Labor day weekend fun on the Missouri

Friday and the weather is made for the weekend. Warming today and tomorrow and going the other direction. Hopper fishing may return, let’s hope.

Purge the last of your summer demons with us, and the Missouri…what ails you.

Some lodging and guide availability at Headhunters, but not much. We will see you here…for sure on Sunday for the fly sale.

Headhunters open all weekend for flies, shuttles, new fly rods, waders…

SOL's Dad does not care about inclement weather...NO!

Common weather trends…if you go back ten years, previous to the drought years. SOL’s 2nd year guiding, snow over the Labor Day Weekend.

Not this year. Knock on Wood my friends.

Headhunters hosting our 3rd Annual Labor Day Weekend BBQ. This year, unfortunately, no Bikini Boat Wash. I know, shitty. Took the life right out of ya. Me too.

We will whip up some BBQ items, dogs, sausages, sauerkraut, beans, some sort of mystery meats as well. How about Sunday afternoon post lunch? Sounds good to me, Wiffle Ball too. A little casting, and maybe even an ad-hoc contest. I’m a gamer. You?

Mouth watering smells, sights, sounds...tasty too

How about a Customer Appreciation Labor Day Half Price Fly Sale? That’s right. Let’s party, and buy a grocery bag full of flies. Dry flies, nymphs will be flying out the door @ $1. Hoppers and big dries will be priced @ $1.25 with Streamers @ $1.50-2.00…Refill those fly boxes for the fall. Get yer BWO’s, various permutations of PT’s, and dam midges. Stock for next year and your favorite Hopper patterns, i.e. Morrish’s, and pack your streamer bin full of double bunny’s Skiddish Smolts and R2R’s. Fly Sale Sunday during the BBQ at Headhunters Fly Shop from 12pm til 8pm.

“And by the way…when is the last time a fly shop showed you their appreciation? Hmmm. Think about it. Discounted flies? Yes indeed. A no holds barred fly free for all!!”

Also on sale at Headhunters this weekend…SIMMS Flats boots, Guide boots, Pursuit Sandals, Felt Headwaters wading boots, ECHO 2 fly rods, and selected shorts and pants.

While in the store be sure to notice our NEW HH HOODY’s in Brown and Indigo…and the Kovich HH Signature TShirts in both long and short sleeve, or choose the Sport-Tek version.

Whoop it up this Sunday @ Izaak'

Izaak’s has  two really great performers on The Log Jam. Downtown Craig’s finest outdoor music venue. They will start rockin’  Sunday, September 5 beginning about 6 pm John Floridis will open for Tom Catmull and The Clerics.

So, in conjunction with the BBQ, a Half Price Fly Sale, the fabulous fishing, the coolest people on earth, the kick-ass fly shop row in the Central Business District…hang out and enjoy the autumn afternoon in the world’s finest trout town.

Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service…sponsoring the greatest events on the Missouri River.

…maybe.

Searching for the "Magic Fly"

Headhunters has the most comprehensive fly selection on the Missouri. Do we have the most flies? No. Do we, and our staff, fish every waking moment, and derive our knowledge and fly selection from daily fishing experiences.

This time of year our Midge Selection shines. We do have all the techy, new school flies. And, of course, the old school too.

It does not stop at the midges. Our mayfly area can be measured in acres. Our dry flies in hectares, our…

Check out this reality based article on Blanco Honky Blog, click here. About the Blackfoot, and the realities of splash and giggle crowds.

Seen recently on the Missouri River

They do seem to get larger, the bobber, don’t they?

Fly of the Week: Any small, insanely tiny midge pattern. Like a Zebra.

Nymph of the Week: Rainbow Warior

Dry Fly of the Week: Peacock PMX or Neversink Trude

Streamer of the Week: Olive Sculpzilla

Scumliner: Chasing the Wiley SH in BC

Squeeky Oar Lock: Guiding for a living

J the B: Back for her Caribbean Cruise and holding the reigns again

Roho: Kickin’ ass and takin’ names

Capt. Carp: Loving every minute of it

SALE ITEMS: SIMMS on sale. Flats boots, Pursuit Sandals, Guide Jackets, to name a few

New @ HH: Cool Lauren Kovich Fishing Art available on a Tshirt and Sport Tek w/ a logo affixed to the shoulder

Izaak’s: Terrific nightly meals per usual

Top Notch: The health of the river

This Weeks Weather: Abysmal

Livin in a van, down by the river

Trico's still near the dam

There are a few rising fish in the upper reaches. Be on time, 9-11 am, and look for our sipping celebrities. The rainbow and the brown. Both famous in their own right.