying Video Tie this up for winter, spring, and early summer. The large tungsten bead can get you to the zone without adding split shot to your line. Fewer hinge points means fewer tangles. And fewer tangles…

Just Add Vise Kits Return

April 27, 2021

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying

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Just Add Vise Kits Return The highly popular Just Add Vise, JAV, kits have returned. For now 14 kits available in the store and most of these are available online. One year ago they sold rapidly as we were trapped…

Little Green Machine JAV

April 6, 2021

Little Green Machine JAV You need the Little Green Machine tucked away in your fly vest this spring Possibly the most popular fly at Headhunters of Craig. If it isn’t, it still holds its own against many top notch techy…

Little Green Machine Tying Video

March 9, 2021

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Little Green Machine Tying Video You read a couple days ago that these guys are swimming around subsurface. So tie them!

Goose Quill Tungsten Jig Nymph Dakota Angler Vid

February 24, 2021

Jig, Quill, Tungsten, tying, video

Goose Quill Tungsten Jig Nymph Dakota Angler Vid Our friend to the east Hans Stephenson with this cool tying video with a Goose Quill Tungsten Jig Nymph today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Daily Blog. Hans owns a great shop…

Grape Slushy Tying Video

December 29, 2020

Grape Slushy, JAV, Tying Video, video

Grape Slushy Tying Video Tie this one up this holiday for summer fishing love. Add a red bead for weight and some added bling to make this fly sing this spring. Hope you are enjoying the family this week. If…

Smoke Jumper BWO Tying Video

September 24, 2020

BWO, dry fly, fly tying, Smoke Jumper, video

Smoke Jumper BWO Tying Video Our good friend Hans Stephenson over at Dakota Angler with the Smoke Jumper BWO today on the Headhunters Blog. We like this fly. We like cripples here on the Mo. We like small flies. We…

Wednesday Workshop Frenchie Tying Video

August 26, 2020

Wednesday Workshop Frenchie Tying Video

Wednesday Workshop Frenchie Tying Video This fly is important for the nymphers on this river. We sell tons of them in the fly bins and you are welcome to buy as many of them as you wish. OR you can…

Longhorn Beetle Tying Video

August 19, 2020

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Longhorn Beetle Tying Video Tired of tossing the hopper ad nauseum? Don’t want to throw anything purple or pink? Want to turn heads at Izaak’s when you let the table know you caught the the Buttery Brown you were hunting…

Clouser Crayfish Tying Video

August 13, 2020

Clouser Crayfish, Crawfish, Crayfish, fly tying, JAV, Summer, Tying Video

Clouser Crayfish Tying Video August nymphing requires lots of patience, potential weeds crowding your fly, and the Clouser Crayfish. Or a Zirdle. A top fly for many nymphers this time of year. Add a split shot or not. Many let…

Tying the Rusty Parachute Video

May 27, 2020

Dead Flies Don't Swim, Guide Fly, Harrop, PMD, Rusty Spinner

Tying the Rusty Parachute Video Squeeky believes that we may see these bugs this week? Water temps in the mid 50’s range! Working their way upwards this week as well with the warmer and hot afternoons towards the weekend! Historically…

Tuesday Tying Video

May 19, 2020

Tuesday Tying Video

Tuesday Tying Video The Longhorn Beetle today on the Tuesday Tying Video from Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Beetles on the Mo? Yep. Not right now. But I have seen lots of black flying ants! You don’t have to…

HH Shop Open, fishing report, and Purple Lightning Bug Tying Video

April 28, 2020

Purple Lightening Bug Tying Video

Purple Lightening Bug Tying Video Tie this Purple Lightening Bug up today, fish it tomorrow! BWO’s on the water. Midges on the water. Sometimes fish looking up. Probably not with this high and bright spring weather pattern we are locked…

Just Add Vice Sale

March 25, 2020

Fly Tying

We’re here to help keep you occupied and thinking ‘bout Trout. Maybe you’re living under a “stay at home” order, or maybe it’s self imposed. Or maybe it’s just that you broke your last Thin Mint (above) off on a…

New Fly of the Week Rusty Trombone

March 7, 2020

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying

New Fly of the Week Rusty Trombone

New Fly of the Week: Rusty Trombone 7wt bringing in new flies for the season at Headhunters Fly Shop. We have always been know as the go to shop for flies in the canyon and many know us as carrying…

The Dungeon Keeper

January 23, 2020

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Troutspey

Kelly Galloup’s Sex Dungeon is without a doubt one of the most popular large tandem streamer patterns in the West (World?). The articulated movement, swimmy materials, and large deer hare head that pushes water making noise is a great combination.…

Fly Tying Thursday Classic Rainbow Czech

December 26, 2019

Fly Tying Thursday Classic Rainbow Czech

Fly Tying Thursday Classic Rainbow Czech If you don’t have this fly in your Missouri River box we know one of two things about you. Wither you are a dry fly guy, or you have not fished the Mo before.…

Thursday Tying Video

November 14, 2019

Foxee Minnow, Thursday Tying Video, Tying Video

Thursday Tying Video This is one fly you should have in your possession at all times. honest. Swing this baby in the fall. Strip it in the spring. Or, vice-versa. Or, both. Change the colors if you wish. Why not…

Trout Spey Camp Fly Contest

October 15, 2019

Fly Tying, Troutspey

Here’s a great group of swing flies submitted for our fly tying competition at Trout Spey Camp. Maybe they will inspire you to get on the vice and whip up a new Trout Spey home brew of your own. Thanks…

Tying Tuesday @ Headhunters of Craig

October 1, 2019

Buy Online, Fly Tying Kits, fly tying video, Headhunters Own, Just Add Vise, Sparrow

Tying Tuesday @ Headhunters of Craig The Sparrow is a fly that flat out works. Commonly swung through Missouri River Trout Spey runs. Or employed with a single hander while fishing the RIO Single Handed Spey Line. Squeeky’s favorite single…

Face Plant Minnow JAV Video

September 25, 2019

Face Plant Minnow JAV Video, fly tying video, Headhunters Own, JAV, Just Add Vise Kits

Face Plant Minnow JAV Video Appropriate for the weekend snow ahead of us here in downtown Craig Montana. Tying in the snow, inside. Tying for the streamer season, which has indeed started. Tying because you like to have cool streamer…

Trout Spey Fly Tying Contest

September 11, 2019

Fly Tying, Troutspey

competition, contest, fly tying, Trout Spey

As part of our new 2019 Trout Spey Camp, Headhunters will be holding a fly tying competition for the best Trout Spey Pattern. We are looking for some great new Trout Spey “Swing” patterns for the Missouri River and beyond,…

Event Announcement: Trout Spey Camp October 10-12

August 12, 2019

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Headhunters Life, Troutspey

We’re excited to announce a long anticipated and oft requested event, our first annual Trout Spey Camp here on the Missouri River. It will involve 3 full days of Trout Spey Casting instruction, demonstration and interactive clinics, dinner presentations, and…

New Just Add Vise Kits

May 20, 2019

Fly Tying

Just Add Vise

We’ve just added a few new Just Add Vise kits to our inventory, and updated a few others. Our Just Add Vise Kit’s continue to be very popular, and most of these new kits were created based on numerous requests.…

Leonard’s Awesome Flies

April 16, 2019

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying

Avid Angler, Leonard's Awesome Flies, Rising Water, Spring, Tuesday

Leonard’s Awesome Flies Not my first cup of Leonard’s Awesome Flies. Hopefully not my last either. Long time Headhunters friend Leonard ties some real nice patterns. Always thinking and tying creative Missouri River flies. He ties flies for a couple…

Firebead Ray Fly Tying Video

December 4, 2018