Trout on the Mo. Tons of Rainbows and some Brown Trout too. Spring seems to have arrived along with variable weather patterns. Sunny and nearly 70F last week. Snow and rain and wind and such, this week. Springtime in Montana…
Cold and snowy here @ Montana’s Missouri River. Although we have seen several anglers out there. Bearing it. Grinning? Pretty good out there. Kinda got the place to yourself. Put in late. Stay out til you are cold. Smile.
Silly Sunday Scenery Not snowing currently. This image from stock files. But, it is still winter like here in the canyon. A brief 50F event tomorrow then fading a bit into the 40’s for the week ahead. Springlike weather on…
Wolf Creek Bridge, in the snow. We hope it no blow, no Mo. Sunday, today. February is short, hooray! Tie midge flies, if you wish. Because soon trout will steadily rise, and we will dry fly fish.
Silly Sunday Scenery Gorgeous. Snow on a Sunday morning. Bring more snow and winter please Mother Nature. We need it for the summer ahead. We all need it. Looks like fishable weather as we look forward to this holiday week. Not…
Howling again on Sunday. Today. Blowing over 20mph. Blowing pretty hard. Overcast though. That helps, or the chop on the water helps?!?! Those trout out there look real, real, healthy. Big dogs. Get in on some of the fatty bows…
Silly Summer Sunday Scenery John Ewing casting at a few risers. Trico time here on the Mo. Less though. IT is waning, but still productive hours before the lunch bell. Summer here on the Mo. Autumn in our sights. We…
Silly Sunday Scenery Dearborn falling to 318cfs today. We are nearing the end of flatablilty. Maybe the remainder of the week though. Look us up for flies, shuttles, and info! Tomorrow is Monday. PMD’s will be on the menu.
Silly Sunday Scenery Sunny again today on our river. Rain this last couple days. Good for the river, good for the countryside. Good for you? Yep. Fish in the river. Good ones too. Eating dry flies. A few of them.…
St. Patty’s Say Silly Sunday Scenery The cork came out of the bottle yesterday. 25 plus boats on the water. Wade fishermen too. Today? Not as many as some are celebrating St Pat’s Day. Corned Beef tonight for sure. Fishing…
Silly Sunday Scenery Winter does not want to relinquish its grasp. So we must fantasize about warmer, longer, dry fly days ahead. Check out the family out wandering this Trico spinner fall flat just under the dam in late July.…
Silly Sunday Scenery Blackfoot River Sunday morning. Image shot from Scotty Brown Bridge. Temperature 13F. Still winter on the westside too. But, air temps in Craig 47F today. Getting warmer all week long reaching the low 50’s. A couple dozen…
Silly Sunday Scenery New Breed Version So many good looking gals with trout this last week we have to populate our blog with both women and trout. We have enough pics of you sir. No harm intended at all. But…
2017 Craig Caddis Festival Wrap Up Last Saturday, Craig hosted the 11th Annual Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off. This year, the weather cooperated (it only poured rain for a little bit) and the turnout was great! The official count…
Headhunters Guide Max Mattioli rocking the upper river with a guest Saturday. Sun and some wind and some trout. The week ahead looks like unseasonably warm weather again. Light winds too. Come out and fish. If you wish! February is…
Relax today. Tomorrow back to work. The river is nice and slow. The cold spell has dissipated. Now sunny blue skies for the near and long term future. Chat with your family and friends and get that summer 2016 trip…
November 1st. A good month. Nobody around. Rising fish. Craig Ghost Town. Just drift boats and out of work guides. Perfect. Above is Darcy Richardson of Fernie B.C. He and his brother Darren see us annually after Darcy has finished…
Windy this morning here on the Missouri. Then high sun has kept some of the anglers at bay. Been pretty quiet on the river. Still some late season holdout Trico’s around and giving some fisher dudes dry fly opportunities. Enjoy…
A nice shot of Mountain Palace. I haven’t posted one this last week have I? A pic of MP, my favorite formation on the Mo, near here, in central Montana. Mountain Palace brought to you today by Headhunters Fly Shop…
More snow over the weekend. We may be catching up for the unseasonable weather leading up to today. Oh, save for the two periods with high temps topping out below zero. While we may not stay for long this weekend…
Snow on the ground. More snow last night. More snow today. Then it gets cold. Subzero man. Happy Holidays. There are a bundle of folks wandering around. Meaning more than 10, less than 20. Stop in the only fly shop…
Casting clinic yesterday at Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service. Lots of folks casting, a ton of fellowship, and some fish were caught too. Guide trips out today while the weather is cooperating. A few boats on the water using…
A few years back we got flack for posting a banner image during construction of the bridge that followed this bridge. But since this bridge is gone, history, in the archives…I wonder if we will get beef from folks who…
Looking for the rise form. Eric Mondragon and angler Dave out for a day of fly fishing on Montana’s Missouri River. The fall is a good time to get out. Are you going to get out another time before we…
Silly Sunday Scenery and Imagery from Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service in Craig Montana. Good times here in the late summer of 2014. Call today for the best in guides this fall. Still lots of good fishing to be…
I think Brett sees a Unidentified Flying Object. Or he thinks he does. Or Just some Trico’s. Or just too many days guiding. Great mornings here on the Mighty Missouri . We dig August because of the the light pressure,…
We like Mayflies. The Missouri River has Mayflies. Lots of them. Happy Sunday. Great get together yesterday honoring Fly Fishing Legend Bob Lay. Today, the fishing goes on. All things flow down river. All of them.