Yup, busy here on the MO
Yup, busy here on the MO The quiet season on the Mighty Mo is August. Many of the freestones are fishing well during the late July and August period. The Mo is too, just not at it’s peak. Check out…
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Monday MorningMissouri River Fishing Report August 8th, 2022
Monday MorningMissouri River Fishing Report August 8th, 2022 Flows average at 4100 cfs-ish. Will continue near this mark for. some time. Water temps dipped Saturday and Sunday after the T-Storms and cool-ish mid-weekend cool spell. Currently 67-ish. Trico’s have become…
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UMOWA BOAT RAFFLE
UMOWA BOAT RAFFLE RO Drift Boat Raffle held by Upper Missouri Watershed Association. Tickets available on this link here. 2022 RO LSG 16′ Drift Boat w/ Sawyer Oars and YETI Cooler. $100 ticket / 200 Toal will be sold. Drawing…
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Just Add Vise Clouser Crayfish Tying Video @ Headhunters Fly Shop
Popular fly this time of year. Guides and guests alike are tossing this big fly up front and getting it deep…or shallow. Try one with a tiny mayfly dangling off of his Crayfishy tail. Come in and get the Crayfish…
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Getting Warmer with State River Restrictions
Getting Warmer with State River Restrictions No restrictions here fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Water temps currently peaking at 69F, today. The warmest it has been this year. Will it continue upwards? The forecast for the near future is better as…
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Missouri River August Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River August Fly Fishing Forecast Missouri River August Weather Hot. Super hot. Abnormally hot this past week. Will it continue? The forecasters state that the temps will fall into the 80’s ad 90’s for the next 10 days. The…
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Don’t let the summer pass you by…
Don’t let the summer pass you by… Headed into August and pretty good here on Montana’s Mighty Mo. A great hopper year. Not always a great hopper river. In fact, rarely do the fish respond in the manner they seem…
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Hello late July
Hello late July Good to great dry fly fishing the past 2 months. Will it continue into August? Maybe. The air and water temps climbing with the 100F weather we are having. Not uncommon though. Weeds getting bad. Subsurface really…
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Weekend Fishing Report 7.28.22
Weekend Fishing Report 7.28.22 A nice late July here on the banks of the Missouri River near Craig Montana. Thanks Tim Plaska for the cool Craig Bridge Trico image! Water temps 65F. Dropped a bit this week. Will likely continue…
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Squeeky’s Trico Box
Squeeky’s Trico Box Top row left moving right… Sinky type Trico’s. Glass beads, silver beads, o beads. Sunken Trico Spinners. More sinky flies and an Adams. A couple King’s River Caddis and a spinner or two. Harrop’s Hi-Viz Spinners and…
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Top 5 July Missouri River Fly Fishing Tips
The top 5 Tips to get you through the month of July. Dry Fly fishing is here in force and those who want to step it up can. If you need to go the the next level consider some of…
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Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.22
Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.22 Theo with this nice brown on a PMD recently Welcome to the weekend. So good for som may out there in Headhunters Land. Specifically if you like dry fly fishing to rising trout, or…
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Squeeky’s Top 5 Don’ts of July
Or should it be the bottom 5 don’ts of the month? Your choice. I wrote a blog a few years back of the Top 10 Worst Fly Fishing Products and got a ton of flack about it. So if you…
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Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Kit and Video
Zirdle Bug Just Add Vise Kit and Video Many fish the Zirdle as the top fly on the deep water nymph rig. Emulates crayfish, or just something that resembles food. A popular fly throughout the summer months including July. And,…
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Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.18.22
Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 7.18.22 The update is as follows. The fishing is fantastic in the morning, good in the afternoon, worthwhile in the evening. Those who like to get it done head out early and take advantage of…
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Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video
Dead Flies Don’t Swim fly fishing video from Scumliner Media. Trico’s. We love Trico’s. This filmed many years ago during an epic Trico season. This year? Super Epic Trico Year. Enjoy the video today. We are on the water, early,…
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Water Ups and Downs
Water Ups and Downs We like consistency. So do trout. But, this is what we are currently witnessing. Does not seem to bother those rising trout.
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Friday Foto July Sunshine
Friday Foto July Sunshine Dawn Patrol. Reserved for those who like to rise early. Trico Spinner Falls Daily. Witnessed a few of the most amazing Trico hatches this author has ever seen. Biblical in nature. July. It’s awesome.
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X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video
X Caddis Just Add Vise Tying Video A great fly for many rivers. Including the Missouri in June, July, August, and September. Just those four months. Tie it up and fish it. We like sizes 14, 16, and 18. How…
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Missouri River July Fly Fishing Forecast
Missouri River Mid-July Fly Fishing Forecast Middle of the month and all is well. We have made it through the busiest month of the year, June, and have emerged on the other side with the hope of continued summer hatches…
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Nymph & Dry Fly SALE! Only $1
Nymph & Dry Fly SALE! Only $1 Check out the Nymph & Dry Fly Prices at only $1 Online here. Been selling a ton of nymphs and now you can get in on these fly-tastic dry fly prices here at Headhunters…
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Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 7.11.22
Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 7.11.22 Good to great fishing out there. Nymphers of course rocking them. Dry Fly Anglers are here from far and wide. Not too many stripping, or swinging. If any art all. When the…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image
Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image. It’s gonna be hot this week. Temps reaching the Hi 90’s. Nearly the century mark. Trico’s today from the only daily blog here on Montana’s Missouri River. The Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Enjoy the week…
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Water is up. Cows like water. Fish like water.
Water is up. Cows like water. Fish like water. Water levels up this week. Last week at 4K. This week above 5K. Next week? We think it may fall. Or not. Trico’s have arrived in full. Fish are eating them.…
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UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit
UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit UV Para Ant Fly Tying Kit The ant is a popular fly for the Missouri about 6 months of the year. Those who do not believe in the ant, that is OK.…
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It’s Dry Fly Season! The Headhunter Fly Line
The Headhunter Fly Line Today speaking about the Headhunter Fly Line. A dry fly line designed by Headhunters manufactured by RIO for our dry fly obsessions! It is finally dry fly season here on Montana’s Missouri River. And no better…
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State of Montana’s Missouri River 7.5.22
State of Montana’s Missouri River 7.5.22 Rating? Oh I think a 9. Not overly stuffed today. July 5th. This since was the day that the cork came out. But that month is now June. And July plays second fiddle. Not…
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Happy 4th of July
Happy 4th of July Rain again today. It does make it safer fro they fireworks gang. Although last night was the big one here locally. But I bet it’ll be loud again in Craig on Independence night. Trico’s on the…
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Silly Sunday Scenery July 3rd 2022
Silly Sunday Scenery July 3rd 2022 Rain day here in Craig. Calm. 58F. Dead grey skies. Slow start in a trout town for a family holiday. The air temps coupled with liquid sun will keep the tubers at bay. The…
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Dry Fly Applications w/ SAGE R8 Fly Rod Missouri River Video
Dry Fly Applications w/ SAGE R8 Fly Rod Missouri River Video Great PMD angling. Great Caddis angling. A good time to toss the R8 from Sage. Cool video with Mark at the helm of this one. The R8 Core gives…
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Friday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River 7.1.22
Friday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River 7.1.22 Great fishing this past month. Good nymphing, good dry fly fishing. Flows flat at 4010cfs. Water Temps 59F. PMD’s daily. Spinners show in the morning if no thunderstorms, or heavy wind events. Of…
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Headhunters Fly Shop Reach Cast Video
Headhunters Fly Shop Reach Cast Video Watch this if you want to catch more fish on the Mo. Great PMD fishing the past 2 plus weeks. The caddis are coming in strong. Skittering around en masse yesterday, even on the…
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Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis
Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis Today we show you one of the new Just Add Vise Corn-Fed Caddis Kits from House of Headhunters in downtown Craig. The Corn-Fed Caddis is appropriate for this time of year. It will be one…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 6.27.22
Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 6.27.22 The fishing is good. Lots of anglers here. Flows 4K. Temps 58F. PMD’s daily. Still river wide. Waning in some areas. The remainder will continue for another 4 weeks? Or a bit shorter,…
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Vacation: Dirty Heads Video
Vacation: Dirty Heads Video You don’t like what you are doing…change it. You can control your life. You can choose the outcome. You can. You are in control. You don’t like what you are doing? Change it. For all the…
Read More5 Tips for Late June Fishing Montana’s Missouri River
5 Tips for Late June Fishing Montana’s Missouri River June is a favorite month of dry fly anglers and nymphers alike. Great PMD hatches with daily opportunities for casting dries at feeding trout and bobbering a few up with Frenchie’s…
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Wednesday Updated Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River
Wednesday Updated Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River Glows falling to 5K cfs today, and soon flows at 4100cfs. The rain didi not change things much here. LPP is flowing clean and low. The Dearborn is the dame with flows at…
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Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise
Buzzball Fly Tying Just Add Vise A great fly for the Mo. Squeeky’s favorite summertime pattern. Been tossing it the past couple weeks. A good time for sure. It is not red hot, yet. It will be. No wing profile…
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Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 6.20.22
Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 6.20.22 Raining hard here today. Expecting an inch. That is a bunch. Will the two trips blow out? The Dearborn and Little Prickly Pear? Probably. Will it damage the fishing here? Ohh, maybe…
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Happy Fathers Day from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana
Happy Fathers Day from Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana This trout caught this past week was a warrior. Happy Fathers Day to all of you Old Warriors. Young ones too. Fathers help us all the way through life. We…
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Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition
Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition Kelley caught this on a PMD Spinner. Also successes on the PMD Cripple. And, the Buzzball. Flows good today. Falling to 6300 cfs. Father’s Day coming up tomorrow. Take your dad fishing! All…
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Weekend Update Mo River Fishing Report House of Headhunters
Weekend Update Mo River Fishing Report House of Headhunters River at 8740cfs. Historically pretty average. But, up from the scant 3K cfs flows we were staring at for the remained of 2022. We will take it. The last storm, in…
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5 Tips for Missouri River Mid June
5 Tips for Missouri River Mid June Yes there is dry fly fishing. Not all day long yet, but that is coming. Missouri River water flows are fluctuating between 5K and 7.5K. Will we see lower flows? Oh yes, soon.…
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Headhunters Fly Shop June 15th Missouri River Fishing Report
Headhunters Fly Shop June 15th Missouri River Fishing Report Water levels coming up. Looks like 6390cfs today. Will it go higher? We don’t think so, but we did not see the current affairs looking quite like they have in Montana…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Ashley Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Ashley Edition Ashley with this fate Rainbow this past week. er first trip to the Mo. Not her last. She stung several on a nymph rig and one beauty on a PMD dry. Fantastic. See you…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Water Flow Update
Monday Morning Missouri River Water Flow Update Lots of speculation about the water flows, our winter, projected low flows, the rainy and cooler than normal June, and… Just spoke with Stephanie Micek of the Montana Office Bureau of Reclamation/Department of…
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Seeking Perfection
Seeking Perfection John Gryzbek Thanks John G for submitting. I have read it several times and it is sinking in. This author is really enjoying the words here in this poem. Very nice. “Good drifts near fish”… words from an…
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Water Flows for our resources here in Central Montana
Water Flows for our resources here in Central Montana The Mighty Mo has dropped. A testing op. at the dam gave us this hiccup. Not extra water from Canyon Ferry Reservoir. Nope. Best case scenario is filling the lake to…
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Mid June Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report
Mid June Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report Only the hits for this weekend update fishing report from Headhunters of Craig Montana. Make sure you swing in while in Downton Craig open daily. Flows 4750cfs Water temps 53-56F PMD’s. Yup. The…
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Just Add Vise Tying Video Rusty Spinner
Just Add Vise Tying Video Rusty Spinner A great fly for the month ahead. The Rusty Spinner has long been called the Secret Fly of the Mo. This will get some of the tougher fish on the river, the Missouri…
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PMD’s, the next couple weeks, and a Covid Update
PMD’s, the next couple weeks, and a Covid Update Pale Morning Duns PMD’s this week big time. Not the big hatch yet, but very close. The PMD weather has been perfect though. High humidity of us at 79% this am.…
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June is Good
June is Good The classic If you know, you know. And, if you don’t? Keep reading this blog. We’ll let you in on a few secrets. June is Good.
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10 Questions with Chef John of Izaak’s
10 Questions with Chef John of Izaak’s Izaak’s Restaurant of Craig Montana is open for business this summer. The familiar full parking lot with smoke wafting from the large box smoker out back along with Scotty behind the bar crafting…
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Montana Reds Food Truck in Craig
Montana Reds Food Truck in Craig A new Burger option in downtown Craig with Montana Reds Food Truck Great house made burgers including the Mushroom Burger, the BBQ Bacon Burger, basic Cheeseburger, and the flagship Poblano Pepper Burger. Fresh Cut…
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PMD Forecast June 2022 Missouri River Montana
PMD Forecast June 2022 Missouri River Montana Lots of folks in with questions about the Pale Morning Dun. Our answer? Yes, that can be a tough one out there. And then sometimes, easy. But mostly in the middle of those…
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