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The Sun Sets on 2016 Final Fishing Report

December 31, 2016

2016, fishing report, Last Day

The Sun Sets on 2016 Final Fishing Report The last day of the year. 2016 has been a good ride. 2016 Review Normal water levels again with out the weed infestation of the recent couple years. The year in review?…

Missouri River Montana Pre-Holiday Fishing Report

December 20, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Christmas, fishing report, Holidays, wind

Missouri River Montana Pre-Holiday Fishing Report Hey there. It is warming up. About 3 weeks of non-fishing weather has passed us…at least temporarily. The weather yesterday was about as windy as it gets. But the air temps climber above freezing…

Cyber Monday Fishing Report

November 28, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

$450 Guide Trips, Cyber, fishing report, Monday

Cyber Monday Fishing Report Some of you are busy shopping online on this Cyber Monday. What are we doing here in Craig Montana? Filling orders not only form our web store but running shuttles, chatting with folks ’bout trout…

Missouri River Fly Fishing Report 11.18.16

November 18, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, holiday, November, Swinging

Missouri River Fly Fishing Report 11.18.16 Gonna be on the cool side this weekend and cold today. Winds from the south and southwest should not be too offensive. Too much sun for our liking but still have not figured out…

Short and Sweet Missouri River Fishing Report

October 12, 2016

Mark Raisler

Uncategorized

Fall, fishing report

Short and Sweet Missouri River Fishing Report Things are all good here in central Montana. The snow came, and the snow went. At least from the roadways. Still some good snow in the hills that started us off in the…

Mid-Week Missouri River Update

September 28, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

BWO, Fall, fishing report

Mid-Week Missouri River Update The sun is out, the bugs are not, the subsurface bite is on. The sun will go away as we roll over this hump day and look towards the weekend. Rain on Saturday. Back to fall…

Missouri River Late September Fishing Report

September 24, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

BWO's, Dry Flies, Fall, fishing report, September

Missouri River Late September Fishing Report Pretty good on the river this week. Nymphing is categorized in the rockstar area. Pretty good The blind dry fly game is coming on as well. The headhunting is pretty damn good in the…

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report

September 19, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Gear

dry fly, Fall, fishing report, Monday, Nymphs, Streamer

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report Marcie caught this bad brown on a tiny small olive mayfly. A sz 20! She is kicking off our Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report! Nymphing is on fire this week, and last, and…

Tuesday Missouri River Fishing Report

September 13, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

BWO's, Fall, fishing report, Nymphs, September, Streamer, Weather, Weeds

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…

Blackfoot River September Fishing Report

September 7, 2016

Mark Raisler

Uncategorized

Blackfoot River, BWO's, Chubby Love, fishing report, Nymphing, September

Blackfoot River September Fishing Report Fished the Blackfoot yesterday and today. Can’t tell you what happened today, but I can chat at you what happened yesterday. Flows ar equate low with Bonner registering about 400 cfs. Boney, skinny, thin man.…

Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report

August 13, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Ants, August, fishing report, missouri river, Terrestrials, Trico's

Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report Really a rosy outlook after yesterdays fishing here with your Mid August Missouri River Fishing Report from the information source in Craig Montana. At least that is how I look at it. Trico show in…

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report

July 28, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, July

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report As good as you are. That is the way it will be for a while. Warm weather for the remainder of the week with the weekend heating up even more. We will see 90F…

Falling off in late July

July 23, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Falling off here in July, fishing report

Falling off here in July The masses have left, or gone to the Madison. Wherever they may have gone we are moving on here on the Missouri River. Trico’s are the game here with the terrestrial making up the remainder…

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Late June Missouri River Fishing Report

June 27, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Caddis Flies, fishing report, June, PMD's, Technical

Late June Missouri River Fishing Report The weather is nice. The temps are good. The water is normal. The crowds are a bit below average. The dry fly fish are a bit tougher than we would like. The nymphing is…

Your Missouri River Monday Morning Fishing Report

June 6, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Caddis, dry fly, fishing report, June, Nymphs, PMD

Missouri River Monday Morning Fishing Report We are headlong into the one of the best months of the year. June brings lots of great fishing for those who like to nymph and dry fly fish. We love it because of…

May Missouri River Fishing Forecast

May 9, 2016

Mark Raisler

Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

BWO's, Canyon Ferry, dry fly, fishing report, Forecast, Hatches, Inflows, March Browns, May, Mother's Day Caddis, Nymphing, Outflows, Projection, Streamer

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. Missouri Rive May Weather and Water Forecast May is…

Cinco De May Missouri River Fishing Report

Cinco De Mayo Missouri River Fishing Report

May 5, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Cinco De Mayo, fishing report, May, Spring, Thursday, Weekend Update

Cinco De Mayo Missouri River Fishing Report A different approach to the fishing report this Mexican Holiday. A few observations today from this past week of events, fish, and the shop. Early May is a good time to be here…

April 28th Missouri River Fishing Report

April 28, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

April, April 28th Missouri River Fishing Report, Baetis, BWO's, fishing report, March Browns, Mayflies, Midge

Shit hot short fishing report today this Thursday in late April. BWO’s: Top to bottom. Hatch generally in the afternoon, but yesterday started about 937am and did not stop. March Browns: Yep. This is a short lived hatch and when…

Tuesday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report

April 26, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report

Tuesday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report Good weather breeds good fishing. Many having a slow morning with faster afternoons. BWO’s everywhere in the PM. March Browns showing too. Well front he top to the bottom. Really pretty good days had…

Missouri River Post Tax Day Report

April 16, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

April, fishing report, Snow Day, Spring, Tax Day

Missouri River Post Tax Day Report Not only is the Missouri River Post Tax Day Report it is the post snow day report as well. The snow will be melting today as the weather turns once again to the seasonal…

April Fools Missouri River Fishing Report

April 1, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

April, fishing report

April Fools Missouri River Fishing Report Our warmest weekend greets the April Fools Missouri River Fishing Report today. We love the 60’s in the spring months. We have just come out of a snowy and rainy period that lasted a…

Monday Morning Montana Fishing Report

March 28, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Bobbers Lobbers, DFO's, fishing report, MArch, Nymphers, Spring Special, Swingers

Monday Morning Montana Fishing Report Fished yesterday afternoon with my wife. Saw a few other boats on the water below Craig. Boats from the top to the bottom and some Easter wade fishers as well. Looked like family time on…

Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report

March 26, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report, fishing report, Saturday

Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report The machine is in full motion here on Montana’s finest tailwater fishery as we move into the Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report. The Midges are in motion, the BWO’s are nearly a topic of…

Mid Week Missouri River Fishing Update

March 23, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, MArch, Montana, Snow, Wednesday

Mid Week Missouri River Fishing Update Snow on the ground as it snowed all day yesterday and looks like we will witness more of the same as the week moves toward the weekend. As they say, “May get a bit…

St Patty’s Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report

March 17, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Flows, MArch, Rainbows, Spawning, Spring, Spring Special, St Patty's Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report, Water Temps

St Patty’s Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report Wearing green today and fishing the green too. St Patty’s Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report here on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog this Thursday March 17th. Green buggers, Little Green Machines, Green…

Mobile (or not) Video Fishing Report

February 20, 2016

John Arnold

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Video

fishing report, mobile, vertical, video

If you check out the home page of the Headhunters Website today, you see a tall skinny video in the blog section, featuring our new Mobile Video Fishing Report. We’ve threatened to do this for years. Looks like we’re actually…

Headhunters Fly Shop Monday Fishing Report

Friday Foto & Fishing Report

February 5, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report, Landscape

fishing report, friday foto, Weekend

Looks pretty good as far as the weekend looks. Save for the wind forecast. Will they be wrong again? Who knows. We’ll report to you after the fact. Predictions are for stockbrokers. Although I’m sure I will try to see…

Sunday Morning Fishing Report Headhunters Style

January 24, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report, Uncategorized

fishing report, Midge, Warm, winter

Ever use a hook sharpener? A good idea if you want to increase your hook-up rate. A cheap investment for a giant return. Write it off as an investment in your fly fishing year. While cooler yesterday than the high…

Missouri River Weekend Fishing Outlook

January 14, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

craig trout camp, fishing report, January, Missouri River Weekend Fishing Outlook, winter

Missouri River Weekend Fishing Outlook The weather has turned for the better. Way better. Or warmer. Some wind attached to the warmer temperatures as well. Pretty normal. We get a few spells like this every winter and the local anglers…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 1.12.16

January 12, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, January, winter

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 1.12.16 A break in the cold weather yesterday led some anglers to creep into the cool winter waters. Central Montana’a Missouri River never closes. It does become un-fishable a few times a year, but these…

Missouri River Montana Winter Fishing Report 1.7.16

January 7, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, January, missouri river, Nymphers Unite, Slush, winter

Still winter out here, out there, on the river. Cold as she goes. As John stated yesterday we have cancelled our Saturday Trout Spey Clinic as it will be too damn cold for any good kind of learning. One of…

Missouri River New Years Fishing Report 1.1.16

January 1, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

2016, fishing report, Forecast, Missouri River New Years Fishing Report 1.1.16, New Year, Nymphing, Streamer fishing, winter

Missouri River New Years Fishing Report 1.1.16 New Years Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report starts out with cold air temps. The Umteenth (21st) Annual Craig Polar Bear Plunge is at High Noon today a the Craig Boatramp. Were you…

Holiday Week Fishing Report 12.21.15

December 21, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Christmas, fishing report, Holiday Week

Monday morning here in Craig and we are adjusting nicely to the holiday week ahead. Most of you will be traveling to or from family and friends houses for the holiday. Any of you planning on doing some fishing? We…

A break in the weather

December 20, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

A break in the weather, December, fishing report, winter

Fishing weather has returned, albeit temporarily, for the weekend and front end of the week. Although we have been loving the snow. A good feel of winter with snow falling most of the last week. And the week ahead looks…

Missouri River Winter Fishing Report 11.8.15

December 8, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

December, fishing report, Nymphing, Streamer

Missouri River Winter Fishing Report 11.8.15 One windy bitch here on the Mo. Truly windy. Ninch above with a nice rainbow trout on swung Hot-Eye Kreelex at the Spey Clinic Saturday. Fishable on Monday afternoon with some shores windless enough to…

Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 11.30.15

November 30, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, November, Nymphing, Streamer, Swinging, winter

Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 11.30.15 Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 11.30.15 is cold, but getting warmer. The holiday weekend is over and we are back to work at the shop prepping for the upcoming weekend Trout Spey…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 11.16.15

November 16, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

craig trout camp, fishing report, Guide Discounts, lodging, November

Good to great November fishing here on the Missouri River. Fantastic nymhing and swinging and some out there swinging the little soft hackled ones too. The best in the nymph game is to head down the sow and scud road. Choose…

Missouri River BWO Fishing Report 10.21.15

October 21, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Baetis, BWO's, Fall, fishing report, Missouri River BWO Fishing Report 10.21.15

Baetis are here. BWO time fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Light hatch yesterday and the day before. It should POP soon. We would love more of those clouds and drizzle and some fall like winter weather. Bring it. The streamer bite…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 9.28.15

September 28, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Fall, fishing report, September Fishing

The bulleted fishing report this Monday morning to get your engines running… The weather is taking a turn for the better, meaning not as much sun, this week and the fish and fishermen will applaud this fall-like change. Temps dipping…we…

Missouri River Fishing Report 9.1.15

September 1, 2015

John Arnold

Fishing Report

fishing report, Montana

“All over the place” could be the best term to describe fishing conditions right now. Early starts for some (above image), hoppers for others. Streamers are working great. Some days. So are Callibaetis. Some days. Nymph fishing on the upper…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 8.11.15

August 11, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

August, Craig MT, fishing report, Izaaks

Getting through the month ain’t easy all the time. But this last week has been better than the previous, yet again, and we are encouraged with the bite…at least yesterday. Understand that comment above? Me neither. Some catching them and…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 6.26.15

June 26, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Ants, Caddis, fishing report, June, missouri river, PMD's, Sally's

“Cosmic Dude” Dan Gard would have said this. Or did. Or is. Have not spoken to Dan this year but gotta believe the Ghost of Dan Present is here…sayin’ “Cosmic.” I second that comment Dan. Cosmic is the word. Honest.…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report June 1st 2015

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report June 2nd 2015

June 2, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, June, Mo RIver, Rain

Welcome to June. Great fishing, great fellowship, great times. And some folks around too. In a couple days we will have the water projections for the month and months ahead. Until then we will enjoy the 4000cfs range and the…

Missouri River Montana Holiday Fishing Report 5.23.15

May 23, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

BWO, Caddis, fishing report, March Brown, May Fishing, Memorial Day, Missouri River Montana Holiday Fishing Report 5.23.15, PMD

While it has been kinda hit and miss today seems to be fishing quite well. Reports in at lunch from the gang fishing WC to below Craig somewheres validate that the weather pattern has settled in and the fish are…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 3.24.15

March 24, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, MArch, Spring Special

Go small and get the take. That is the word on the street as we move into the latter week of March. Has madness ensued? Not quite but we are getting ripe. Water temps still rising and the fishing is…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 3.12.15

March 12, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, missouri river, Winston Churchill

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report for March 12th 2015. All is well on the Missouri River. Some folks around as we are enjoying a little early spring. Earlier than normal for sure. Guide trips out nearly daily as we move…

Headhunters Fly Shop Missouri River Fishing Report 1.29.15

January 29, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, January Fishing, Nymphing, Weekend Weather

We have been enjoying the weather. Lots of anglers have sen too. IT may change in the near future. Not too extreme though as we move into the Super Bowl weekend. Snow, or chance of snow, predicted for the weekend…

Monday Morning Fishing Report 1.26.15

January 26, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Monday, winter

All kinds of people around this weekend fishing Montana’s Missouri River. A bunch of anglers. Why? The warm weather. Temps in the mid 50’s kept most interested all day long. Saturday the wind let down and remained dead calm most…

Missouri River Montana Winter Fishing Report 1.24.15

January 24, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Montana Madness, Winter Fishing

Nice weekend upon us here in central Montana. Highs in the 40’s & 50’s, winter-time and the livin’ is easy. It may be windy. Highs reaching 54F on Sunday with winds to 20. Good time to step outta the house…

Missouri River New Years Fishing Report 1.2.15

January 2, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

2015, fishing report, missouri river, Polar Plunge

Happy New Year Headhunters. The Missouri River fared well as the Polar Plungers christened the waters once again in Craig @ High Noon starting the year of right! Water temps for the plungers was 34.5F. Oh so cold. The trout…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 12.26.14

December 26, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 12.26.14

Getting to look a lot like Christmas around here. 8″ of snow yesterday and getting colder all weekend long. By the time we get to Monday the daytime temps are cold enough to keep you from the water. Unless, unless…

Missouri River Winter Solstice Fishing Report 12.21.14

December 21, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Solstice, winter

The shortest day of the year. Not a bad day to fish the Missouri River near Craig Montana. The fish gotta eat, even on the shortest day. Terry Armstrong casting a 2 handed rod this last week on the Missouri…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 12.6.14

December 6, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

December, fishing report, missouri river

Spey Clinic today! Fishing today as well. If you are not attending the 1st of our 4 Free Spey Casting/Fishing Clinics you might as well fish. So, what is happening on the river? Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 12.6.14 The…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 11.29.14

November 29, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report

Windy and cold. Some snow too. While there are a few anglers tough enough to come on out on days that make most stay indoors you don’t have to feel bad if you don’t make it out on questionable holiday…

Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report Missouri River Montana

November 20, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

fishing report, Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report Missouri River Montana, missouri river

Fishing is OK. Not great, but not terrible either. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being off the charts the fishing comes in at a 7. A strong 7 though. You could give it another point or two if…

Missouri River Arctic Blast Fishing Report 11.14.14

November 14, 2014

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Arctic Blast, fishing report, November

Got real cold this week. Looks like it will extend through the weekend. So, not much fishing going on here in the Missouri River canyon. Looks like snow today on the somewhat accurate forecast. More accurate than normal. Unfortunately accurate.…

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