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Fly Rod Review, Fly Rods, Pulse, SAGE, Second look at the SAGE Pulse

The Second look at the SAGE Pulse. One of the newest SAGE fly rods to come out the Autumn of ’15. At Headhunters Fly Shop and across the industry this rod has come out of the gate strong. Well received…

SIMMS Vapor Wading Boot Review

October 14, 2015

SIMMS, Vapor Wading Boot

Simply awesome. Those were the words I literally said out loud as I removed my Simms Vapor Boots last week. This was the third time I wore them and while I was impressed after my first two trial runs, this…

Trout Spey Line Selection

October 12, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Troutspey

Echo, gear, OPST, Skagit, spey, troutspey

We’ve been receiving lots of questions about “Troutspey” rods and lines lately. Folks are getting geared up for the fall. Streamers are on their mind, and many folks are choosing to swing them on foot, rather than from the boat. We’ve already…

Double Rigging a Streamer

October 10, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Double Rigging a Streamer

October and November are terrific streamer fishing months on Montana’s Missouri River. Everything this is donning their fall suits including the trees, animals, and our big and fat trout. Halloween is on the way and the Brown Trout are dressing…

NRS Freestone Drifter @ Headhunters Fly Shop

Get your NRS Freestone this Fall @ Headhunters Fly Shop

October 7, 2015

DEMO Boat, For Sale, Freestone Drifter, NRS

Come out and try the NRS Freestone today. You want one? We got ’em. Our DEMO Boat is for sale and you can take it on home on the M&M trailer or put it on your Snowmobile trailer. Either is…

SIMMS Top 5 for Fall

September 29, 2015

Fall Clothing, Online Store, SIMMS, Top 5

SIMMS Top 5 for Fall here at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. While the weather is currently hot on the Missouri River it will turn sour as fast as your Mother-In-Law during wedding negotiations. Being prepared for any weather…

Late September Missouri River Flies

September 27, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear, Uncategorized

Late September Missouri River Flies

Flies for the late September time frame. Fishing the last couple days pretty tough. Inconsistent for sure. Guides and anglers alike soaking their sorrows at both Izaak’s and Joe’s Bar the last couple nights. The water levels dropped a bit…

OPST Skagit Gear

September 24, 2015

Commando, Lazar, OPST

OPST – short for Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics – is a new player in the Spey market, but with very old roots. Owners Ed Ward and Jerry French are part of the crew that invented Skagit lines and techniques. In…

Troutspey Around the Corner

August 29, 2015

Echo, fiberglass, glass, spey, troutspey

Swing Season (spey season) is approaching. We’re not there yet. There’s still some big hatches to be had, as well as our epic Montana streamer fishing. But it’s getting close. Sara, Ninch and I are starting to get the lineup…

Late Summer Season Missouri River Flies

August 28, 2015

Late Summer Season Missouri River Flies

Flies for smoky skies. The fish don’t seem to mind. They are protected by water. Clear as mud right? Happy Friday to all. Shop open daily 630am till 830pm. Come on out with your beer goggles on. That may help…

The Sleeper may be the PULSE

August 26, 2015

The Sleeper may be the PULSE

I cast the new SAGE PULSE today. I have fished the SAGE MOD as well as the SAGE BOLT this summer already. Like the MOD, could take or leave the BOLT, and love the PULSE. It is the price point…

SAGE ONE 590 Outfit @ Headhunters Fly Shop

August 17, 2015

SAGE ONE 590 Outfit @ Headhunters Fly Shop

ACCURACY STARTS WITH YOUR EYES. IT ENDS WITH THE FLY IN FRONT OF THEIRS. Forget what you know about outfits. Our all-new ONE Outfit is for fly fishers who know what they’re doing and who recognize that we’ve assembled our…

Fly Hacker: Camp & Boat Tunes

August 13, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Uncategorized

Flyhacker, Nixon, panel, solar, speaker

Whether it’s a casual float/fish day with the family, the front of a flats skiff, or around the campfire in Steelhead camp, more and more folks are taking their music/media into the outdoors. It’s so easy now. You’re iPhone can…

YETI Rambler vs. Tervis Tumbler Test and Review

August 10, 2015

Tervis Tumbler, YETI, YETI Rambler 20oz

The jury is in and we have a winner. I set out to test the validity of the claims on YETI Coolers website about this supposed best insulated tumbler of all time. The reviews from their very own website were…

Foamies and Chubbies!

July 25, 2015

August, Chubby, Floating Flies, Foamies

We got your foamie and chubby obsession dialed. You need a fix? We got your back. Need a big floaty fly for the Yellowstone? For the Blackfoot? For any place you are heading? We got it. Stuffed bins of all…

Epic Glass Rods at Headhunters

July 23, 2015

Epic, fiberglass, glass, Swift

Headhunters has just received some of the highly touted EPIC fiberglass fly rods from Swift Fly Fishing. These will be demo rods for customers to try, either in the casting lane or on the river. They’ve been out on the grass…

Sun Season on the Missouri River

July 20, 2015

Protect yourself! That sun is hot. The clothing options today for keeping that skin pasty white are endless. Headhunters has all the gear you need. From sunscreen to sun shirts, to sungloves to sun hats. Sungear @ Headhunters Cover it…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.17.15

July 17, 2015

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.17.15

The fishing is getting tough. That is the bottom line. The techy dry fly stuff is what I am commenting on. The upper river is full of anglers and most are hunting heads. The dam is fishing well with the…

Squeeky’s Missouri River Caddis Box

July 2, 2015

Squeeky's Missouri River Caddis Box

My Caddis box for the last few years. I have another less used box full of caddis flies that used to work. They probably still do but they have fallen out of my personal favor. Still rocking another full box…

Sage Salt – Review

June 23, 2015

SAGE, Salt, tarpon

When you grow up in the West and fly fishing is part of your life, nothing feels much more natural in your hand than a 9′ 5 or 6 weight fly rod. Except maybe a beer. And I have two…

Sage Trout Spey Announced

June 19, 2015

Here’s the official announcement from Sage on the Trout Spey rods we hinted at in our Montana Spey video. BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASH. (June 11, 2015) – Sage builds on its successful ONE family of fly rods with the addition of…

New Trout Spey Stuff – Video

June 1, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

gear, mccune, SAGE, spey

When Mike McCune and Whitney Gould were here in April on their annual Montana spey fishing tour, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days fishing with Mike and talking about the new “Trout Spey” gear he has…

Just Add Vise Tungsten Dart

May 27, 2015

Headhunters Fly Shop, Just Add Vise, Tungsten Dart

Today on the Headhunters Blog we have the Bloom’s Tungsten Dart. A great pattern for the Missouri River May, June, July, August…you get the point. Tie this on and get after it. We got them in stock for a cup…

May Sub-Surface PMD Selection for Montana’s Missouri River

May 20, 2015

May Sub-Surface Selection for Montana's Missouri River

Many of our primary bugs are having a hey day subsurface as we move to ward the dry fly bonanza month of June. BWO’s, PMD’s, a couple varieties of caddis and probably some Yellow Sally’s are dancing the day, and the…

Headhunters T’s for all

May 8, 2015

HEadhunters, HH Logo Wear, Kids clothing, Logo T's, Mens Clothing, Womens clothing

This is one of the best sellers here in Craig at Headhunters Fly Shop. These T’s fly out the door. So this year we made them in sizes for men, women, and children. Andrea Larko art is awful fun and…

Missouri River March Brown Nymphs

May 5, 2015

Bugs, Fly Fishing Gear

March Brown, March Brown Patterns, May, missouri river, Nymphs

March Browns are here in force. Well, sort of. This is a smaller hatch for us and not one you can plan your day around. Can you flirt with them for a portion of the day? Oh, yes indeed. Find…

Missouri River Baetis Nymphs to get you through the week

May 4, 2015

BWO, Fly Patterns, Missouri River Baetis Nymphs

This week, or at least the front end looks like the sun may play a role in the dry fly game. So what do we do when that happens? Nymph. We love having the option to get the net wet…

Headhunters Baetis Week. Dry Fly Love.

April 21, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear

Baetis Patterns, Baetis Week, BWO's, Dry Flies, Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River Baetis

Boy do we love Baetis here in central Montana fishing the Missouri River. It is the real beginning of the spring dry fly game. While the Midge kick it off, the Baetis bring in the dry fly year adding validity…

Team Headhunters Vedavoo Gear

April 20, 2015

Vedavoo

We’ve just received a new shipment of gear from Vedavoo, that dope “handmade in the USA with USA materials” company. Designer Scott Hunter puts a lot of thought into every piece of gear he makes. It’s not always obvious when…

NRS Crush WaterShoe at Headhunters Fly Shop

April 8, 2015

Crush Shoe, NRS, watershoe

This shoe is literally Crushing it. The NRS Crush is a hot seller right out of the spring gate as we move into our stunning summer. Why so popular when we still have snow flurries about the local region? Antricipation…

Weekender Nymph Patterns

March 27, 2015

Weekender Nymph Patterns

New flies for Headhunters Fly Shop this week. Every time we turn our head Ninch stuffs the bins full of new flies. Why? Cause he can’t help himself. And we like additional options to fool our trout here in central…

Kreelex Just Add Vise Video

March 26, 2015

Just Add Vise, Kreelex

This maybe the most popular JAV Tying Kit we have? You’d have to ask Ninch. He’ll know. It is one of the most talked about streamers on the Mo, and rivers, streams, lakes, and of course bass ponds. A few…

Silly Saturday Scenery

March 21, 2015

Adipose Flow, Helena MT, rental drift boats

Shop shot with the Adipose rental boats in full show. 3 rental boats and a demo boat at Headhunters in Craig. Most of the guides row the Flow ’round here. Give us about if you want to reserve your Adipose…

Fly Box Organization Hell

March 20, 2015

Boat BAg, flies, Fly Box, Nonsense

It’s over. I’m done. That hell has passed and now I can breathe easy. My wife can sleep better too knowing that the kitchen table can be once again be used as a spot for eating meals. Only took 10…

Missouri River March Streamer Patterns w/ a side of Streamer Line discussion

March 19, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

March Streamer Patterns, Missouri River Flies, Spring Fly Fishing

March Streamer Fishing is?…which leads us to this article written by team members Dewey and Mark at Headhunters Fly Shop. Missouri River March Streamer Patterns With unseasonably warm weather this month the river is starting to get pressure. A popular…

Just Add Vise Kits Live

March 18, 2015

Over 10 new Just Add Vise kits created by Ninch and John this last winter. They are in stock and already finding homes at vises near you. New videos for the new additions. New packaging too. Headhunters Fly Shop Just…

Howler Bros. gets in bed with Smith

March 17, 2015

howler bros, Smith Sunglasses

Check this collection out. Howler Bros/ Smith Backdrop Glass w/ ChromoPop John and I received our front end Smith Howler Bros. sun glasses the Dockside model a few days ago and we are enjoying them. What is not to like.…

Missouri River Streamer Saturday?

March 14, 2015

Airflo, Orvis, RIO, Spring Fly Fishing, Streamer Flies, Streamer Fly Lines, Streamer Saturday

It’s coming. The time of year when the streamer junkies crawl from their dark fly tying dungeons and test their winters work on the Mo. I would venture a guess that streamer time is here. Well, the front end of…

Adipose Boatworks Helena Montana

March 3, 2015

Adipose, Demo Center, Flow, Helena Montana

While we love a ton of fly fishing products you could assume that we love a few even more. Adipose Boatworks in Helena Montana is definitely one of them. Tracy Allen and Mike Ward have done a bang up job…

Missouri River March Dry Flies

March 2, 2015

Dry Fly Patterns, Headhunters Special, JAV Kits, Missouri River March Dry Flies

A good month ahead as we prepare ourselves for the first real dry fly action of 2015. As the grass becomes greener and the flower buds are trying to pierce the winter envelope we too are ready for the re-birth…

Missouri River Winter Trout Candy for Bobber Lobbers

February 24, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique

Anglers, Indicator, Missouri River Winter Trout Candy, Sow Bug Patterns

Nymphing is the primary fish catching method of any winter trout fishery. The Missouri River is no different. So why not toss the sowbug. We have a ton of sows in stock and ready for winter angling. At any given…

Online Trout Flies!

February 22, 2015

flies

We’ve been slowly working on a ‘real’ webstore over the winter, and it’s actually got a few products on it. A much nicer user experience than our previous clunker. Some of you know we’ve been working on this because you’ve been…

2015 Year of the Net

February 12, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

boat, net

Here, we observe Missouri River guide Beth Hood using a long handled net to capture a nice sized Missouri River Rainbow. Good form. The team at Headhunters has noticed that net sales, questions and available options have all increased in…

Silly Sunday Spey Scenery

February 8, 2015

Silly Sunday Spey Scenery

Free 2 Handed Casting and Fishing Clinic yesterday hosted by Headhunters Fly Shop. Full boat with 12 students and the weather actually did cooperate, mostly. Calm and raining in the morning followed by wind, overcast, sun, calm, rain, wind… No…

RIO InTouch Fly Lines @ Headhunters Fly Shop

February 3, 2015

ConnectCore, Fly Lines, InTouch, RIO

The new InTouch fly line from RIO came out last fall and now it is going on most reels that move through Headhunters Fly Shop. Anglers are noticing the difference too. Why? ConnectCore is the answer. Airflo fly lines have…

Ninch & John’s Fishing Report

January 30, 2015

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Gear

john, ninch, spey, winter

Ninch and I decided to try a little lower river action the other day, what with the unseasonably warm and balmy, shirtsleeve weather. The ice that locked up the lower river for a month is long gone. The wind was…

Fly Tying Night Efforts

January 22, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

fly, night, tying

Fly Tying Night in America resumed last night in Craig, MT. We kind of announced it at the last minute, and folks came from both directions – Helena and Great Falls – as well as locally. Some pretty nice efforts last night.…

ECHO Glass Spey & Switch in Stock

January 13, 2015

They’ve finally arrived, the much anticipated and touted ECHO Glass Spey & Switch models. We’ve been playing with these for a couple of months (we magically got our hands on one of the early production models), and it’s thumbs up…

Winter of SAGE | SAGE Method Video

January 12, 2015

Fly Rods, Method, SAGE, Spey Rods, Switch Rods

You folks know we are enamored with the SAGE Method series. Ultra fast action rods that are perfect for those who like a red big stick with power. While we love the 5 and 6 weights for summer dry fly…

SIMMS Winter @ Headhunters

January 8, 2015

Accessories, Clothing, Gloves, SIMMS, Waders & Boots, winter

Some say summer is for SIMMS. Super Slick SIMMS Jacket is our winter favorite! We say, don’t forget about winter my fishy friend. We so often find ourselves thinking about summer fishing behaviors when we fantasize about fishing. Flip Flops,…

Santa is Gone. Get your NRS Freestone Drifter Dirt Cheap!

December 27, 2014

For Sale, Freestone, NRS

Buy this boat. This gently used craft is for sale at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. $4500 takes it away and we will add the M & M trailer for an addt’l 2K. NRS Freestone $4500 NRS Freestone Drift…

Missouri River Winter Flies

December 23, 2014

flies, Missouri River Winter Flies, winter

I don’t know the names of all of the flies in these images. I just don’t anymore. Ninch is the fly mastermind with some suggestions from John and I. But it really is his deal. So as the bins change…

Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card

December 21, 2014

Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card

All the answers to your gift questions can be taken care of in one small black card. The Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Cards can be charged with any amount you wish. Get your wife a guide trip. Get your neighbor…

Choose Abel. Male Fly Fishing Jewelry

December 21, 2014

Abel, Fly Reels, Male Jewelry

Abel makes a very high quality fly reel. Bar none. We commonly get asked why an individual would buy an Abel. The most common answer we could give you is because men like jewelry too. It just manifests itself in…

Headhunters Guides Christmas Wish Lists

December 13, 2014