Mid Week, and cold.
Mid Week, and cold. 18F at the shop this morning. Currently calm, will it last? Our first test of winter like weather this week in Craig. It was time. Water temps falling quickly. Most are swinging out on the river.…
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Missouri River July Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River Mid-July Fly Fishing Forecast Welcome to July! We have made it through the busiest month of the year, June, and have emerged on the other side with the hope of continued summer hatches and sunshine. I’m sure we…
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Missouri River April Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River April May Fly Fishing Forecast No foolin’ today on the HH Blog. Your information source on the Montana’s Majestic Missouri River. Keep us in mind as you pass through Craig this spring. The friendly fly shop in Craig!…
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Missouri River March Fishing Forecast
Missouri River March Fishing Forecast Things to think about in March Day 8 3rd month here on the Missouri River. The Missouri River March Fishing Forecast looks strong. Below average water levels and warming water temps are what we will…
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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 Fly Fishing January Forecast
Missouri River Fly Fishing January Forecast January Missouri River Weather Forecast Pretty stable for the next ten days with air temps in the mid 30’s at night along with daily highs in the mid 40’s. Lots of cloud cover predicted…
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Mike says…I’d get out there this week
Mike says…I’d get out there this week Speaking with Mike of Headhunters, on the phone, this morning at Trout Spey HQ standing in my bathrobe drinking Baileys along with a splash of coffee and he said…I’d get out there this…
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Missouri River Fishing Report 5.21.18
Missouri River Fishing Report 5.21.18 Missouri River Flows 15K-ish and holding I will call Stephanie Micek again this morning and find out what the latest scoop on the water situation is. But I suspect it will be the same as…
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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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Winter Rewards Fishing the Missouri River
Winter Rewards Fishing the Missouri River Trout Spey casters up all the way from Big Sky. Bill, Jason, Rob, and Todd ventured up the state to the Mighty Mo to swing a few flies. And they were rewarded with nice…
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Winter Weather this weekend!
Winter Weather this weekend! Looking forward to it. Really liked the wet week we just had 7 days ago. 2″-4″ Friday. Bring it. The dry fly fishing pretty good. Pseudo rising trout are on the bite. The nymphing is sick.…
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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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May 4th Missouri River Fishing Report
May 4th Missouri River Fishing Report Water levels falling a bit to 7.3K and wear temperatures rising upwards to 48F. So some movement yesterday in the action. Along with the water fluctuations we now bring you summer air temperatures for…
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Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats
Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats Bugs are coming. Saw a pretty good BWO hatch yesterday on the lwer river. They will show more this week. It is near! Water Flows are in the 5K range. We should see this…
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HFS Weather & River Conditions
In our constant effort to make our website more mobile friendly, we’ve just installed a new custom element to the home page of our website that we think you all will appreciate. The widget shows up to date reporting for…
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Fishing Report – Get Out There!
This Past Week It’s hard to believe that the Super Bowl was only one week ago. A lot has changed on the river in the past week. We received significant snow fall during the middle of last week that added to the…
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Report from Ice Station Zebra
Above: Sara Roholt attempts to free the ice from her guides while swinging the Missouri River at -10. Extreme cold has settled in to the Northern Rockies for longer than it usually does. Really cold, and with it lots of…
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Tuesday Missouri River Fishing Report
Tuesday Missouri River Fishing Report The river is active out there as we are headlong into this popular September month. Nymphers love to visit in September as the fish get off of the August slow down. Although this last August…
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Inconsistencies
The above image shows Missouri River guide Eric Mondragon and clients shoving off into the wind at Wolf Creek on Sunday morning. We’ve had plenty of wind lately. Often from the north, which impacts everything from boat control and casting…
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Missouri River February Fly Fishing Forecast 2016
February Fly Fishing Forecast 2016 We can start be saying the winter weather has left us for the next 10 days. Monday the daytime high achieved 58F. Look ahead. More to come. Today we bring you the February Fly Fishing…
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Welcome to the Missouri River December
December 1st. All is well. Cold as it should be. A common winter question at the shop is “Do you really fish during the winter? When the weather is like this? Really? Oh yeah. And we are not the only…
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El Nino Impacts Montana Winters
excellent images and video from NOAAclimate.gov We’ been reading all summer that a potentially big El Nino event could impact North America this coming winter. It looks as though that forecast will prove correct. The Pacific is warming rapidly creating…
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The rain cometh…
The rain cometh… And tomorrow? Sunny skies. Maybe. With a chance of thunderstorms. Wednesday? Sunny skies. Soggy, super soggy this morning. Any cancelled guide trips? Nope. Any frowns in the shop? No. Any wet dogs? Yep. As Lindsey Channel stated…
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