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Cool, meaning warm, days on the Missouri this Spring

Good fishing this weekend. It seems that every fisherman in Montana chose to get out of the house and shake the dust off the boat. A pile of shuttles Saturday, new fishing licenses, and fishing fantical fun was had by all.

The bank anglers were out in force too. They were in for a smattering of flies. The talk of streamers, Rainbows on the early spawn, and Budweiser all deserved attention.

Warm fishy weather for the front end of the wee too. Guide trips are on the schedule for this week, rental cabins here at Craig Trout Camp…all for the Spring discount rates. Lots of locals take advantage of these reduced fees and spend the weekend with us here at Headhunters. Can you think of any reason not too?

The streamer fans were all fired up as we had guests from Havre, Kalispell, Bozeman, Livingston, Helena, Great Falls, Cut Bank, Belt, and small towns like Craig too…yes all fishing Black, Brown, Olive, Flashy, Yellow…you get the point. All of the Above. We have a few new streamers in stock and more to come in the near future. Stop by for a chat, coffee, and streamer talk.

A strong mud line from the Dearborn River this afternoon - pic/scumliner

The Dearborn blew out today, definitely having an impact on the fishing below Mid Canon.  A couple of guys gave it a shot and pulled off early to hit some clear water on the upper river.  We love to throw streamers and worms in dirty water, but doing it in March is non-typical.  We’ll see what the Dearborn does in the next few days.  No doubt others will give it a try and we’ll get some more reports in the next day or two.

Fishing reports have been good, but not great.  High winds this week have made fishing a bit difficult, limiting where and how you can fish.  We don’t like our nymph rigs bouncing in heavy wind chop, and neither do the fish.  Detecting a strike is very difficult in these conditions as well. Many are switching to the streamer, and while productive in spots, it’s not the most productive winter method.  We haven’t seen many risers in the last week, but are hoping the warming weather will get a few more heads up.  Stay out late to find them.  The short leash has been effective in the afternoon, and should be considered when you see sporadic risers.

Tomorrow is forecast to be beautiful, with highs in the upper 40′s and little to no wind.  Plenty of anglers are making plans to hit the river this weekend, and we expect to be busy running shuttles and selling licenses.  Don’t forget that the new license season began March 1st!

We’ve just received a shipment of new flies from Montana Fly, and you’ll want to check out some of the new nymphs and streamers.  A bunch of Coffey’s Sparkle Minnow’s came as well, but they’ll go fast.