Silly Saturday Scenery
Silly Saturday Scenery Rainbow. Double Rainbow. What does it all mean? How long will the March Browns stick around? Maybe not an issue as the Mo Day’s Caddis will pick up the slack. June is full. Late July has a…
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Silly Saturday Scenery
Lovely weekend here in central Montana. Rain last night followed by below average air temps coupled with the 15-25mph wind today makes us happy. The rain part. Some sun, some wind, some bugs, some locals, some non-local locals, some 2…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Hiring Shop Staff 2022 Season
Headhunters Fly Shop Hiring 2022 Season Looking for additional shop, shuttle, and housekeeping staff for the 2022 Season. Got some great resumes already but are in need of more all stars to work with our fun crew here in Craig.…
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Drift Boat 101 Clinic Saturday April 30th in Craig Montana
Drift Boat 101 Clinic Saturday April 30th in Craig Montana What: Drift Boat 101 Clinic. Come on down if you are interested in learning a few things about drift boats. All the parts, the trailer, how to back up, how…
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Thursday on the Mo
Thursday on the Mo Snow on the ground. But, not really stacking up like we’d thought it might in this first storm pass. More on the way Saturday, this weekend, and into the body of next week. Angry enough weather…
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Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Good Monday Morning Montana. While we are not headed to Blue Rock Montana, or located there either, we are happy to be in Craig Montana. Enjoy this tune today to get your week started. It…
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Repost: Sunday Words of Wisdom
Repost: Sunday Words of Wisdom Speaking with Dave McKee the other day and he said something interesting. I did not catch the meaning of what he had said until mid way though the day. Dave said “I love fishing the…
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Squeeky’s Recent Thoughts: Structure Education
Squeeky’s Recent Thoughts: Structure Education Thinking a lot, about less and less… My favorite Dead lyric. Late in the tune Althea. Check it here. Kinda outta context the way I think about it, that’s my prerogative as the writer here.…
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Sage R8 Video
Sage R8 Video Looking forward to the release of the next generation of Sage Fly Rods in early April. Headhunters will have a full rack of the Sage R8 in the most popular Mo River sizes 4-7wts. Until then, we…
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Vernal Equinox Today
Vernal Equinox Today Spring starts today. We like Spring. Summer is next. The next 90 days until then look to be great. It’s damn good right now. Happy Spring.
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Spring Tune Up w/ a Guide Trip @ HH of Craig
Spring Tune Up w/ a Guide Trip @ HH of Craig $450 Guide Trips through the remainder of the March for all of you who want to get tuned up before the season really starts rolling. Yep, save $150 off…
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Silly Saturday Scenery Flashback
Silly Saturday Scenery Flashback At least 10 years back. Sunshine, SOL’s old boat, and dry fly days.
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Flows Forecast to be below average for 2022
Flows Forecast to be below average for 2022 Without more snow, ran, and help for m Mother Nature the river flows are forecast to be below average fro the upcoming 2022 fishing season. DNRC predicts that the situation will not…
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Saturday in Craig Montana
Saturday in Craig Montana Sunny and windy this morning. Some anglers drifting around. Trickling in, as the river trickles by. Shuttles daily. Guide trips this coming week? Maybe. More and more calls wondering about the current status of the river.…
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February Snow
February Snow Snow falling this morning. Began last night after midnight. It will continue to spit for another couple days. Off and on. Sure is pretty out there. Calm today as well. Uncommon. Montana Snotel map in the yellow. We…
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February Friday Foto Snowing Again!
February Friday Foto Snowing Again! Snow Showers this morning yielding to fabulous fishing weather this weekend. We would prefer a longer snow session as just a couple inches falling from the not so generous skies today. Looks like another hit…
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Pat Barnes Trout Unlimited Ice Bowl Saturday February 5th
Pat Barnes Trout Unlimited Ice Bowl Saturday February 5th Pat Barnes Trout Unlimited Bowling get together this Saturday in Helena MT. Head on over to Sleeping Giant Lanes on the east side to join with your new and old friends…
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While it feels dark right now, Spring is coming. We hope.
While it feels dark right now, Spring is coming. We hope. Windy today. Windy tomorrow. Windy Sunday. It is January. Friday. It feels dark. The season. But, the fishing has been good. Nymphers and swingers out there daily. Shop, open…
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Dry Fly Flashback
Dry Fly Flashback Blowing real hard today. Warm too. While the wind can blow when it is not warm, or in the midst of a weather change, it certainly blows harder when the air temps are unseasonably warm. And today…
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CLOSED thru Sunday Due to Covid-19
CLOSED thru Sunday Due to Covid-19 Closed thru Sunday due to Covid-19 positive test results to staff members. Closed through Sunday Jan 23rd. Scheduled to open regular business hours Monday January 24th 8am. Will of course keep you up to…
Read MoreTampa Tarpons MLB Minor League Logo
Tampa Tarpons MLB Minor League Logo Sunday in Montana. Pretty nice out there. Warmer temps, local snow melting. Fishing pretty darn good. Great reports from both the sting and nymph crews out there yesterday. Really nice day on the water.…
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Friday Foto Swingin’
Friday Foto Swingin’ Good weekend for swinging flies. Shop open daily 8am. Weather? Variable. Standard. Got some wind, and warmer temps for the future. Snow by Tuesday and colder. What’er you gonna do? Watch football? Tie flies. Nap on the…
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Think Pink
Think Pink today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. PINK is in. The nymphing anglers we spoke to yesterday were all over it. So were the trout. Pink is the color. We are headlong into January with the balance of…
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Got some snow the last week. Not as much as the wet coast though! Warm today with temps already 43F. All have some melting. Certainly with the winds blowing strongly at 25-40mph. Already quite breezy. TGIF. Will be…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Cards
Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Cards Need a little gift for someone to Tell them that you Love them? Would a gift card from their favorite Missouri River fly shop do the trick? I bet it would! Just a reminder to…
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Snow Levels 2022: Stacking it up daily
Snow Levels 2022: Stacking it up daily The west coast is getting big storm after big storm. And some it is sliding eastwards from the Cascades into the Rockies. And we like it! Currently snowing hard in Craig with about…
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Tuesday in Central Montana
Tuesday in Central Montana Cold again. Well below Zero for the entire day. Awful pretty. A couple more inches in the lowlands last night brings us even closer to the distant end of winter. Ad this year we wish for…
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Happy New Year from Headhunters Fly Shop
Happy New Year from Headhunters Fly Shop Happy New Year to all the Headhunters out there! Cold and windy and snowy and beautiful. We are bundled up and staring outside. The shop All Stars are bundled up as well answering…
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Cancelled! Polar Plunge Craig Montana High Noon New Year’s Day 2021
Cancelled!! Polar Plunge Craig Montana High Noon New Year’s Day 2022 Cancelled!! COVID @ Joe’s Bar. So, this event has been cancelled. We’ll have to see you next year!! Come get your split shots or your bobbers cold at noon…
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We like Winter
We like Winter Cold again today. Not as cold as yesterday. But not as snowy as tonight and tomorrow. Gonna have to warm up a bit before many of us step in the water again…
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The Week Ahead & Fishing Report
The Week Ahead & Fishing Report Pretty damn cold here in central Montana. Shop is open. Counting flies, products, and such for the year end wrap up. The only non-staff to stop in the shop today were looking for a…
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Appropriate weather here in central Montana with snow, some wind, and quite cold at 5F today. More cold and snow coming this week ahead. Bring on the snow in the Rockies! Happy Holidays from al of us here…
Read MoreFestivus Starts Today
Festivus Starts Today And so begins the odd season of Festivus. Including the range of grievances. My first Grievance is the way too short PMD hatch duration. Some years only 4-6 weeks. Others longer. I want about 10 weeks. My…
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Winter. Birria.
Winter. Birria. It’s winter out there. A brief warm spell today and tomorrow followed by daily temperatures under ZERO. Today the shortest day of the year. Everyday from here on out is closer to summer. We here in central Montana…
Read MoreHey Hey What Can I Do Cover Dirty Heads
Hey Hey What Can I Do Cover Dirty Heads Great tune. Once a long lost Zep tune that was never released on an album. Only released on the B side of Immigrant Song 1970. If you did not have the…
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Squeeky’s Top Ten Reasons I Fish
Squeeky’s Top Ten Reasons I Fish Lifelong learning curve. A sport, passion, pastime, activity that requires a life length to learn efficiently. Well. TO be good, great, comfortable with my skill set(s). Analogous to skiing, tennis, golf, relationships… Teaching. I…
Read MoreStick Figure Once in a Lifetime
Stick Figure Once in a Lifetime Like this one too. About a year ago posted Rise and Fall by Stick Figure. Same album. Today Once in a Lifetime. Buy this recored. You’ll dig it. December. The fishing is good. the…
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Friday Foto Rainbow
Friday Foto Rainbow All good here in Craig Montana. No snow, or just a skiff recently did not add any Holiday Spirit. So we will have to add it ourselves! A good one from now local Ryan. HE catches a…
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Why I Fish. Dick Magill Chronicles
Why I Fish. Dick Magill Chronicles A Top Ten List from Dick Magill today on the HH Blog. Thanks Richard. Appreciate it! To escape the pressures of society. To relieve stress. To heal the mind and soul. To avoid people.…
Read MoreHebgen Dam Fixed, Madison Flows Restored
Hebgen Dam Fixed, Madison Flows Restored NorthWestern Energy image above NorthWestern Energy (NWE) reported last night that Hebgen Dam gate is open and outflows to the Madison River are restored. The water in the river is rising as desired. Crews…
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Madison River Crisis, Wind, and December
Madison River Crisis, Wind, and December Madison Flows Plummet to 177cfs As many have heard or seen on the Insta and other social sites the water in the Madison is low. The dam malfunction with Northwestern Energy at the wheel…
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FISHSKI Video today. Post T-Day Slumber.
FISHSKI Video today. Post T-Day Slumber. All we got today is wind, and clouds, and sun. Fishing this holiday weekend with a few anglers out there today swinging, stripping, nymphing. Watch this classic first. Then tie flies. Rest your weary…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your family and friends today as we hang out at home waiting for nap time! We are thankful for many things including theMissouri River and you our fishy friends. Get the most from this day of rest…
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Late Fall Friday Foto
Late Fall Friday Foto Today is one of he nicer days this fall! It is certainly not winter yet. Highs in the 40’s and 50’s this coming week. Wind is forecast for the weekend of course. Just when you want…
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Wednesday Gone Fishing
Wednesday Gone Fishing Shop open early for a couple guide trips heading out, then closed at 10am for a staff fishing day. Yep, GONE FISHING WEDNESDAY @ 10am. Stop in early if you need us, or anything from us. If…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Mid-November Edition
Silly Sunday Scenery Mid-November Edition Craig Boat Ramp, Craig Montana. Fall. November. 2021.
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Saturday. The Weekend. And Bob James w/ Autumn Nocturne
Saturday. The Weekend. Calm in this image. But today not that calm. Pretty windy. Wind in the forecast again tomorrow. Will it ring true? The forecast? We’ll let you know Monday if the wind came for a visit. Guessing is…
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Friday Fall Foto
Friday Fall Foto Posted up Headhunting. Guide Beth Langell stalking BWO rising trout. Fall is happening. You coming?
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Tuesday Foto November Edition
Tuesday Foto November Edition The Mink on the Missouri River. Common. Fun to watch. A couple Trout Spey trips out. A couple more tomorrow. And the next day. Come by and get hooked up on one of these this late fall.…
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Try New Water this Fall fishing Montana’s Missouri River
Try New Water this Fall fishing Montana’s Missouri River Get out there and try something new. We here on this blog speak often about breaking new ground, trying new things, and finding new water for yourself. Even on this limited…
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Friday Foto from Headhunters of Craig
Friday Foto from Headhunters of Craig Fall is good. We had a long one this year. Thank you 2021. The leaves are nearly gone. Soon we will go back to our primary color, tan. We are enjoying the remaining moments.…
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2021 Fall Services Update
2021 Fall Services Update Spawning Browns out there on the river. Recognize gravel reads and stay off of them. Active sex regions deserve our attention, not romping, not stomping, not upsetting the natural process. Don’t stomp on them. Enjoy the…
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Friday Foto Fall Session
Friday Foto Fall Session A stunning fall here in the canyon. You can check out the pics, or get in your car ad drive here. Headhunters opens at 8am daily.
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 10.21.21
Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 10.21.21 Water flows: 2670cfs. Water temps: 53F-54F. Nymphers: Sows, scuds, midge larvae, early. Mayfly nymphs late. Dry Fly Anglers: Look for the BWo’s to come off after 2pm. Lower canyon and beyond for a few…
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Friday Fall Foto
Friday Fall Foto Fall. Swing Season. DFO’s Unite. Bugger Chuckers Strip. The après fish drinks always taste good.
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