Ben McNinch shows us a dandy Brown he landed the other day. Right when the water bumped, but hey, that’s his day off. Do you think Ninch is going to take the day off because they raise the water a little?…
Here we go. Runoff has arrived and with it a bump in flows. Not big enough to push the river out of its banks, but big enough to make you change tactics. The river is currently at 6790CFS (though it…
The above image shows Missouri River guide Eric Mondragon and clients shoving off into the wind at Wolf Creek on Sunday morning. We’ve had plenty of wind lately. Often from the north, which impacts everything from boat control and casting…
Missouri River May Monday Fishing Report A wet on e this weekend again. A wet week ahead. We are hoping for sun on this Saturday’s 10th Annual Craig Caddis Fest and BBQ Cook-Off. Again a good fishing report from the…
Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report May 12th The long and short of it today, but mostly the short of it. Highlights if you will. Or, need to know info. Getting pretty good out there this May. BWO’s still on the…
May Missouri River Fishing Forecast Today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog you get the May Missouri River Fishing Forecast. What to expect, wish for, and believe for the month ahead. Missouri Rive May Weather and Water Forecast May is…
Cinco De Mayo Missouri River Fishing Report A different approach to the fishing report this Mexican Holiday. A few observations today from this past week of events, fish, and the shop. Early May is a good time to be here…
Missouri River May 2nd Fishing Report Checking in this Monday morning in central Montana with your Missouri River May 2nd Fishing Report. Sun ahead this week until the weekend, then some better dry fly weather. The first day after a…
Shit hot short fishing report today this Thursday in late April. BWO’s: Top to bottom. Hatch generally in the afternoon, but yesterday started about 937am and did not stop. March Browns: Yep. This is a short lived hatch and when…
Tuesday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report Good weather breeds good fishing. Many having a slow morning with faster afternoons. BWO’s everywhere in the PM. March Browns showing too. Well front he top to the bottom. Really pretty good days had…
Missouri River Post Tax Day Report Not only is the Missouri River Post Tax Day Report it is the post snow day report as well. The snow will be melting today as the weather turns once again to the seasonal…
Missouri River Mid-Week Report Already Thursday today while Headhunters Fly Shop brings you the Missouri River Mid-Week Report. Th espirn his happening. The Golden-Eye ducks are gone and the Pelicans are here. Must be spring. The air temps have ranged…
Monday Fishing Report The weather has been warm then cool. Snow yesterday morning following the 81F on Friday. Oh, not so strange. Just like Montana spring weather patterns. Who knows what this week will bring. Overcast yesterday morning with that…
Missouri River Fishing Report Weekend Update All good heading into this April weekend here on the Missouri River. Izaak’s is open, the BWO’s have arrived for real, Midges abound, and the sun is shining. I understand the Oasis is open…
April Fools Missouri River Fishing Report Our warmest weekend greets the April Fools Missouri River Fishing Report today. We love the 60’s in the spring months. We have just come out of a snowy and rainy period that lasted a…
Monday Morning Montana Fishing Report Fished yesterday afternoon with my wife. Saw a few other boats on the water below Craig. Boats from the top to the bottom and some Easter wade fishers as well. Looked like family time on…
Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report The machine is in full motion here on Montana’s finest tailwater fishery as we move into the Easter Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report. The Midges are in motion, the BWO’s are nearly a topic of…
Mid Week Missouri River Fishing Update Snow on the ground as it snowed all day yesterday and looks like we will witness more of the same as the week moves toward the weekend. As they say, “May get a bit…
Braden Lewis is bringing us the Mobile Fishing Report for mid-March. Fishing continues to change with the seasons as we move from winter to spring. Nymphs, streamers and now… dries. We should be talking about mayflies on next months video…
St Patty’s Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report Wearing green today and fishing the green too. St Patty’s Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report here on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog this Thursday March 17th. Green buggers, Little Green Machines, Green…
March 2nd Montana Fishing Report Lots of trout spey fishing going on these days. Nymphing too. Others out for the big kill dry fly fishing. All having some success. Those swinging certainly have had the most consistent bite. A fellow…
29 Reasons to Love the Missouri River February 29th today. Leap Year is in effect. I do not like February. It is my least favorite month. Why? Shitty weather, not much precip., and cold. Boring too. Not a great month,…
Montana Winter Fishing Montana Winter Fishing has brought us weather warmer than average. River level lower than average. Fishing about average. Some days. The weather of course seasonably warm with some daytime highs int eh id 60’s like this Friday.…
If you check out the home page of the Headhunters Website today, you see a tall skinny video in the blog section, featuring our new Mobile Video Fishing Report. We’ve threatened to do this for years. Looks like we’re actually…
Missouri River Fishing Report February 17th. Water levels are holding at 3700cfs about 1000cfs below our winter average. Water temps are 36.5F. Pretty standard for February. And this mid-February fishing report is pretty standard too. Many anglers spread out throughout…
If you base the fishing on just the weather this week you would give it a 10! The fishing is heating up. We reserve the 10 fishing rating for the summer with fantastic dry fly fishing. But I think we…
February Fly Fishing Forecast 2016 We can start be saying the winter weather has left us for the next 10 days. Monday the daytime high achieved 58F. Look ahead. More to come. Today we bring you the February Fly Fishing…
Looks pretty good as far as the weekend looks. Save for the wind forecast. Will they be wrong again? Who knows. We’ll report to you after the fact. Predictions are for stockbrokers. Although I’m sure I will try to see…
Fished a couple days this week and did not have the best of luck. Thought it was pretty tough. Did catch some nice Whitefish though. Nymphers have been getting it done for the most part. Swingers have been having better…
Friday Foto & Fishing Report A landscape at Cellphone Bluff. Windy and warm this week. Threatening some snow maybe this afternoon? An awakening on the river this week as well. Lots of anglers out and about as the weather allowed…
Ever use a hook sharpener? A good idea if you want to increase your hook-up rate. A cheap investment for a giant return. Write it off as an investment in your fly fishing year. While cooler yesterday than the high…
John Kirk sent us some images from he and friend Nathan last week on the Mo. Swung up a few he said. And per usual the Kreelex was the star he said. He’ll be back again this winter he said.…
Sunny skies will greet us for the remainder of the week. The snow and cold visited us over the holiday weekend. MLK day was really quite nice with the air temperatures reaching well above 40F. Tuesday will lead with temps…
Missouri River Weekend Fishing Outlook The weather has turned for the better. Way better. Or warmer. Some wind attached to the warmer temperatures as well. Pretty normal. We get a few spells like this every winter and the local anglers…
Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 1.12.16 A break in the cold weather yesterday led some anglers to creep into the cool winter waters. Central Montana’a Missouri River never closes. It does become un-fishable a few times a year, but these…
Still winter out here, out there, on the river. Cold as she goes. As John stated yesterday we have cancelled our Saturday Trout Spey Clinic as it will be too damn cold for any good kind of learning. One of…
Missouri River New Years Fishing Report 1.1.16 New Years Day Missouri River Montana Fishing Report starts out with cold air temps. The Umteenth (21st) Annual Craig Polar Bear Plunge is at High Noon today a the Craig Boatramp. Were you…
Looks to be pretty cold this weekend. Not cold enough to keep you off of the wage though. Hi’s nearing 30F. Much warmer than Christmas. A hi of 10F yesterday. Awful cold! The reports from vacationing winter anglers have been…
Monday morning here in Craig and we are adjusting nicely to the holiday week ahead. Most of you will be traveling to or from family and friends houses for the holiday. Any of you planning on doing some fishing? We…
Fishing weather has returned, albeit temporarily, for the weekend and front end of the week. Although we have been loving the snow. A good feel of winter with snow falling most of the last week. And the week ahead looks…
Missouri River Winter Fishing Report 11.8.15 One windy bitch here on the Mo. Truly windy. Ninch above with a nice rainbow trout on swung Hot-Eye Kreelex at the Spey Clinic Saturday. Fishable on Monday afternoon with some shores windless enough to…
Monday morning here in Craig Montana. A fun weekend here on the Mighty MO. Our first of several Free Spey Clinics went off without a hitch on Saturday. A few cancellations left us with a smaller group of about 15.…
Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 12.3.15 Water levels are remaining at 3030cfs along with water temps falling below the 40F mark @ 38.5F last evening. The water is on the low side of normal. Looks like it will ram in…
December 1st. All is well. Cold as it should be. A common winter question at the shop is “Do you really fish during the winter? When the weather is like this? Really? Oh yeah. And we are not the only…
Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 11.30.15 Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 11.30.15 is cold, but getting warmer. The holiday weekend is over and we are back to work at the shop prepping for the upcoming weekend Trout Spey…
Friday Foto with the Forest Anderson Craig Bridge today. Damn cold the last couple days with snow coverage statewide. Warming to day with anglers bound to be on the water. Gotta get rid of some of that Turkey Fat. Swingers…
Missouri River Trout Spey Report 11.23.15 It’s been pretty good. The number of good runs for winter fishing here on the Missouri River is what makes us feel fortunate to be here during the several cold and snowy months. Great runs…
Those water temps are falling fast. It is time to look towards winter water. We’ll be talking about this winter type water all swing season long. And for you nymphers in the audience you too will be getting away from…
Good to great November fishing here on the Missouri River. Fantastic nymhing and swinging and some out there swinging the little soft hackled ones too. The best in the nymph game is to head down the sow and scud road. Choose…
Some damn breezy conditions yesterday and today. Not many folks fishing. But Sunday the weather will be much more conducive to trout fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Monday too. The short leash nymphing is still on fire. It will be good…
If you love to nymph fish, November is your time. And if you love to fish near no-one, November is your Huckleberry. Some fishing deep, some fishing medium depth, and most in the afternoons fishing in the skinny. Sows and…
If you are not watching the Sunday Football Spectacular on your couch or cleaning the garage you may be fishing. Or hunting. Or napping on that couch. If you are near the Missouri River you may be fishing. If you…
above: Mark Raisler and Beth Hood readying the 2hand arsenal for a day on the Mo. FINALLY We’re finally getting the right conditions for both swing and boat streamer fishing to produce some fish. It’s been OK for the last month,…
Been in a slump this last week. I’m done guiding daily and it is time to take myself fishing. I like fishing for me. I like fishing with me too. But I have been sucking. Slumping is really too tame…
Winter rates start on November 16th Missouri River Winter Lodging Craig Trout Camp is open for business with the Brown and Rainbow Cabins $125/night. Craig House which sleeps up to 6 anglers is also open all winter long. Full kitchen,…
Mark fishing with Zack Dalton on the annual RIO Products trip to the Mo last month. A fall day helped on this specific day. Zack claims that they will be moving the trip to November this coming year. Why? November…