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Dreamin', Summer, winter

December 30th Summer Dreamin’, again. Can’t help but think about summer. Tomorrow is the final chapter of 2022. Bring on the new year. What will it bring? Water, bugs, sunshine. My top 3. Cold here today. Cold feeling. Temps in…

Merry Christmas from Headhunters

December 24, 2022

Merry Christmas from Headhunters Thankful for the past year. Thankful for you, our guests. Thankful for this great river. Til we meet again, we love and appreciate the Headhunters out there. Happy Holidays from all of us here in downtown…

2025 February Fly Fishing Forecast Montana's Missouri River

Silly Sub-Zero Sunday including Shop Hours this Week

December 18, 2022

Silly Sub-Zero Sunday Looking damn cold outside for the next few days. Highs may not reach above the zero Fahrenheit threshold. Too cold to fish? Nope, ice fishing is always good when it’s cold. Fly fish? Yeah, too cold. Looks…

Sunny Saturday with Snow the week ahead

December 10, 2022

winter

Sunny Saturday with Snow the week ahead Looks like a bundle of cold and snow ahead of us this week ahead. Bundle up, if you come on down. Continuing to be a real winter here in central Montana. Will it…

The Current Winter Outlook

December 8, 2022

The Current Winter Outlook Cold. More snow. That’s good. All courtesy of the BOR. More cold weather with wetter skies on the way. Bring it. Currently sunny and mid 30’s today. Love it. May bring an, an angler out today.…

When we were younger Wednesday

December 7, 2022

When we were younger Wednesday An image of long time guest Joe and the author, when they were both younger. I believe this image was taken in 2001, or 2002. Yep, 20 years ago. I fished with Joe my first…

Too Cold to Dream?

December 6, 2022

Too Cold to Dream? Almost. Snowing this am with the mercury reading 5F. Winds from the North at 10-15mph. Wind chill values well below ZERO. I like the look of falling snow. The feel. The fantasy. Out in it 8-10…

Squeeky’s Thought of the Day

December 5, 2022

Guessing Games, Is this the year of change?, Rant, SOL, Squeeky Oar Lock

Squeeky’s Thought of the Day The weather has not been conducive for trout fishing in central Montana for the past 5 weeks. The last day I guided was November 5th. It blew as hard as it has, while I’ve been…

City Life Rebelution Video

December 4, 2022

Headhunters Life, Un-Fishing

City Life Rebelution Video, Life Choices

City Life Rebelution Video Fishing as much as you wish? Is this how you planned it? You know, your life. SOL’s advice to the youth that step into the boat, or frequent Headhunters porch is this… You can control your…

UMOWA & Upper Missouri Waterkeepers Giving Tuesday

November 29, 2022

UMOWA & Upper Missouri Waterkeepers Giving Tuesday Our local watershed organizations always need money. We here at Headhunters believe in both of these organizations. We donate to both of theme as well. Today is a good day to donate. Giving…

The Sun Sets on 2016 Final Fishing Report

Silly Saturday Scenery and Small Biz Saturday

November 26, 2022

Silly Saturday Scenery and Small Biz Saturday Come by today for a shuttle, a new rod, flies, HH Logo Gear. All of that stuff. Yep, open per usual. Daily. The weather yesterday and today the best this month! Honest. Air…

Thanksgiving 2022

November 24, 2022

Thanksgiving 2022 Happy Thanksgiving. Here’s hoping you are spending it with your family and friends. If not today, then a memorable sometime in the near future. We are in between storms in Craig Montana. A spit of snow yesterday, a…

Friday Frigid Foto

November 18, 2022

friday foto

Friday Frigid Foto Snowed this wee a couple days. Put a white coating on the river. Water temps falling fast. 41F this morning. Water flows 3280cfs. Air temps this am 2F. Yes, damn cold. Un-fishable?!?! Quiet. Quiet on the river. Except…

Silly Sunday Scenery

November 13, 2022

Headhunters Life, Photography

Throwback image today this Sunday in November. Way back to the first couple years at the shop. The original sign shown here of this shop. Steve Butt and The Parrothead Fly Shop. A few still around that were contemporaries of…

Montanans Fish in the Winter

November 12, 2022

Montanans Fish in the Winter

Montanan’s Fish in the winter. Or ski. Or both. Some even nordic ski around here when there is enough snow on the ground. And recently we had enough to ski a bit. November is a great month to work on…

Friday Foto Untouchables Winter Bridge

November 11, 2022

Friday Foto Untouchables Winter Bridge

Friday Foto Untouchables Winter Bridge Cold and snowy. Friday. Winter. The air temps have crawled above the freezing mark. But not all that nice out there yet. Looks like highs int he 30’s this weekend. 30’s next week as we’ll…

Monday Morning, 12F, Winter.

November 7, 2022

Below Freezing, COLD, winter

Monday Morning, 12F, Winter. Monday and winter seems to have arrived. Looks like it will be colder tomorrow as well. Things, fishing included, have slowed. Today, stopped. The fishing has been good. A few rising in the pm. Nymphers are…

Silly Saturday Scenery | Fall Colors Edition

November 5, 2022

The Missouri River welcomes all… The silence is nearly deafening this past week. We loved it. More late fall like weather on the docket the week ahead. Snow and such. We are enjoying a very nice fall. The niceties of…

Friday Foto Fall Drift Boat

November 4, 2022

Fall Colors, Friday Foto Fall Drift Boat, Headhunters Fall, October

Friday Foto Fall Drift Boat Pretty river. They all are when the leaves change. Fall is spectacular. And sometimes the fishing is white hot. Windy AF today and tomorrow. Quite nice Thursday. Relatively calm albeit bright. More rain and overcast…

2022 Adipose Flow Drift Boats For Sale

November 3, 2022

2022 Adipose Flow Drifter, Adipose, Rental Botas, sale

SOLD! 2022 Adipose Flow Drift Boats For Sale UPDATE: Both boats sold! Thanks. Check back again 11/23 for another round of rental boats for sale! This years Adipose rental boats for sale. Made in February/March these two are ready for your…

Silly Sunday Scenery

October 30, 2022

Headhunters Life, Photography

Images, Silly Sunday Scenery, Trout

Howling again on Sunday. Today. Blowing over 20mph. Blowing pretty hard. Overcast though. That helps, or the chop on the water helps?!?! Those trout out there look real, real, healthy. Big dogs. Get in on some of the fatty bows…

Missouri River Fall Saturday Image

October 29, 2022

Headhunters Life, Photography

Fall, Overcast, Saturday, Silhouette, Weahter

Missouri River Fall Saturday Image A drifter of sorts. Quiet river again Thursday. Today? Fishing is pretty good. Could it ramp itself up this week ahead with the weather turning south? Oh, we are fantasizing about overcast skies for a…

Friday Brown Trout

October 28, 2022

Brown Trout, Fall, friday

Friday Brown Trout Windy today. Windy yesterday. A bit nicer Saturday. See you on the river.

Wednesday October 26th on the Mo

October 26, 2022

Wednesday October 26th on the Mo On the back end of the season. It dropped off, the traffic, sometime last week. It feels real good man. If you like solace, not many anglers, and a slower pace to the day,…

Silly Saturday Scenery October 22nd 2022

October 22, 2022

Autumn, color, Fall

Silly Saturday Scenery October 22nd 2022 Finally raining today. Snow this afternoon, and snow tonight, tomorrow… Bring it. The wet portion of fall. Happy Saturday.

Little Prickly Pear Fall Colors

October 21, 2022

colors, Fall, Little Prickly Pear, Missouri River Expeditions, MRE, Tim Plaska

Little Prickly Pear Fall Colors Thanks to long time Missouri River Outfitter Tim Plaska for shooting this image! Fall here on the Mo. Snow this afternoon possibly with certain winter conditions arriving Friday night. 1″-3″ both Saturday and Sunday with…

Silly Saturday Scenery, Wooden Boat, Dog, Fishing, Fall Colors

October 15, 2022

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Headhunters Life

Dogs, Fall, Family, fishing, Sunday Scenery, Wooden Boat

Silly Sunday Scenery Wooden Boat, Dog, Fishing, Fall Colors Really great scenery this time of year. Good fishing too. A really quite good tiny baetis bite in the morning (nymphers) and the afternoons with overcast skies keeps those bugs glued…

Streamers Inc. Scumliner Media Headhunters Fly Shop Video

October 7, 2022

Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

HH Fly Shop, humor, Ninch Rules, Scumliner Media, Streamers Inc

This premiered at the Down the Hatch Film Fest in Missoula in 2015. Screenplay by 7wt. Filmed, edited, produced by Scumliner Media. Directed by Ninch and John. Underwritten by Orvis and Headhunters Fly Shop. A Headhunters Fly Shop Humor Department…

Upper Missouri Water Keepers Craig TapHouse 5-8pm Thursday Oct 6th

Upper Missouri Water Keepers Craig TapHouse Takeover 5-8pm Thursday Oct 6th

October 5, 2022

Conservation, Headhunters Life

Craig TapHouse, fundraiser, UPWK

Upper Missouri Water Keepers Craig TapHouse 5-8pm Thursday Oct 6th Come on down and support Upper Missouri River Keepers on Thursday 5-8pm. A takeover event to support the Upper Missouri River Waterkeepers. Drink, toast, support and enjoy the fellowship this…

Dame Ames Book Signing @ the Craig Tap House, and the Pescadores October 1st 4-7

Dave Ames Book Signing @ the Craig Tap House, and the Pescadores October 1st 4-7

September 30, 2022

Dave Ames Book Signing @ the Craig Tap House, and the Pescadores October 1st 4-7 Oh man. I’m gonna be at this one. A new book by Dave Ames and his band the Pescadores all in one night! See you…

Missouri River Week in Review: Images

September 25, 2022

Images, missouri river, Missouri River Week in Review: Images, September, Trout

Fun times here on the Mo this last week. Rainy times this past week. Then we moved into a sunny and warmer week with a few hold over Trico’s in the morning, higher and brighter sunny skies with air temps…

Saturday and all is well

September 24, 2022

Saturday and all is well Love the weather this past week. The fishing is pretty good. The weeds can be pretty bad. And your day on the Mo? Perfect. Whether it includes fish in the net or not. Fellowship, nature,…

Hump Day Fishing Report Montana's Missouri River

Fish 12, Sleep 12. Autumnal Equinox 2022

September 21, 2022

Fish 12, Sleep 12. Autumnal Equinox 2022 Tomorrow the daylight hours and dark hours equal the same. 12 hours of each. Friday, more dark than light. Summer is over my fishy friends. Along with the darker hours we get cool…

We Ski Cousins Tonight @ Izaak’s

September 17, 2022

We Ski Cousins Tonight @ Izaak’s

Fire on the Mountain, Dead

September 15, 2022

Autumn, Dead, Fall, Fire on the Mountain, HH of Craig

Fire on the Mountain, Dead Great rain and thunder storm this evening. Still Smokey ’round here. Vis 4.6 miles when I did and ad hoc measurement at 85mph drifting down I-15. Let’s hope the smoke recedes this week. Cooler temperatures…

Autumn Water Temps are good

September 10, 2022

Autumn Water Temps are good Soon they will fall below the 60F mark. Lower daytime temps beginning Monday. Trout love 54F-57F. Coming soon to a river near you. And one near us. Have a great past holiday weekend! The fishing…

We like every day a little bit better…

September 8, 2022

We like every day a little bit better… As the Autumn progresses towards fall we like it a little bit better every day. Cooler mornings beginning today for a short spell. Rain and 50’s tomorrow. Along with the weather change…

Silly Saturday Scenery

September 3, 2022

Silly Saturday Scenery 104F today. Not many anglers around. The weather cools end of this coming week. Hooray.

Silly Sunday Scenery Mid August

August 28, 2022

Silly Sunday Scenery Mid August

Silly Sunday Scenery Mid August Hay in the fields. For the second time. A third? Doubtful. Not too hot today. 80. Yesterday at Caddis Fest mid 80’s. Hot this week. Maybe cracking the painfully desperate century mark. Lame. But it…

Missouri River Late August Tips

August 25, 2022

10 Tips, August Dry Fly Fishing, August Fishing Report, Missouri River August, Summertime

Missouri River Late August Tips August has arrived and with it the high and bright sun. Would not expect anything different than that? Would you? The fact is that the average daily high temperature in August is 82F. 1 degree…

Silly Summer Sunday Scenery

August 21, 2022

Silly Sunday Scenery

Silly Summer Sunday Scenery John Ewing casting at a few risers. Trico time here on the Mo. Less though. IT is waning, but still productive hours before the lunch bell. Summer here on the Mo. Autumn in our sights. We…

UMOWA BOAT RAFFLE

August 6, 2022

Conservation, Headhunters Life

UMOWA BOAT RAFFLE

UMOWA BOAT RAFFLE RO Drift Boat Raffle held by Upper Missouri Watershed Association. Tickets available on this link here. 2022 RO LSG 16′ Drift Boat w/ Sawyer Oars and YETI Cooler. $100 ticket / 200 Toal will be sold. Drawing…

Hello late July

July 30, 2022

Hello late July Good to great dry fly fishing the past 2 months. Will it continue into August? Maybe. The air and water temps climbing with the 100F weather we are having. Not uncommon though. Weeds getting bad. Subsurface really…

Top 5 July Missouri River Fly Fishing Tips

July 23, 2022

Top 5 July Missouri River Fly Fishing Tips

The top 5 Tips to get you through the month of July. Dry Fly fishing is here in force and those who want to step it up can. If you need to go the the next level consider some of…

Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image

July 10, 2022

Bugs, Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image, Trico's

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image. It’s gonna be hot this week. Temps reaching the Hi 90’s. Nearly the century mark. Trico’s today from the only daily blog here on Montana’s Missouri River. The Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Enjoy the week…

Water is up. Cows like water. Fish like water.

July 9, 2022

Water is up. Cows like water. Fish like water. Water levels up this week. Last week at 4K. This week above 5K. Next week? We think it may fall. Or not. Trico’s have arrived in full. Fish are eating them.…

Vacation: Dirty Heads Video

June 26, 2022

Vacation: Dirty Heads Video You don’t like what you are doing…change it. You can control your life. You can choose the outcome. You can. You are in control. You don’t like what you are doing? Change it. For all the…

Silly Sunday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition

Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition

June 18, 2022

Brown Trout, PMD

Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition Kelley caught this on a PMD Spinner. Also successes on the PMD Cripple. And, the Buzzball. Flows good today. Falling to 6300 cfs. Father’s Day coming up tomorrow. Take your dad fishing! All…

Seeking Perfection

June 12, 2022

Seeking Perfection John Gryzbek Thanks John G for submitting. I have read it several times and it is sinking in. This author is really enjoying the words here in this poem. Very nice. “Good drifts near fish”… words from an…

10 Questions with Chef John of Izaak’s

June 5, 2022

10 Questions with Chef John of Izaak's, Craig Montana, Izaaks, Smoked Meat

10 Questions with Chef John of Izaak’s Izaak’s Restaurant of Craig Montana is open for business this summer. The familiar full parking lot with smoke wafting from the large box smoker out back along with Scotty behind the bar crafting…

Montana Reds Food Truck in Craig

June 4, 2022

Burgers, Food Truck, Montana Reds, Summer in Craig

Montana Reds Food Truck in Craig A new Burger option in downtown Craig with Montana Reds Food Truck Great house made burgers including the Mushroom Burger, the BBQ Bacon Burger, basic Cheeseburger, and the flagship Poblano Pepper Burger. Fresh Cut…

Silly Memorial Day Scenery

May 30, 2022

Silly Memorial Day Scenery Good looking lines on this classic Montana Boat Builders Skiff. Always been an attractive boat in the water, and out. Love the clean sexy design. A few of them on the Mighty Mo. We honor those…

Memorial Day 2022

May 30, 2022

Memorial Day

We Honor those who have fallen today. 3pm is the time to observe a moment of silence. Honor. Respect. Remembrance. In traditional observance, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then…

Clean Drain Dry Protect our Montana Waters

May 20, 2022

Conservation, Headhunters Life

clean, Clean Drain Dry Protect our Montana Waters, conservation, Drain, Dry, MFWP

Clean Drain Dry Protect our Montana Waters Clean. Drain. Dry. Do it every time. Guides, outfitters, and rec boaters must do this daily. Then and only then can you stop the rapid destruction of your, yes your waters. That means…

Monday Day Hot Tip

May 16, 2022