2 Must Have Fly Fishing Items The only two I gotta have with me at all times. The Ketchum Release is #1. Use it to keep fish handling to a minimum. If you have it attached to your net, you…
Summertime on the Mo Early mornings always sound like a great idea late night at the bar. The best way to shake that fog is to get on the water early. Some of my worst mornings have been immediately cured…
Montana Fishing Film Festival 2018 Once again Matt Devlin brings the Montana Fishing Film Festival 2018 rolls through Montana. Check out the show in Helena March 3rd 730 @ Grandstreet Theater. Head on out and enjoy an evening of thrilling…
UMOWA plans Streambank Restoration @ Prickly Pear Ed Note: This just in from UMOWA. Their first stream bank project on the Missouri River. Progress from our local watershed group. Congrats. Look forward to seeing more projects like these here on…
Friday Foto Shotgun Annie’s of Wolf Creek. The winter eatery in the canyon. Stop in and say hello, order a round, and enjoy a burger. Summertime too. Snow here this weekend. Nice today, mid 30’s. Winter returns Saturday. Enjoy your…
Mid February Missouri River Fishing Report The short and cold version of the Fishing Mid February Missouri River Fishing Report. It’s cold out there. And in the water. 34F water temp. Somedays the air temp crawls over the water temp. Some…
Caddis Fest ’18 Poster Art Contest Get those paintbrushes out and create some art of the annual Caddis Fest ’18 Poster Art Contest. Taking art submissions until April 1st. Send to mark@headhuntersflyshop.com and/or lynn@lynnkenyon.com. Got a few in the bag already…
HH Guide Max Mattioli catches New Zealand Eel Max checks in from New Zealand where he and fellow HH guide Brett Matula are fishing their way around that fishy country. Max on his first visit with Brett making his second journey…
Craig Montana Winter Best snow February in some time. It’s stark. Craig Montana Winter. Nothin’ happening right now. Phones ringing at the store. Booking ’18 Spring Special Trips, a bunch of summer, and a few fall… It’s stark out there.
How to Avoid Twist and Memory of a Fly Line Video From RIO this informative video about How to Avoid Twist and Memory of a Fly Line Video. I don’t see this everyday but when I do it is trouble. A…
SpaceX: Falcon Heavy Launch Video If you have not seen this… It is awesome. The re-entry and landing of the booster rockets is simply amazing. Next seasons fly rod tech may come from SpaceX? Maybe?
Headhunters Weekend Trout Spey Clinic Cancelled. New Dates Feb 17, 18 The Trout Spey Gang at Headhunters has called off the weekend 10th ad 11th free clinic. Too cold, too snowy, too shitty for fun learning. And not all the…
Montana’s Winter Storm Dumping right now as I write this Winter Storm Blog Thursday morning in Cascade Montana. Weather Underground says…snow expected, possibly heavy at times. Total snow accumulations of 2-5 inches are expected, with 8-16 inches expected in the…
SIMMS G3 Guide Wading Boots Simms with a change in the G3 Guide Wading Boot this year. Cooler, tougher, leading the trend of wading boots that wear more like a shoe than a cumbersome boot of of yesteryear. I am…
Saturday Snow. Haiku too. The cold enveloped me as I walked out of the shop while the snow battered my face taking this image Saturday about noonish. This haiku was blown, and stalled cracklin’, on my rear leg. Another 9…
RIO Nymphing Leader The next 4 months you may need something like this on the end of your fly line. Nymphing Leader? Why should I rock a nymphing leader you day. Can’t I just use a regular tapered leader, something…
February Top 5 Not my favorite month. Not too much going on. Slow. My February Top 5 below this Thursday February 1st. Midges may happen mid month. That is a breath of fresh air. Lends itself to spring thoughts. Already…
Hump Day Fishing Report 1.31.18 Good times out there coasting into the beginnings of February. January is water under the bridge. Hooray. One day closer to spring. Bring loads of snow to the hills in February please. We could use…
ECHO TR2 Trout Spey Rod Video Our #1 favorite Trout Spey Rod. Our #1 selling Trout Spey Rod. It could be your #1 Trout Spey Rod. Give us a call and get one in the mail today. Or swing into…
F3T Helena MT Grandstreet Theater Tuesday Nite Great Falls had the IF4 Friday nite and this coming Tuesday you can see another fishing film tour roll through Helena with the F3T. Check out the trailers here and enjoy the evening…
March SPEY CASTING Madness We are launching our March SPEY CASTING Madness schedule today on the Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service Blog. March 23rd, 24th, and 25th with 3 spey clinics raising the bar on your Spey Game! It…
Friday Fog Foto Craig Bar Lite snow this weekend. Cloudy too. Might be a nice weekend to step out to the Mo. If you live anywhere else around the American neighborhood fishing may not be on your schedule. If it…
IF4 Film Fest in GF Friday nite in Great Falls 730pm. The Do Bar. Go check it. They serve beer and cocktails there. So pretty fun. With fishing videos too. Enjoy! A trailer for met ’18 show. Focus.
Summer Foreshadowing Just the 24th of January today. We have more than our toe dipped into the proverbial year, more like our ankle has entered the water. We are just beginning. And having that ankle submerged made me think of…
SIMMS Challenger Pull On Boots They are here. They have arrived. SIMMS Challenger Pull On Boots in the 14″ length are in store today. These will be popular with the boat only crew. Never put on waders? Sounds damn good…
Late January Missouri River Fishing Report Mid Winter check on Montana’s Missouri River as we today give you the Late January Missouri River Fishing Report from your information source Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Facts fill the fishing report…
High And Dry @ Headhunters Fly Shop If you spill this on your shirt, it won’t stain it for life. And, it floats your flies…High and Dry. Damn fine products. Available @ Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig. Stock up on…
One Month ’til Midges? Spending the week in Western Washington as the hard rain has got me thinking…One Month ’til Midges? I did not start out with this exact thought. It started with the hard rain, and being thankful that it…
Orvis Helios 3 Video This is a really great rod. Whether you want the distance (D) version or the feel (F) version you will be overjoyed with either. Popular with fishing guides, shop staff, and the you alike, this rod…
Summer Dreams Variable weather here in Montana. This weekend warm and windy. Last week, hyper-cold and snowy. The week ahead? Looks like more snow, and some variable weather patterns too. What I do know about summer, is…more consistency. And warmer…
Classic 3 Door Suburban Would love to have one of these classic 3 door ’68-’72 Chevy Suburbans. There is one in Great Falls. It used to be parked at the Dearborn boat ramp as the folks that had it at…
Friday Foto Mountain Palace Winter Real cold today. Lots of snow falling. Quite a bit overnight. Looks OK for the weekend. Much warmer temps. Maybe fishable. If you deem it fishable, stop in the shop. We have hot coffee. Unless…
How to Tie a Soft Hackle with Hans Today a soft hackle video with Hans S of the South Dakota Angler. We used to post a quite a few vids from Hans. A good tier. If you are in the…
How to interpret water data or Realism: A sport most anglers want nothing of. The case in point today revolves around a couple charts that we see most often used by bloggers like HH and beyond. Below is an article…
Tuesday January 9th Missouri River Fishing Report No dry fly action. Warm and windy here for the last several days with winter coming to greet us yet again this evening. More snow in the forecast. We love it. Bring more.…
Silly Sunday Melting Snow Scenery You have 3 more days, including today to get out tree and enjoy the river before we slip back into a winter pattern. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Then January brings winter in with snow an scooper…
Montana Boat Builders Jason Cajune Video These truly are the most beautiful boats you will see on the river. Sara has one she bought second hand a few years ago, the skiff model. Super killer. A great sneak boat. I…
Friday Foto Warming here in Craig. Shelf ice around, but navigable. Check the boat ramps before doing anything too stupid. Come by the shop get a shuttle, fill the voids in your fly box, check out our Just Add Vise…
White Snow, White Flies. And Pink. A few white flies to get you into the weekend here on the Montana’s Missouri River. The recent warm spell has got us pretty stoked. Water temps are still frigid but the air temps…
Missouri River Winter-Spring Info Sheet 2nd day of the year here in downtown Craig as we take a look at the future. The past is so last year. Still damn cold here thru today but it will crack the freezing…
Happy New Year 2018! Happy New Year to all of the Missouri River lovers out there! Happy New Year. Is this the year that you spend some time on the Mighty Mo, living out your dry fly dreams? Bring it…
A great film trailer today about coral conservation. Chasing Coral is dramatic. I will be watching it today on Netflix. Beats shoveling snow here in central Montana with outdoor temps currently at -12F. Got a couple more inches of snow…
It’s cold. Think warm thoughts. I think it got to 10F. No wind though. Clear and bright. No wind though. We are in the treading water stage of the winter. It’s stale. Watched Hitchcock’s Rear Window last night. Wow! Great flick.…
Montana Fly Shop Strong Another cool video Fly Shop Strong Montana Edition today on the Headhunters Blog. John takes part in this edition as Tim Rajeff wanders through Montana visiting ECHo dealers reminding us of why we love homegrown fly…
Merry Christmas from Headhunters of Craig Montana Merry Christmas from Headhunters to all of you. We appreciate you all year long and we are all thankful for you and your families. Enjoy this time with your friends and families. Be…
One of the great John Cusack Quotes What do you want to do? Are you doing it? Did you have a crossroads decision at one point? We all did. This is a fantastic scene with John Cusack in Say Anything…
Friday Sno-Foto Cold in Montana. Snowing at press time this morning at 133am. More on the way. We like snow. The bitter cold? Not so much. -11F is cold, along with the wind. Happy Friday. Heading into the holiday weekend.…
Winter Solstice. Fly Fishing To Do List. December. Super cold, super snowy, all locked up here in Montana. Winter Solstice is here today. We really do not like the deep of winter too much. We truly like the summer solstice…
Three fly fishing loop knots, how to tie them, how to join them We use these knots everyday. Super important if you are in the Trout Spey game. You’ll need these. Tons of snow on the ground here. More to…
3 for Winter from SIMMS 3 for Winter from SIMMS. We are fishing all 12 months here on Montana’s Missouri River. We like to be warm and protected from the elements.So we give you these 3 terrific items from SMMS…
Coming home is so very sweet! Out of town for a spell and returned home yesterday. Spent the time away in sunny Hawaii. Pretty nice and quite entertaining. Fished with my bro’ Marty Thomas, my wife Danielle, and Mike Hennessey.…
A shot from yesterday to give you an idea of what it looks like ‘round here. As you can see, you won’t need your snowshoes. I call this photo “Silly Saturday Scenery” and dedicate it to Mark Raisler. FISHING REPORT…
There are a few critical components of a Spey cast that I like to emphasize in our trout Spey clinics, because they are the keys to troubleshooting when your cast heads south. Clinics, demonstrations, books and YouTube are all great…