Craiglandia Gunfight T-Shirt
Craiglandia Gunfight T-Shirt Order this fella up on at the Online Store, or come int he shop for this and more Headhunters Log Gear. This one spun up by Headhunters own John Arnold. So if you like one off, one…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19
Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19 Trico’s. Daily hatches grace us for the remainder of the month and the entirety of August, and some of September. PMD’s still a factor. Get some today! Spinners rule the day, during the…
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Robbing Banks all whacked on the Scooby Snacks
Robbing Banks all whacked on the Scooby Snacks When I sing this tune out loud, or whistle it in the boat I am picturing the fishing connotations… Of Brown Trout Robbing Banks of Spent caddis, all whacked on the Scooby…
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Silly Saturday Scenery
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Silly Saturday Scenery Dry Fly Paul The Taylor party long with the Sweeney’s just fished with us on their 20th year to the Mo. 12 years with HH. Since day one. The Taylors were one of the first booked under…
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Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th
Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th Fishing this weekend will be good. Trico’s in some sort of fashion, PMD’s, Caddis, Brown Drakes, occasional Pseudo’s, and Sally’s should keep you busy fielding dry fly opportunities. The upper river is great…
Read MoreThursday Steve Martin Bit The Tonight Show
Thursday Steve Martin Bit The Tonight Show Most of our brains are shot from the Dry Fly Bit that has been consuming us for the past month. IT’s been good. PMD’s and Caddis have littered the water almost every day.…
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Wednesday Workshop July Dry Fly Tips
Wednesday Workshop July Dry Fly Tips Do: Make the initial attack cleanly. Surgical. Stealthily. Fish are spooky and if they know the enemy is near, they certainly are not as excited to gobble up you’re offering. Don’t: Rush in there…
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Monday July 15th Missouri River Fishing Report
Monday July 15th Missouri River Fishing Report Flows are great. Nearly 6K allows for good to great dry fly app’s near banks and on dry fly flats. Water Temps just above 60F. Good. If we can sneak out of this…
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Friday Future Fly Fishers Matthew Edition
Friday Future Fly Fishers Matthew Edition Good on you Mathew. Great fish on the Missouri River. And he got it done with the dry fly. Men, those of you who think that you are not ready for the dry fly,…
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Headhunters Mo River Weekend Fishing Report
Headhunters Mo River Weekend Fishing Report Oh boy. It is good. It is peak season. We are having a ball in Craig Montana and fishing the Missouri River. Here is your Headhunters Mo River Weekend Fishing Report. Flows: Mid 5K’s. Perfect.…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Reba Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Reba Edition Reba and Cy were out this past week. Fished with HH Lead Guide Ben Hardy and wrecked ’em. But only on dry flies. Reba caught several nice ones during the two days with hubby…
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Monday Missouri River July 8th Fishing Report
Monday Missouri River July 8th Fishing Report The weekend is over. Lots of folks around on Saturday, fewer yesterday. About the same traffic for the remainder of the month. Then we will see you for August 2019 which will be…
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710 Ashbury Tonight in Craig!
710 Ashbury Tonight in Craig! Come on down tonight to Craig Montana Izaak’s Log Jam to see The Sleeping Giants and 710 Ashbury 420 til 1030. Enjoy the jam along with an outdoor bar, BBQ items, and dancing in the…
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Friday July 5th Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report
Friday July 5th Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report & Forecast Fishing is fantastic here on the Mo. The best water levels, water temps, hatch timing, dry fly opportunities, Craig Montana vibe, outdoor music, and fishing in some years for the…
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Headhunters Fly Shop 4th of July Celebration
Headhunters Fly Shop 4th of July Celebration We love the 4th of July. America’s Birthday falls right in the middle of the summer. Long days, long nights, fireworks in Craig, and a fun time had by all. A great family…
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Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report
Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report Hooray! July has arrived. All good here in downtown Craig Montana and the river is fishing well. PMD’s rule the day. And the night. Spinner falls can happen anytime during the day…
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Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video
Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video PMD mania. Good caddis. Brown Drakes this week maybe. Trico’s in a couple weeks. Terrestrials beyond that. A pretty good looking next month. Watch this video. Then call 406-235-3447 to book your late July and…
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Saturday Scenery Dry Fly Brown Trout
Saturday Scenery Dry Fly Brown Trout George Caudle with this dry fly brown trout fishing with HH Guide Lindsey Channel. Nice work. Long timers George and Randy are getting it done this week. Dry Fly Mania. Enjoy your weekend.
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Friday Foto June 28th Missouri River Fishing Report
Friday Foto June 28th Missouri River Fishing Report Great dry fly fishing this past week. Will continue for the foreseeable future. It’s damn good. Hot PMD stages include the proverbial Cripple, Emerger, & Spinner. Have witnessed some dun eaters, and…
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Headhunters Fly Shop New Craiglandia T Shirt
Headhunters Fly Shop New Craiglandia T Shirt This in store now from Scumliner Media comes this cool new LongSleeve T from Headhunters of Craig. Yes, made in house by John. Get yours today when you stop in for the best…
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Monday June 24th Missouri River Fishing Report
Monday June 24th Missouri River Fishing Report All good here in Craig MT. PMD’s coming off daily. Caddis coming on strong. More every day. Look to the caddis for late afternoon or evening success. Thunderstorms possible every afternoon. Be prepared.…
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Future Fly Fishers Kendra Edition
Future Fly Fishers Kendra Edition Sunday here in Downtown Craig Montana. We bring you today on this daily blog Future Fly Fishers Kendra Edition. Yep, Kendra got this one, this brown, on a dry fly. Pretty awesome Kendra. You are making…
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Tonight! UMOWA Annual Rendezvous June 22nd in downtown Craig MT
Tonight! UMOWA Annual Rendezvous June 22nd in downtown Craig MT Tonight! Plan to attend the Upper Missouri River Watershed Alliance Annual Rendezvous, Tonight! Saturday June 22nd. BBQ, beer, wine, silent auction items, a Missouri River update, and what is happening…
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It happened one day in June
It happened one day in June It is on. Day one of the PMD hatch has happened. Mark it in the calendar for June 20, 2019. Historically about, or around the 12th. But, what does history mean. So, we are…
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Wednesday Missouri River Observations
Wednesday Missouri River Observations Flows at 6K. The reservoir is 97.9% full. At 97% the Core of Engineers takes over water flows, or eat least they own that final 3% of capacity. Check out the gauge here. Wade fishing is…
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Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 6.17.19
Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 6.17.19 Well into the summer swing here fishing the Missouri River near Craig Montana. Today we again bring you the most, and really only, updated Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 6.17.19. Fishing is good.…
Read MoreFloat On Modest Mouse Video
Float On Modest Mouse Video Sunday and all is well. Happy Father’s Day to all you Father’s out there. Father’s are special. We need Dad man. They are part of most pregnancies. And kids. Thanks you to you Dads out…
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Pale Morning Dun Nymphs
Pale Morning Dun Nymphs Here are a few for you consideration. These and more at Headhunters in downtown Craig Montana. 7wt has selected an un-matched selection of PMD patterns for 2019. Nymphs, duns, emergers, cripples, spinners, half-duns, trapped duns… All…
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Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19
Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19 All is well here Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19. Summer has descended upon us, finally. Warm daytime temps with warm nighttime temps leave us feeling warm! We love it. Today is Flag…
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Tuesday Top 10 Missouri River Hits
Tuesday Top 10 Missouri River Hits River fishing well. Day 1 of the PMD hatch was yesterday. A good day. More to come. River flows 6230cfs. Not below 6K. Good wade fish access. Good times. River temps 54+ Rising and…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Diane June Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Diane June Edition June 10th. All is well. Diane was on the Mo again with confidant Len. He rows too. Diane fishes. Clearly obvious from the photo above. Thanks Diane and Len for visiting us this…
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Silly Sunday Scenery
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.…
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710 Ashbury July 6th Izaak’s Log Jam
710 Ashbury July 6th Izaak’s Log Jam Yes indeed. Summer is upon us and we look toward sunny skies, dry fly fishing, a nd jam bands! 710 Ashbury headed out to Craig on July 6th 420pm to dance the night…
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Dry Fly Action Tye Habel with this nice larger rainbow on an X-Caddis. Yes, dry fly action has arrived. Riverwide? Daily? All day long? Blanket hatches? No. But enough to keep you busy for an afternoon. Here and…
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Hump Day June Water Flow Projections
Hump Day June Water Flow Projections Dropping flows Thursday to below 6K. 5800 is the cubic feet/second forecast. Rain this weekend. But the weather guy is balking a bit as we near the hallowed days off. I predict lower than…
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Missouri River Early June Projection
Missouri River Early June Projection Headhunters Fly Shop, your Missouri River information pipeline, brings you the projections for June. Some guesses and coin tosses as well. Mother Nature drives the bus, so we can only speculate what will really happen,…
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Comprehensive Monday Missouri River June 3rd Fishing Report
Comprehensive Monday Missouri River June 3rd Fishing Report The water is falling. The water is falling. Let’s hope they, the water managers, are not crying wolf. Scheduled to drop below 6K this morning. That is good for the wade fish…
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Silly Sunday Scenery Smoky Skies
Silly Sunday Scenery Smoky Skies Yes, the smoke from fires to the North of us have already smoked our skies. But, we hope it will blow right on out of here. It does blow here you know. Jared and Max…
Read MoreSaturday Superstitious Stevei Wonder Soul Train
Saturday Superstitious Stevei Wonder Soul Train I’d give up half of my casting skills to dance like anyone of those cats on Soul Train. Instead of practicing casting, I may have to play the music lower, in the mornings while…
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Friday Foto Last of May
Friday Foto Last of May A few more days of mud. The Dearborn is falling rapidly. Nearing 2000cfs press time Friday evening. Fishable by the front end of next week. You may want to float it. You certainly want to…
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Headhunters Sub-Surface School Sept 26-30 2019
Headhunters Sub-Surface School Sept 26-30 2019 Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service announcing the Headhunters Sub-Surface School Sept 26-30 2019. A great way to climb your way into the cellar with techniques, tools, and lessons regarding all things sub-surface. Nymphing secrets,…
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Tuesday Missouri River Water Update
Tuesday Missouri River Water Update She’s coming out of the Dearborn River and Little Prickly Pear pretty quickly! The Dearborn peaked yesterday at 5000+ cfs. It is falling rapidly, and may shake out this week. Although we are gonna have…
Read MoreMemorial Day 2019
Memorial Day 2019 We remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. We have always honored our veterans and active duty soldiers in all military branches. Headhunters includes veterans and active duty soldiers in our annual giving regimen. But…
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River Nomad Vid Sunday Holiday Weekend
River Nomad Vid Sunday River Nomad cool vid from Pat Clayton and John Arnold. Visit Pat Clayton at his new gallery in Philipsburg Montana. A must see in the small Montana mountain ‘burb. Let him know we sent you. http://fisheyeguyphotography.com…
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Summer is Coming Game of Thrones T’s
Summer is Coming Game of Thrones T’s If you are a fan, you gotta have this T from House of Headhunters! Game of Thrones is a hot topic, and so is this Headhunters only apparel. Order yourself and your friends…
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Thursday Fishing Report from the Gang @ Headhunters of Craig
Thursday Fishing Report from the Gang @ Headhunters of Craig Great weekend ahead of us here in downtown Craig Montana on the banks of the Missouri River. Sunshine, and warmer temps. That is what we are praying for here! A…
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The Mid May Missouri River Water Update
The Mid May Missouri River Water Update Spoke with Stephanie Micek of DNRC yesterday morning. She said about 7K-8K for the remainder of the month. Unless something like rain, snow, or sun, or warm nights etc…happens. The lake level is…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy
New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy Betsy graces the pages of the Headhunters Blog once again. It may be her third appearance. Or fourth. I believe there will be more to come! Thanks Betsy for catching the only brown trout of…
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Craig Caddis Fest and BBQ Cook-Off Saturday May 18th
Craig Caddis Fest and BBQ Cook-Off Saturday May 18th Pretty stoked for our annual Fundraiser for the Fire Department this coming Saturday May 18th! We will see you in Craig! 13thAnnual Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off Saturday May 18th …
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Monday Fishing Report
Monday Fishing Report A short and sweet Monday afternoon fishing report for m the info source here on the banks of the Missouri River Montana. Kelly Waring with this beautiful Brown Trout fishing with Guide Brett Matula. You rule, New…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day A day late? Most Mom’s are familiar with this behavior. Yes. I know mine is. My wife and I did send flowers on time. But this post is belated. We love Mom’s. Mom’s are the reason that…
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Silly Saturday Scenery
Silly Saturday Scenery Sunny too. Today mid 70’s. Tomorrow Mother’s Day mid 80’s. Love it. Happy early Mother’s Day. Have a great day today and tomorrow. We are. It’s sunny. Nicest day this year. Until tomorrow.
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Future Fly Fishers Mo River Style
Future Fly Fishers Mo River Style This family can fish. Regan, Addison, and Claire fished with Braden, Lindsey and Ben this past week. All caught fish, all caught big fish, all learned, all had fun. Three generations of the Mullally…
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Wednesday Workshop
Wednesday Workshop Several, maybe 20, tips for the week and weekend ahead. Some rain, maybe some snow NO!!, some sunshine, and lower waters? Maybe. A soft week on the river as many are hungover from the April Spring Specials. Out…
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Smith River Comment Period Ending May 10th
Smith River Comment Period Ending May 10th If you care about the Smith River, Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) needs to hear from you. Until May 10, 2019, the DEQ is accepting comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement…
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Monday, May, Neil Young, and Harvest Moon
Monday, May, Neil Young, and Harvest Moon Dull, dreary, Monday, May, Neil Young, and Harvest Moon. The harvest moon is later in the year. A true harvest moon comes near the autumnal equinox. I worked in agriculture in my teen…
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