Friday Foto Fall in Montana
Friday Foto Fall in Montana It’s pretty nice out there. Maybe some snow next week. Maybe. Temps dipping a bit as time goes by. TGIF.
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Silly Saturday Scenery Craig Montana
Silly Saturday Scenery Craig Montana Moving towards the final days of October. Decent dry fly fishing afternoons. Good enough streamer bite in between. Nymphers paradise. Fading traffic. Late October. Wade fishing paradise. Flows @ 3K. Temps 54F. Fallen two degrees…
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Missouri River Birds | Western Grebe
The Western Grebe visits us here on Montana’s Missouri River every fall. This year it seem like there is more. Some young around for a few weeks but they have gone elsewhere. I think. They could be lurking in some…
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5 Tips for early fall Missouri River Fly Fishing
5 Tips for early fall Missouri River Fly Fishing A few reminders, tips and techniques to get you off the ground this fall. The Missouri River can hand your ass back to you this month. Pseudo’s are out, the weather…
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Fall Fishing will get better and better…
Untouchables Bridge and hooked up! Fishing is fair with better hatches to come in the near future. Put yourself in this Foto and dream of wild fighting Rainbows and Browns. Book your fall trip today. We love October and November.…
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Wade fishing the Missouri River
A great year to wade fish the Missouri River. Low flows have allowed the wade angler to access a ton of fishy water. Dry fly guys are happy that they can wander and find noses, sometimes a lot of noses.…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 5.16.24
The water downriver is clearing already. The LPP Creek has about half the volume of mud as it was yesterday. Today, half as much again. Good vis all the way to Craig. The water is green but not dirty. I’d…
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May Missouri River Fishing Forecast 2024
May Missouri River Fishing Forecast Today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog you get the May Missouri River Fishing Forecast. What to expect, wish for, and believe for the month ahead. Things to look forward to in May include… More…
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How to locate Spring Nymph Water
How to locate Spring Nymph Water Lots of discussion every morning at the shop about How to locate Spring Nymph Water here fishing Montana’s Missouri River. I fully understand the confusion. Sometimes we are all confused as to where the…
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Silly Sunday Scenery | June PMD
Not as cold outside today. But the cold weather is abating. We will see temps in the 40’s for the next ten days. Hooray! Still tons of slush in the water. Still lots of dangerous shelf ice. And the aforementioned…
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12 Month Missouri River Flow Chart
12 Month Missouri River Flow Chart River came up on Friday to over 4K. A big change. According to the DNRC this flow will hold for some time. Looking for an average water year ahead. Will it snow a ton…
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Friday Foto | PMD Caught Brown Trout
A PMD dry fly caught Brown Trout. Trusty Rusty Spinner. Love it. You coming to see a few PMD rise forms this month? How about next. We will welcome you. We love talking about trout.
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Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise
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…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
Silly Sunday Scenery The Missouri River is Magical. Any time of the year. Looks like it is gonna get green, the grass, as we move towards the latter week of March. Still some damn cold days ahead. Sleep in, come…
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Missouri River February Fishing Forecast 2023
Missouri River February Fishing Forecast 2023 Welcome to February. Football is nearly over, baseball is around the corner, and the fishing has been above average, when the weather has let us get out there. We are getting nearer to spring…
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Missouri River Week in Review: Images
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…
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Missouri River Montana Top Nymphs for late May
Brush Hog Translucent Pupa Tung Dart Purple Weight Fly Jig Crack Back Bullet Brown Tungsten French Jig Lucent Tag Perdigon Olive and Cream Tailwater Sow Bug Caviar Scud Fish Finder Worm Perdigon Nymph Black Quilldigon Natural Perdigon Baetis Split Case…
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How to Approach Like A Pro. Fall Edition.
How to Approach Like Pro The number one reason that more anglers do not catch fish with a dry fly is because they do not approach rising fish in the proper manner. Most every angler (men) rush right in and…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report plus 5 Late July Tips
The fishing report is as follows today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog and Fishing Report Page. Missouri River Montana Fishing Report The old adage again comes into play as we state to many that the fishing is..as good as…
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Missouri River Montana Flag Day Fishing Report
Missouri River Montana Flag Day Fishing Report Summertime here on the Mighty Missouri River. We are pretty happy with the fishing right now. Summertime on the Mo. Flows are gonna drop. Looks like the water managers will have to pull…
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In Defense of Dry Fly Anglers
I wrote a recent blog reminding us, we, the industry need to be a aware of the wants and needs of all anglers. Reminding us that whether you be a nympher, a streamer junkie, or a dry fly fanatic there…
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Book Missouri River Summer (Fall too) Lodging Today
Sara said to me the other day…you should write a blog about the Missouri River Summer Lodging conundrum soon. You like PMD’s like the photo above? Caddis hatches dawn til dusk? Being able to walk to all the fly shops,…
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Dick Magill Chronicles: Early Spring Outlook
Dick Magill Chronicles: Early Spring Outlook The sun is almost rising before I wake up this time of year. Once it does, the sky here becomes a beautiful collage of colors that in many ways resembles cotton candy. It’s a…
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Dick’s Top Ten Winter Swing Flies
The Chronicles of Dick Magill Dick’s Top Ten Swing Flies November is one of my favorite months to swing flies on the Mo. Massive Rainbow and Brown Trout alike will absolutely destroy a swung fly. At times, the take can…
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Missouri River Winter Fly Patterns. Pink Lightening Bug Tying Video
Pink Lightening Bug Tying Video brought to you today by Headhunters Fly Shop, Just Add Vise Tying Kits, and the Missouri River. Ed Note: We are about plumb out of Just Add Vise Kits. So we have not has them available…
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Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 8.24.20
Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 8.24.20 August. Our slowest two weeks of the summer season. Thanks last two of August. And we like it. The river is in tough shape as it moves through the mechanisms of warm weather,…
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Shelter from the Storm, Dylan, afternoon Water Update 6.8.20
Shelter from the Storm, Dylan, afternoon Water Update 6.8.20 The rain has stopped today. 3 days of a very good wetting. We were a bit behind our annual rainfall. And now the hills are green again. The Dearborn is still…
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Missouri River and Craig Montana Monday May 4th Update
Missouri River and Craig Montana Monday May 4th Update All good in this neighborhood. The update of all things Missouri River, Craig, and Montana today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Craig Mostly open for business. Headhunters Fly Shop open…
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News Flash. Not all anglers want to be dry fly anglers!
I’ve been rolling around a personal progression of fly fishing for a couple years and as of late it has been haunting me daily. I believe that we, as an industry, are educating our anglers in an improper way. We…
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Casting Tip Today from Tim Rajeff
Casting Tip Today from Tim Rajeff One of the great casters, instructors, and minds in todays fishing world. He also makes some pretty popular rods by the name of ECHO. Tim today talks about Off-Shoulder casting. Truly an important cast…
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Sipping Dry Saturday
Sipping Dry Saturday Saturday here on the Mo. Fishable today. A couple cabins rented. Several boats on the water. Coffee drinkers at the shop. Swingers on the water. And summer conversations on the shop phone. Anglers locking in summer guides…
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5 Missouri River Tips for a better weekend
5 Missouri River Tips for a better weekend Short Leash. Rig the bobber rig with a couple Pals Tabs and roll. Find that skinny water and toss it in. 2′-3′ for the distance between bobber and bottom fly. Or go…
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Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast Here we go out of April running full speed into the jaws of May! Hooray. Maybe spring will greet us this Month of May. Things to look forward to in May include… More water.…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Water Update & Fishing Report
Monday Morning Missouri River Water Update & Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River Water Update Yes indeed Mother Mo is treating us to above average water this spring. High? No. That is the question we and every other fly fishing professional…
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Late January Missouri River Fishing Report
Late January Missouri River Fishing Report Mid Winter check on Montana’s Missouri River as we today give you the Late January Missouri River Fishing Report from your information source Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Facts fill the fishing report…
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How to interpret water data or Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of.
How to interpret water data or Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of. The case in point today revolves around a couple charts that we see most often used by bloggers like HH and beyond. Below is an article…
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Coming home is so very sweet!
Coming home is so very sweet! Out of town for a spell and returned home yesterday. Spent the time away in sunny Hawaii. Pretty nice and quite entertaining. Fished with my bro’ Marty Thomas, my wife Danielle, and Mike Hennessey.…
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Missouri River Fishing Report September 26
Missouri River Fishing Report September 26 All good here in this neighborhood as we move into the last week of September and have October on our minds. The fishing has us thinking that direction too. The Dry Fly Bite Getting…
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Missouri River Headhunters Weekend Outlook
Missouri River Headhunters Weekend Outlook Rain yesterday. Rain today. Rain tomorrow. Perfect. If you are coming out this weekend you will be greeted by rain. Overcast skies. And food fishing. Anglers are fishing top to bottom. Lots of interest in…
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Six Essential Flies For The Missouri River
A couple days ago, I was digging through one of my fly tying drawers and I found an old shuttle sheet. The shuttle sheet was dated December 29, 2015. On the back of it were scribbled several lists of six…
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Summer Fun Photo Contest
Headhunters Fly Shop is hosing a “Mo River Summer Fun” Photo Contest on our Facebook page. The contest will run until this Friday, August 11. The winner will receive the New Phase gift package pictured below. How to participate: Go…
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Water levels, Weather, and a short State of the Mo
Water levels, Weather, and a short State of the Mo Hump Day here in central Montana as we talk about Water levels, Weather, and a short State of the Mo. Water levels look to be steady as we get the fresh…
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Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast
Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast The best July we have had as far as dry fly fishing in some time. Honest. I have not den here as long as some, but longer than many and that is Squeeky’s…
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2016 UMOWA Water Quality Report
2016 UMOWA Water Quality Report Yesterday we summarized the 2016 UMOWA Macroinvertebrate Report written by David Stagliano of the Montana Biological Survey. Today we are going to discuss the 2016 UMOWA Water Quality Report. Study Design In 2016, UMOWA began…
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2016 UMOWA Macroinvertebrate Report
2016 UMOWA Macroinvertebrate Report On March 17, the Upper Missouri Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) published the results of the 2016 bug study performed by David Stagliano of Montana Biological Survey. We are late in sharing the results, but with the UMOWA Annual…
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Missouri River Water Update
Missouri River Water Update/Forecast Here is the latest from the water management team. Looks like 7K, or 8K, or higher. But not 12K. Maybe. Look at the projection below. We are 99% of our 30 year average. We have 108%…
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UMOWA: The Case For Flushing Flows
The Case For Flushing Flows The Upper Missouri Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) recently released their spring newsletter. Within the letter, UMOWA discusses the history of Missouri River flows and the beneficial contribution that flushing flows have upon the health of the Missouri River.…
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A Bulleted Missouri River June Forecast
A Bulleted Missouri River June Forecast A short run-down of the Missouri River June Forecast today. A long winded over the top informational version may come in the near future, or not. So we hit you today with the crib…
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May 30th Headhunters Fly Fishing Report Missouri River Montana
May 30th Headhunters Fly Fishing Report Missouri River Montana All is well in downtown Craig Montana. Nothing to complain about here other than the slower than average dry fly bite. The nymphing is good and the streamer fishing…well nobody is…
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Juvie Jigger Streamer Strikes!
Juvie Jigger Streamer At the end of April, Headhunters hosted a Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest on our Facebook page. We received a ton of awesome entries. Choosing a winner was tough. Each shop staffer and several guides selected their…
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Live Fishing With Mark Raisler and Visit Montana
Fly Fishing in CraigWe’re live and Missouri River fly fishing in Craig with Simms Fishing Products and Headhunters Flyshop.Posted by Visit Montana on Friday, May 19, 2017Live Fishing With Mark Raisler and Visit Montana A few days ago, Mark Raisler…
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Higher Ground Missouri River Water Rising
Higher Ground. Missouri River Water Rising Coming up today, this morning (order not shown) to nearly 8000 cfs and tomorrow morning to the 8500 cfs range. Yep spring in Montana with some snow in the hills. I predicted it would…
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Please Leave Redds Alone!
Please leave trout redds in the river alone! Rainbow trout are actively spawning in the river now and will continue to do so for the next couple months. The Missouri River is one of the best wild trout fisheries in…
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Missouri River Fishing Report March 2nd
Missouri River Fishing Report March 2nd Spring is on the doorstep. Another couple weeks and we will reach the 1st day of spring. It’s coming. Although the Groundhog thing said we would face another 6 weeks of winter last month.…
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Silly Snowy Saturday Scenery
Silly Snowy Saturday Scenery Snow on the ground yesterday morning. Some it has blown away towards North Dakota. Some of it has stayed. Super Freakin’ Windy today as we hold our first of many Spey Casting Clinics during the Missouri…
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