Friday Foto
Friday Friday from your friends at Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service. This is not a shot from today, or yesterday. I thought if I put up a shot of what fall generally looks like Mother Nature might find it…
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Mike Tyson Mysteries
Does anyone else think this is ludicrous? Boy I do. So I will probably watch it. I know what you’ll be watching on Mondays… I came from a time where Iron Mike was one tough SOB and cartoons were part…
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Silly Sunday Scenery | Just Duck Edition
A few years back we got flack for posting a banner image during construction of the bridge that followed this bridge. But since this bridge is gone, history, in the archives…I wonder if we will get beef from folks who…
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November is the New October | Missouri River Chronicles
John wrote an article about the too nice, the way too nice late October weather we have been experiencing and I concur. Let’s move on into the fall, the true fall conditions we have so come to love. Not expect,…
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It’s nice. A little Too Nice.
A beautiful fall day yesterday in what was – I assume – record high temperatures. Nearly 80 degrees in North Central, and not a breath of wind. Too sunny for a big hatch, and the water is still too warm…
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Tuesday in October | Red Shafted Flicker
Northern Flicker | Red Shafted Flicker Flickers are fairly large woodpeckers with a slim, rounded head, slightly downcurved bill, and long, flared tail that tapers to a point. Flickers appear brownish overall with a white rump patch that’s conspicuous in…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
Looking for the rise form. Eric Mondragon and angler Dave out for a day of fly fishing on Montana’s Missouri River. The fall is a good time to get out. Are you going to get out another time before we…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
Love the fall colors. Could post an image every day from here on out. Maybe I will. Go Hawks.
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Friday Foto
It is damn pretty here on the Mo’. Eagles, Brown Trout, and you? The fall colors are happening and the we just love the shorter days, cooler nights, and clean smelling air. The weeds are fading, the bugs are hatching,…
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Headhuntersflyshop.com is back!
Website down for a day. Malware invaded the server and fouled us up, or down. Lost a couple weeks of posts but seems to be stable now and we are back. Just like rising trout. You can put them down,…
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Howlin’ on the Mo’! Sunday September 21st 3-8pm
Howlin’ on the Mo’! presented by Howler Bros of Austin TX and Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig MT Sunday September 21st at 3pm Yep. Another kick ass party in Craig Montana “Home of the Missouri River.” The boys at Howler…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
Silly Sunday Scenery and Imagery from Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service in Craig Montana. Good times here in the late summer of 2014. Call today for the best in guides this fall. Still lots of good fishing to be…
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Eagle Edtion today this Friday the 12th of September. Snow the last couple days. Sun today. Look at the weather and if you are of the fair weather type of angler you may want to come out sooner…
Read MoreHowlin’ on the Mo Sunday September 21st 3pm
Howlin’ on the Mo presented by Howler Bros of Austin TX and Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig MT Sunday September 21st at 3pm Yep. Another kick ass party in Craig Montana “Home of the Missouri River.” Why? Why not is…
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Swedes in Craig MT. Again.
Ulf and his cast of thousands was in Craig for a couple visits on the Montana tour. Then Stefan was back in Craig with Martin again for his 5th visit. I think. We see a number of Japanese guests on…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River Edition
A magical shot of the Blackfoot River this last week. The fall is here. The baetis? Not yet. But some of the components of the fall are showing. The colors are just around the bend. Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River…
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Early Morning Rise Drift Boat For Sale
Early Morning Rise Drift Boat For Sale at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. A good friend of our is letting this blue baby go. It has served him well the past several years and it is time to say…
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Friday Foto September Evenings
Getting on into the season and the days are shorter, the nights are longer, the mornings cooler, and the fishing pretty damn hot! Will you be coming to the Missouri River this year? We hope you are! The fishing is…
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Boat Fly Review Of The Year So Far
Patterns from the island of discarded/forgotten flies. Since the spring, the employees here in the shop have been saving all the discarded/forgotten flies that have been left in our rental Adipose drift boats. The picture accompanying this post shows the flies…
Read MoreLabor Day Rocking 80’s Video
Loverboy for Labor Day today with Everybody’s Working for the Weekend from ’81. It rules. Hope you had a fantastic Labor Day that did not include much labor. Fishing we hope. Endure the first two minutes of rock and roll…
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Dewey, Ben, and Peter Go Golfing
A cool article written by Dewey a Headhunters All Star about the weekly trial and tribulations of folks in the fishing game. Dewey is our resident Safety Expert. His background dictates he fills this position. Ben and Peter? Their backgrounds?…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Big Labor Day Sale!
Headhunters Fly Shop Big Labor Day Sale today through Monday at the fly fishing superstore in downtown Craig Montana. Tomorrow, Sunday is the BIG 50% OFF ALL FLIES in the store. And we have a bundle. Ninch says come on…
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Labor Day Sale & BBQ!
As usual. We’re having a Labor Day Sale, BBQ and general Mo-down this coming weekend 8-30 thru 9-1. This is a great chance to pick up some awesome fly fishing gear at great prices. We will be outside under the…
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Andrea Larko, the Drake, and Headhunters Fly Shop
Andrea Larko Art @ www.andrealarko.com If you have not seen the Art of Andrea Larko yet you should be soon. You have seen it on the shirts of Headhunters around the river and the far places our Missouri River anglers…
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DeYoung – Redfish Confetti
Here’s a neat video from our bud and famous Montana artist Derek DeYoung. You get to watch the process of a DeYoung painting in creation, and Derek shares a little story about Redfish, one of his – and our –…
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Ulf Borjesson of Mad Trout Thursday Video
Ulf visits the Mo every year. Now. It is certainly on his list of rivers to fish in the States. We love seeing Ulf on the Missouri and getting the Swedish version of things. He also likes to laugh. We…
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Missouri River Fall Flyfishing Forecast
Missouri River Late August Not too bad at all. While the other dozen freestone rivers in Montana are fishing quite well we are fishing pretty well too. Hoppers get all the headlines but we have a damn strong Trico hatch…
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Blackfoot River Update
Yep. It’s good. Ran over the hill yesterday for a change and we were all happy with the decision. Iowa brothers Toby and Tim fishing with HH Guide Mark Raisler had a ball changing it up by heading over the…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
I think Brett sees a Unidentified Flying Object. Or he thinks he does. Or Just some Trico’s. Or just too many days guiding. Great mornings here on the Mighty Missouri . We dig August because of the the light pressure,…
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Missouri River Hopper Time
It si pretty good for the ‘ol hopper on the Mo. Well, not too good for Mr. Hopper himself. But pretty good for those tossing them in the water. We got lots. Lots in the bushes, lots clacking on the…
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Hatch Magazine Missouri River Rowdies
Cool article and photo essay in the latex Hatch Magazine Online about your fly shop in Craig. Chad Schmukler puts this great mag together with photogs and writers from around America and beyond. High quality photos and content make this…
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Friday Foto
Your Friday Foto here on the fly fishing blog that contains daily content. Not every post contains meat, but some do. The fishing here on the Missouri River is still pretty fantastic. Good times in the morning hours and good…
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Birthday Girl on the Elk River BC.
Today is Julie’s Birthday. You can’t wish her well face to face, because she is floating down the Elk River in BC (in the front of the boat, of course), sticking big Cutties on dries. Single dries. Julie making the…
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Future Fly Fishers Hayes Edition
Future Fly Fisher Hayes straight outta North Carolina today on this very fishy blog. Hayes was out with his grandmother for a week in early August and experienced his first wester fly fishing experience. Future Fly Fishers Hayes Edition Headhunters…
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Mid Summer Boat Smell
Dave brought this new Adipose right from Helena. First stop the Missouri River. Nice choice boys. Eric has Ro at home in Rapid City SD. He now wants one. Boat envy. The Adipose Flow. Dave used to rock a Clackacraft…he…
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Employee Appreciation! – Closed this Friday Night
Headhunters will be closing at 5 PM this Friday August 8th, instead of our usual 9-10 PM. The entire staff is getting together for our annual Employee Appreciation Day! For those rolling into Craig after work, you’ll have to find…
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Missouri River Fishing Report 8.7.14
The nymphing the last couple days has picked up. Thankfully. A bit bumpy on the subsurface road for a few days, now it has picked up! The weather is hot and indicative of August here on the Mo. High and…
Read MoreGreg Brown @ Merna Loy for Project Healing Waters
Greg Brown will be performing at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena at 7 PM on Sunday, August 17. He has generously agreed to support a Montana nonprofit organization, Project Healing Waters, by coming to Helena for this one-man concert.…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
A few characters from Montana Mike Ward of Adipose Boats and LG of America. Fishing with some cat outta Australia. I guess he fishes a lot of salt and sets the hook pretty hard. Strip setting with 5X sometimes does…
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Big Brown Trout on Dry Flies
You like good fish on top? We do. The Missouri River is producing some really nice fish on the dry fly. You can nymph them up too. Streamer fishing? OK I guess. “Not Much” is the quote from Dewey @…
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Saturday Trico’s
Trico’s. Lots in the morning. Saturday images for you the dry fly angler. These are Trico’s. Lots of them.
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New Breed Chicks Rule
Annie today with a nice Rainbow caught not he Mighty Mo with HH Guide Mark Raisler Her husband Sam caught some too! A scorcher today with dry fly fishing for Trico feeders for about 2 hours. Longer in some areas.…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.29.14
Missouri River Trout Fishing on the Missouri River is good. Damn good. The dry fly fishing has been truly great. Did you read the fishing report blog from a few days ago? It still is as good as you are.…
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Dead Flies Don’t Swim – Video
Dead Flies Don’t Swim is a short video shot last week in our backyard. Mark and I love the Trico hatch, and this season it’s been better than it has in years. We thought we’d go out and gather a…
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Silly Sunday Scenery | Brown Trout Edition
Brown Trout on a dry fly. A big purple Hopper. Ninch said it would work. It did. Enjoy your day of rest, this day, today, Sunday.
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Trout Belly Edition today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. Rising fish fill the river and this shot was captured yesterday in some sort of feeding frenzy. Looks good for the weekend ahead. Are you coming to enjoy…
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It’s as good as you are…
Today’s Missouri River Montana Fly Fishing Report is as follows… It’s as good as you are. Simple and true. The yearly statement about your skill level and how it correlates to your catch rate. John and I were talking…
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Monday Missouri River Macro
Here’s your Monday Morning Macro of yesterdays Missouri River nymph survey by in-house biologist Braden Lewis. Pretty cool shots, and another weekly change in what’s on the menu for Missouri River trout. Kind of like those “visual” menu’s at Denny’s.…
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Late July Missouri River Hot Flies
We are entering the final third of July and the fishing is red hot. Those who love to dry fly dawn til dusk are having their cake and eating it too. Trico’s continue to be the hottest ticket from dawn…
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Boat Eyes on the Woody!
A cool boat from our good friend Steve. He dropped us this line about the history and the reasoning behind the Boat Eyes on this killer Woody. Hey Mark, Thank you for your hospitality! There is a long tradition in…
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Fishski Wins Drake Film Award!
John Arnold’s Scumliner Media wins Drake Magazine’s Best Humor Fly Fishing Film at ICAST/IFTD this last week in Orlando FLA. Cool huh. Nice work John. We happen to like this film. It is the dead of summer and damn hot.…
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Carp Master Max
Another weekend gone, and another set of photo’s from father/son Ken and Max Rubino in my inbox. This Great Falls duo puts in a ton of days on the Missouri River. It’s a rare weekend that they aren’t in the…
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Missouri River Mid Summer Fact Sheet
The flows are coming down per the blog and the USBR as scheduled. Should be int he mid 4K’s Monday. The flows are good for all including the wade fishers and the boat anglers. The flows are currently holding at…
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Thursday Foto | Wish you were here
Morning, afternoon, and evening fishing on the Missouri. It’s good. Wish you were here. Check out the last several posts on this very blog if you need to catch up, or get a primer for the near future. All the…
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Monday Morning Missouri Macro
Braden and I set up the Macro Tank the other day to see what exactly is squirming around in the Missouri River. Lot’s of PMD nymphs, and relatively few Yellow Sallies like last week. I do see many stages of…
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No Fish. No bugs either.
A common wade fishers belief. That there are no fish below Craig. I do understand that the upper is classic wade water and that the wade fish opportunities are not as prolific downstream…but having said that, there are some ways.…
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