Missouri River Fly Fishing Report - Page 34 of 62

A few Monday tips for higher water! So we have some spring time higher water here fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Some of the other rivers in the state must be coming back into shape, or not, as we move into…

Fly Fishing in Craig
We’re live and Missouri River fly fishing in Craig with Simms Fishing Products and Headhunters Flyshop.
Posted by Visit Montana on Friday, May 19, 2017

Live Fishing With Mark Raisler and Visit Montana

May 21, 2017

Fly Fishing Video

missouri river, SIMMS, Spring Fishing, video

Fly Fishing in CraigWe’re live and Missouri River fly fishing in Craig with Simms Fishing Products and Headhunters Flyshop.Posted by Visit Montana on Friday, May 19, 2017Live Fishing With Mark Raisler and Visit Montana A few days ago, Mark Raisler…

Craig Caddis Festival Today!

May 20, 2017

Area Attractions, Headhunters Life

Caddis Festival, Craiglandia, team Headhunters

Join us today for the 11th Annual Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook Off! This event benefits the Craig Volunteer Fire Department and is always a great time. The event is fun for the whole family! Food, drink, kids events,…

Darrell, Carla, and Barley

May 19, 2017

Headhunters Life, New Breed Chicks

Brown Trout, Craiglandia, New Breed Chicks, Spring Fishing

Darrell, Carla, and Barley Darrell, Carla, and Barley stayed in our Brown Trout Cabin this past week over their anniversary while they fished the Missouri River. We love getting the chance to share our knowledge of the river with awesome folks…

New Breed Chicks Rule Faith Edition

May 18, 2017

New Breed Chicks, New Breed Chicks Rule, Spring Fishing

New Breed Chicks Rule Faith Edition Faith recently caught this nice rainbow on the Missouri River. Faith is rocking the local Carroll College colors. Her outfit matches her rainbow trout! We see a lot of students from Carroll enjoying their…

Missouri River Bugs – May 2017

May 16, 2017

Bugs

Bugs, flies, fly fishing technique, Nymphs

This week, we collected bugs on the lower river between Pelican Point and Cascade. Today we are going to talk about what Missouri River bugs we found and how to best imitate them during periods of higher flow. The Usual…

Meet Patrick and Nick!

May 15, 2017

team Headhunters

Meet Patrick and Nick! Patrick and Nick are two new members of the Headhunters Team for the 2017 season. Derek and Jared have also joined the team. We will feature Derek and Jared on the blog soon. You will meet…

Happy Mother’s Day!

May 14, 2017

Happy Mother's Day!, Mom's Rule!

Happy Mother’s Day! To all the Mom’s out there we salute you. This is a New Breed Chicks Rule Mother’s Post today on the Headhunters Blog where we love all women fly fishers! You are the glue that holds many…

2017 MF3 Film Teaser. In Helena Friday May 19th!

May 14, 2017

Helena, MAtt Devlin, PMD Productions

2017 MF3 Film Teaser. In Helena Friday May 19th! Matt Devlin rolls out his annual Montana Fishing Film Festival this Friday night in Helena Montana. Doors open at 7pm Grandstreet Theater. Lots of fun, swag, fly fishing films, and the…

Higher Ground Missouri River Water Rising

May 13, 2017

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Craig Caddis Festival, high water nymphing, missouri river, Nymphing, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Water LEvels

Higher Ground. Missouri River Water Rising Coming up today, this morning (order not shown) to nearly 8000 cfs and tomorrow morning to the 8500 cfs range. Yep spring in Montana with some snow in the hills. I predicted it would…

Friday Foto Missouri River Net Job & Weekend Tips!

May 12, 2017

Ben, fishing report, flies, Hardy, high water, May, net

Friday Foto Missouri River Net Job Guide Ben Hardy netting this one up with guests Mary and Kevin straight outta Michigan. Their first trip to the Mo with friends Betsy and Charlie. Both families are in the golf business. They…

New Breed Chicks Rule Peggy and Trish Edition

May 11, 2017

New Breed Chicks, New Breed Chicks Rule, Spring Fishing

New Breed Chicks Rule Peggy and Trish Edition Peg, Trish, Lynnett, and Skip on today’s New Breed Chicks blog. These women are all volunteers with the Casting For Recovery program. They fished with Whitney and Kurt a week and a half ago. During…

Try the Dry Dropper Rig

May 10, 2017

Dropper, Dry, Rigging Techniques

Try the Dry Dropper Rig Tired of chasing the bobber down the river? Don’t like deep nymhping? Want to break out on the edge? Like the looks a Parachute Adams drifting along peacefully next to the bank? Then a Dry…

Izaak’s looking for a few more summer staffers!

May 9, 2017

Izaaks

Izaak’s looking for a few more summer staffers! Chef John said we need a few more summer employees to get us to that perfect level. Want to fish all day and work all night? Sounds good to me. Squeeky was…

Hangman Spey Video – Mike McCune

May 8, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Troutspey

Casting, Hangman, mccune, Mike, spey, Trout

Here’s a valuable casting video Mike McCune and I recently shot. Valuable because it is the spey cast I see Mike executing more often than not when we are trout fishing. I have had a number of customers ask me…

New Breed Chicks Rule Barb Edition

May 7, 2017

Barb, New Breed Chicks Rule

New Breed Chicks Rule Barb Edition Barb caught this beauty recently with Headhunters Guide Shane Wilson. Nice work Barb. What a good looking fish. We can’t wait to see her again on the Mo. Although the fish might not like…

Headhunters Weekend Quick Hits

May 6, 2017

fishing report, Headhunters Weekend Quick Hits

Headhunters Weekend Quick Hits An up to the minute, at least when I wrote this, report and Headhunters Weekend Quick Hits blog from the information leaders in Craig Montana. Water is up. 7310nat time of press. Water temps 47F. Fish…

Friday Missouri River Lower Canyon Foto

May 5, 2017

friday foto

Friday Missouri River Lower Canyon Foto My buddy Shaun hooked up Thursday in the lower canyon. Pretty bright out yesterday with air temps getting into the 80’s for the first time this year. Today? Mid-80’s. Cinco-de-Mayo. Have a Tequila for…

May 4th Missouri River Fishing Report

May 4, 2017

BWO, Fly Fishing, March Brown, May, Mother's Day Caddis, report, Spring, Water LEvels, Weather

May 4th Missouri River Fishing Report Water levels falling a bit to 7.3K and wear temperatures rising upwards to 48F. So some movement yesterday in the action. Along with the water fluctuations we now bring you summer air temperatures for…

Troutspey Reels and Running Lines

May 3, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Troutspey

coated, lines, mono, reels, Running, spey

There is always a lot of talk about running lines for trout spey rigs around the shop. Some like mono, and some like a coated running line. I think were at about a 50/50 split among our customers and staff.…

New Breed Chicks Rule Beverly Edition

May 2, 2017

BEv, New Breed Chicks Rule

New Breed Chicks Rule Beverly Edition One of my favorite gals today on Headhunters Fly Shop New Breed Chicks Rule Beverly Edition. I lived with Bev and Brian for a couple winters in the early 2000’s before John and I…

Attitude and Effort

May 1, 2017

Brooks, fathers, Joe, sons

Spent a great couple of days with Joe and his 9 year old son Brooks. Brooks had tried a little Tenkara fishing near Mammoth, CA and a bit if smaller stream fishing in Utah, but this was his first trip…

Missouri River Brown Trout Mug Shot

April 30, 2017

Missouri River Brown Trout Mug Shot Sunday here in central Montana. Cooler and windy. Maybe some snow tomorrow morning too. BWO’s going good. Midges good as well. But Jeff Parker told me that “Midges don’t matter.” On the surface he…

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Photos

April 29, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Photography

fly tying, Spring Fishing, Streamers

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Headhunters hosted a streamer fly tying contest on our Facebook page this past week. The objective was to submit a home-brewed streamer pattern that would work well on the Mo this spring. Tyers sent in a…

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image

April 28, 2017

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image, Keep 'em wet, Rainbow, Release, Trout

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image TGIF. It’s on. Good to great BWO hatches with midge on the water all day long. A good weekend ahead. Water levels stable for the time being. Nymphing all over the river including some of…

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm

April 27, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

fly fishing technique, fly tying, Nymphs, Spring Fishing, worm

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm needs to be in your box. Fish like worms. Rising water flushes worms from the banks and bottom of the river into the current. Last week the flows increased from around 5,000 cfs to the current…

Tail

April 26, 2017

Uncategorized

Tail

Tail Good fishing out there right now. The fishing report yesterday reflects the daily action and it held up yesterday. But not as many rising trout on the upper river because of poorly timed wind and sun. Today? Thunderstorms maybe…

Late April Fishing Report from Headhunters

April 25, 2017

Uncategorized

April, bobber, BWO, fishing report, Midge, nymph, Streamer

Late April Fishing Report from Headhunters The water levels are holding just below 7K. Water temps are in the 45F range. Both real good. May see some movement in the water column this week and will let you folks know…

Spring Streamers / Streamer Fly Tying Contest

April 24, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

Spring Streamer Fishing Spring is a great time to fish streamers on the Missouri River. At the time of this writing, the river is flowing at 6,880 cfs and temps are around 45 degrees F. These higher flows and increased temps…

New Breed Chicks Rule Peg Edition

April 23, 2017

Bitterrooters, New Breed Chicks Rule

New Breed Chicks Rule Peg Edition Peg over the divide with row boy Jay this last week and they got into a few. “Not a ton”, said Jay, but enough to keep the fires burning. Tough sledding this past fortnight…

Saturday Missouri River Fishing Update

April 22, 2017

April, fishing report, Spring Special

Saturday Missouri River Fishing Update Flows stable at 7020 cfs. Higher water means learning for not only the trout but anglers too. Some have state that the fishing is not too good. Not consistent is the word from us here…

Friday Foto Headhunters Fly Shop

April 21, 2017

friday foto

Friday Foto Headhunters Fly Shop Water levels should be stable this weekend. Currently 7070 at time of writing Thursday night. Don’t think they will be coming up today. But not really sure. No faxogram from the DNRC. Looks like good…

Stalcup’s Cluster Midge

April 20, 2017

Dry Flies, dry fly, flies, fly fishing technique, Midge, Midge Cluster, stalcup

Stalcup’s Cluster Midge Needs To Be In Your Box Stalcup’s Cluster Midge is one of my favorite midge patterns. I always have some in my box during the spring and then again in July when the tricos start to hatch. This…

George Harrison Sings Today Headhunters Blog

April 19, 2017

George Harrison

George Harrison Sings Today Headhunters Blog Love this tune. A good one to sing at work today. And George looks like any river guide we see these days. Bearded with guitar, dog, Tundra, Adipose, part-time girlfriend wanting to go to…

Missouri River Tax Day Fishing Report

April 18, 2017

April, BWO, Hot Nymphs, Midge, Skwala, Streamer, Tax Day, Water Flows

Missouri River Tax Day Fishing Report Mid April and today we bring you the Missouri River Tax Day Fishing Report. The water is rising per the predictions and statements of Stephanie Micek of the DNRC. More rain, snow, precip means…

RIO, Scientific Angler, and TroutHunter Tippet Comparison

April 17, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear

fly fishing gear, Review, RIO, Scientific Anglers, tippet, trouthunter

Tippet Brands Headhunters stocks tippet from RIO, Scientific Anglers, and TroutHunter. All three companies make great tippet. I’ve used all three and they have all performed well. So what kind should you buy? Cost Cost is a primary consideration. It…

Missouri River Midge Mania in April

April 15, 2017

DFO, dry fly, Missouri River Midge Mania in April, Zebra Love

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Missouri River Midge Mania in April Fish on top. Fish on the bottom. Fish in the middle. Missouri River Midge Mania in April has begun. BWO’s too. Saturday and the wind monster has arrived. Gusty and windy on the river with…

What I did for Spring Break: Watch my wife and daughter catch fish on Dry Flies

April 14, 2017

BWO, Dry Flies, Julie

Everyone at Headhunters fishes. Some more than others, and some not as often as they once did. Our GM Julie falls into the latter category, but still loves the sport. She and I always try to catch one of the first BWO days…

Rowing 101

April 13, 2017

fly fishing technique, Rowing, Rowing Skills

Hire a guide then take out a rental boat. This is the natural progression, as Mark as has described it, for learning the Missouri River. Hiring a guide and asking him/her a bunch of questions allows you to learn the…

Hump Day Brown Trout

April 12, 2017

Brown Trout, JP, Maine Boys

Hump Day Brown Trout JP with this nice Brown Trout Sunday in the snow. Fishing a streamer. Directly before the boat ramp. Maybe last cast, or second to last cast before beaching the Adipose. Bam. Brown Trout. Lesson? As in…

Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats

April 10, 2017

Uncategorized

April, Bugs, Flows, Stats, Water Temps, Weather

Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats Bugs are coming. Saw a pretty good BWO hatch yesterday on the lwer river. They will show more this week. It is near! Water Flows are in the 5K range. We should see this…

Riverside Eats

April 9, 2017

Boat Lunches, Cascade MT, Craig MT, Kelli Wilson, Lunches, Morivereats.com, Riverside Eats, Wade Lunches

Riverside Eats New lunch game in town as Kelli Wilson has got a new business in Cascade rolling this spring. Riverside Eats is your lunch source on the Missouri River near Craig MT. Check out her website MoRiverEats.com for a…

Why Get Guided?

April 8, 2017

$350 Guide Trips, Spring, Spring Fishing, Spring Special

Why Get Guided? We hear this question a lot in the shop. Mark has written about the subject here and here. If you’ve wondered the same question, I’d recommend that you read these links. The following is a short and timely…

Friday Midge Image

April 7, 2017

Friday Midge Image Rain and wind for th weekend. If it calms down, at all, you may find more of these today. Not a great midge spring at all. But, it is not over yet. Maybe the BWO’s will save…

Please Leave Redds Alone!

April 6, 2017

Conservation, Fly Fishing Technique, Nature

conservation, fly fishing technique, missouri river, redds, Spawning

Please leave trout redds in the river alone! Rainbow trout are actively spawning in the river now and will continue to do so for the next couple months. The Missouri River is one of the best wild trout fisheries in…

April. Craig Montana.

April 5, 2017

Craig Montana

April. Craig Montana. All is well in downtown Craig Montana. Fishing? Some good days and some not as good. Catch rates is what I am speaking about. They are all good days…just some days you catch more fish. But thankfully…

Missouri River Bugs – April

April 3, 2017

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying, Nature

April, Bugs, flies, fly fishing technique, Nymphs

Last week we collected our first sample of bugs from the Missouri River below the Untouchable’s Bridge. The bugs that we collected were about what you would expect for April. Sows and scuds composed the majority of the biomass, but midges and…

April Sunday Morning Scenery

April 2, 2017

April Sunday Morning Scenery

April Sunday Morning Scenery We are here. Arrived. Sunday in April. Totally forgot about April Fools yesterday. Bummer. Enjoy the week ahead. Warm. 70F. Opening day of baseball. Today. Everybody has a chance for the series in October. Almost. Love…

New Breed Chicks Rule Chelsey Edition

March 31, 2017

Chelsey Edition, New Breed Chicks Rule, Spring Special $350, Westsiders

New Breed Chicks Rule Chelsey Edition Chelsey and Mark were over from Missoula yesterday taking advantage of the $350 Spring Special guide trip pricing. And Chelsey clearly rules! She hooked and landed a ton of fish including a few in…

Hump Day and all is well

March 29, 2017

fishing report, Hump Day

Hump Day and all is well 4240cfs and a stones throw from 40F water temperature. More precipitation this week with moderate temperatures. A chance of snow showers in the forecast for the coming weekend and beyond. Don’t forget your foul…

On The Brink

March 28, 2017

JY, Streamers

I think the river is about to explode. The water color has changed a bit in the last couple of days, I’m finding fish in some unusually fast and shallow water, and yesterdays streamer bite was like in the olden…

Monday Morning Fishing Report

March 27, 2017

End of March, fishing report, Spring Guide Trips

Monday Morning Fishing Report Headed into the final week of March. We are looking forward to leaving March. Just like February, just another annoying month as we wait for the real action to start. Not that we don’t like the…

Sunday Fishing Update

March 26, 2017

Sunday Fishing Update

Sunday Fishing Update Looks like a mix of sun snow and rain for the week ahead. Today? Some sun, 52F, and light winds from the SW. Yesterday? Pretty good out there. As far as the nymphing goes. The dry fly?…

Saturday Swing Scenery

March 25, 2017

Headhunters Life, Photography

Saturday Scenery

Out doing a little spey fishing with Missouri River first-timers Greg and Sam yesterday. The swung fly was not incredibly productive, but we did manage to score a few times. Thats Greg landing a nice Brown above. These guys are…

Paper or Plastic?

March 24, 2017