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#TBT from Headhunters of Craig

February 13, 2020

#TBT from Headhunters of Craig

#TBT from Headhunters of Craig The shop when we signed the lease in November 2007. It has changed a bit since then. More changes ahead? Of course. We do not believe in static behaviors. That is for the rest. Staying…

Sunday Surf Flick 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational

February 9, 2020

Sunday Surf Flick 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational

Sunday Surf Flick 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Snow on the ground here in Craig. Blowing pretty hard around the river. Some may stay home and watch this cool Hawaiian Surf Flick. Others may tune into the XFL!

Headhunters Fly Shop is looking for a few good men and women!

Last Call: Headhunters Fly Shop Hiring Summer Staff 2020

February 3, 2020

Fraternity of Fly, Headhunters Fly Shop Hiring Summer Staff, Headhunters Training, World Class Dry Fly World

Want to join the Have some great resumes on tap at the shop already with interviews being conducted as we write! But it is not too late to get your resume in to mark@headhuntersflyshop and sara@headhuntersflyshop.com Why not work with…

Ditching Old Faithful

January 29, 2020

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

Dick Magill, Ditching Old Faithful, Headhunters Crack Staff, Richard, science, Streamers

Ditching Old Faithful From our revealing Dick Magill, Angler Series comes todays blog by crack staffer and writer Richard. Want to speak with Dick Magill? Stop in and see him weekly @ Headhunters of Craig. When you are on the…

It’s just like the First Day of PMD’s

January 28, 2020

Cheap Trick, PMD's, Rock and Roll, Squeeky's Rotted Mind, The 70's

It’s just like the First Day of PMD’s You know, the first good day. That is what Cheap Trick’s “Ain’t that a Shame” Live at Budokan ’78 makes me feel like. You gotta turn this up to 11. Then push…

Silly Sunday Scenery Trout Spey Cast

January 26, 2020

cast, Image, January, Silly Sunday Scenery Trout Spey Cast, Trout Spey

Silly Sunday Scenery Trout Spey Cast A nice January Weekend here in central Montana. Air temps breaking through the 50F mark. And anglers are out. Enjoy your Sunday outside.

Of Caddis and Summer

January 20, 2020

Caddis, Deep Freeze, MLK, Of Caddis and Summer, Summer

Of Caddis and Summer 50F outside today. Did some yard work, turned the compost pile, fooled around in the garage with fly gear. And saw my favorite fly box. Bought it for a dollar at Bob Ward’s Bozeman 25 plus…

Frozen Friday Foto

January 17, 2020

Frozen Friday Foto

Frozen Friday Foto Slushy in the canyon. Frozen below Pelican Point on the lower. Free up top. And the air temps may crawl out of the cellar.

Fly Fishing Resolutions

January 13, 2020

Fly Fishing Resolutions

Fly Fishing Resolutions Great photo above of Guide Eric Mondragon fishing with friend Carl and Golden Trout-Dog (TD) a couple years back. This image is what spawned me to write out my fly fishing resolutions. That image signifies all that…

Craiglandia. Sunday. January. 2020.

January 12, 2020

Craiglandia, Damn Cold, Headhunters Winter, Lonely Craig, winter

Craiglandia. Sunday. January. 2020. Big day for the Seahawks. Gotta beat the Packers. Gonna be tough inside Lambeau today. Snow on the ground. It’s tough in Craiglandia this morning too. Snow on the ground. Temps plummeting into the too cold…

Friday Foto The Beginning

January 10, 2020

Friday Foto The Beginning, trico

Friday Foto The Beginning Snowing and freezing here in Craig today. 6 months from the Trico hatch. That is my motivation today. Thinking about the future. And warm weather. And dry fly fishing. And Trico’s. The beginning. Friday Foto. It…

A first look at our water forecast in 2020

January 9, 2020

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

2020, guesswork, Predictions, snow pack, Water Flows, winter

A first look at our water forecast in 2020 John and I recently spoke about the water levels for the first time this winter. While we are not scientists, biologists, water managers, degreed in any way that would make us…

Silly Summer Sunday Scenery

January 5, 2020

Silly Sunday Scenery

Silly Summer Sunday Scenery John Ewing casting at rising fish this past summer. John is a non-local local fishing the Missouri River at least a couple times a year traveling from Maine. A long time Missouri River lover and he…

Happy New Year Headhunters of the World

January 1, 2020

Happy New Year Headhunters of the World

Happy New Year Headhunters of the World Happy New Year to all of you out there in Blog-land, the Headhunters Stratosphere, and friends from all walks of life. We wish you all the best in the year to come. Achieve…

Joe’s Craig Bar Polar Bear Plunge

December 31, 2019

Craig Bar, Joe's, Joe's Bar, New Years Day, Polar Bear Plunge

26th or 27th Annual Joe’s Craig Bar Polar Bear Plunge Wednesday January 1st @ the Craig Boat Ramp @ High Noon! News coverage attends yearly. You dress yourself up or down in some sort of bathing suit coverage. Immediately following…

Christmas Spey by Jeff Kennedy

December 25, 2019

Christmas Spey by Jeff Kennedy, Jeff Kennedy, spey, Spey Pattern

Christmas Spey by Jeff Kennedy Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah. Wishing you the best today, this week and throughout the upcoming year. Thanking all of you for a fantastic 2019. Looking forward to a wonderful 2020. A cool Christmas…

You’ll Shoot your Eye Out!

December 24, 2019

You'll Shoot your Eye Out!

You’ll Shoot your Eye Out! Spey casting is easier than shooting your Red Ryder. You won’t shoot your eye out with a 11′ 3wt. Merry Christmas from all of us here in Craig! Don’t Shoot your Eye Out!

Sunday Surf Flick WSL Jaws

December 22, 2019

Headhunters Life, Un-Fishing

Sunday Surf Flick WSL Jaws

Sunday Surf Flick WSL Jaws This may be more difficult than a long dry fly cast in the wind. One thing for sure, fly fishing on the Mo is less dangerous. And maybe as exciting? Happy Holidays. Shop open daily…

Swing Season Sunday Scenery

December 15, 2019

Dearborn, Sunday Scenery, Swing Season, Trout Spey

Swing Season Sunday Scenery Swinging this Sunday. Happy Holidays. If you are in the neighborhood swing by for a cup of coffee. And a fishing chat. Get your hands on a Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card for you, your neighbor,…

Fish Smoker Friday

December 6, 2019

Cheese, Fish, NYC, salmon, Smoked, Trout, video

Fish Smoker Friday Been smoking cheese and fish for a couple weeks now. I always feel, near the end of the month long smoking session, that I have got ‘er dicked. I have it figured out. I am on, in…

Monday is the last Day for Deals!

December 2, 2019

50% FLIES ENDS TODAY! Today is the last day for our Black Friday celebration, so if you want to save 50% on Flies (use code: FLY50) or 25% on Just Add Vise Fly Tying Kits (use code: JAV25), or swipe…

Small Business Saturday in Downtown Craig

November 30, 2019

Small Business Saturday in Downtown Craig

Small Business Saturday in Downtown Craig Howdy out there in Trout Land. It is Small Business Saturday in Downtown Craig. Lots happening at the shop. Good sales items are finding their homes and a few are gonna make it into Santa’s…

Black Friday Sale!

November 29, 2019

Here Ya Go! Below you’ll find our specials available from today through Monday here on our online store, over the phone or in the house. Winter Storm: Due to the recent Winter Storm that left area roads sketchy, we may…

Thanksgiving 2019

November 27, 2019

Headhunters Life, Landscape

Thanksgiving 2019

Thanksgiving 2019 Happy Thanksgiving. Here’s hoping you are spending it with your family and friends. If not today, then a memorable sometime in the near future. We are in a blizzard. Getting kinda used to it. Might be our 9th…

Snow, Holiday Schedule, and Thanksgiving

November 27, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

Snow, Holiday Schedule, and Thanksgiving Driving home Wednesday mid day Craig to Cascade was an event. And I don’t spook easy. Not that I was spooked, but I do recognize when travel becomes sketchy and unnecessary. And that is today…

Thanksgiving Week Weather/Fishing Forecast

November 26, 2019

Thanksgiving Week Weather/Fishing Forecast

Thanksgiving Week Weather/Fishing Forecast Icons filled with snow flakes for the entire week. Temps not rising above freezing beyond the Thursday Holiday thru the weekend. North winds. Hopefully not too serious at least some of the days. We will be…

Black Friday… it’s this Friday!

November 25, 2019

This weekend Headhunters will have a few very special deals for our annual Black Friday Sale. In typical fashion, our staff has picked a few special and limited items for the pre-holiday sale season (if there is a “pre-holiday” season…

Summer 2020

November 24, 2019

Summer 2020

Summer 2020 The first of the Holiday weeks. This is a big one. You will see family and friends. Drink a bit. Tell some lies. Watch some football. Maybe fish. Definitely Nap. A call to you to discuss your 2020…

Friday Foto November 22

November 22, 2019

Headhunters Life, Landscape

Friday Foto November 22

Friday Foto November 22 Moving into late November. Turkey Day next week. Enjoy your weekend.

Winter is around the corner

November 19, 2019

Winter is around the corner Snowing Tuesday afternoon. This may be the last of fall. Not that we had much fall around these parts. A smattering of guide trips out this last week and coming this weekend. This could be…

Sunday Beastie Boys Glasgow 1999

November 17, 2019

Beastie Boys, Live Music, Recharge your batteries man, sunday

Sunday Beastie Boys Glasgow 1999 Best concert I never went to. Honest. I am a huge Beastie Boys fan with influences that include jazz, funk, punk, soul, 70’s and 80’s beats, rock and beyond. A diverse music knowledge flows through…

Friday Foto Craig Bridge Scene

November 15, 2019

craig, Fall, friday foto, winter

Friday Foto Craig Bridge Scene Chillin’ on this Friday mid-month. Spey trips out this weekend. The swinging is good. Been walk wading and enjoying it. See you out there this afternoon. After accounting work. At home. With Bailey’s in the…

Mike says…I’d get out there this week

November 13, 2019

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Indian Summer, Midges, November, Swing, Trout Spey, Weather

Mike says…I’d get out there this week Speaking with Mike of Headhunters, on the phone, this morning at Trout Spey HQ standing in my bathrobe drinking Baileys along with a splash of coffee and he said…I’d get out there this…

Veterans Day 2019

November 11, 2019

Veterans Day 2019

Veterans Day 2019 We honor all that served. Thank you veterans. We honor you today, and everyday. You protect us, the nation, and nations around us daily. Thank you for your service.

Friday Foto Parrothead Edition

November 8, 2019

Friday Foto November Edition

Friday Foto Parrothead Edition A throwback today for Friday Foto Parrothead Edition. This shot November 2009. A snow year. As you remember ’08-’11 were all big water years. Therefore, a snowy winter. Including November. This shot after our second year…

Beastie Boys meet Isley Brothers

November 3, 2019

Beastie Boys, Isley Brothers

Beastie Boys meet Isley Brothers One of my favorite jams of all time is on the Beastie Boys B-Boy Bouillabaisse, A Year and A day. The guitar sample is from That Lady Isley Brothers ’73 track that was a cover…

Friday Foto Baetis Blanket Hatch

November 1, 2019

Baetis, Blanket Hatch, friday foto

Friday Foto Baetis Blanket Hatch Happy Friday. Baetis are hatching. Clouds. We like clouds. Please leave the wind in Livingston. See you on the river.

Thursday, Halloween, The Nat’s WIN, and November Ahead

October 31, 2019

and November Ahead, BWO, Fall, Halloween, Nymphing, Swing, The Nat's WIN, Thursday, Trout Spey

Thursday, Halloween, The Nat’s WIN, and November Ahead Not much to report today other than the river is quiet. Not too many around. Not one guide trip out the last couple days. And that is good. Why? Because it was…

Fall is for friends, BWO’s, and fishing

October 30, 2019

and fishing, BWO's, Fall is for friends

Fall is for friends, BWO’s, and fishing Although ti does not feel like fall out there. It feels like February. The phone weather app states it feels like 12F outside. And it does. So we wait. Until tomorrow. Air temps…

Silly Snow and Sunday Scenery

October 27, 2019

Headhunters Life, Landscape

Silly Snow and Sunday Scenery

Silly Snow and Sunday Scenery Snowing again this morning. That’ll keep some from the water. Good sports too. Football, baseball, casting. Good BWO hatch yesterday. Again today. If the wind lays down, it’ll be epic. We’ll be out there monitoring…

Wednesday Missouri River Fall Fishing Image

October 23, 2019

Wednesday Missouri River Fall Fishing Image

Wednesday Missouri River Fall Fishing Image Anglers dwindling. Wide open spaces. Feeling pretty good. The wind did blow yesterday. Not 100, but felt like it. Today forecast for snow. Will the bugs show? Chris of Anglers All in Denver…

Trout Spey Camp Roundup

October 21, 2019

Headhunters Life, Troutspey, Uncategorized

above: Whitney Gould offers some tips to one of the casting competition competitors. WHAT A CRAZY WEEK! Somehow, we managed to set up for, hold, and clean up after a 3+ day event at the shop and get to Denver…

Saturday Trout Spey Camp Update

October 12, 2019

#troutspeycamp, Casting Competition, Craiglandia, Saturday Trout Spey Camp Update, Trout Spey

Saturday Trout Spey Camp Update Halfway through day 3 of our 2019 Trout Spey Camp. Sunny 52F. All is well! 7F Thursday morning. Feels good to have the sun on our backs! The anglers are out fishing the Mo. Swinging.…

Trout Spey Camp Fishing Forecast

October 7, 2019

More winter on the way this week, which should ramp the swing fishing up another level (it’s already pretty good)! Right now we are under a Winter Storm Watch for Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by cooler temperatures for the rest…

Silly Saturday Scenery

October 5, 2019

A nice friendly blog today

Silly Saturday Scenery Awful nice out there. Love October. Hey some are saying we do not state the truth on this report. That they don’t like how we present information. that we should change the way we operate here in…

Friday Fall Foto

October 4, 2019

Friday Fall Foto

Friday Fall Foto Posted up Headhunting. Guide Beth Langell stalking BWO rising trout. Fall is happening. You coming?

Throwback Thursday Shop Interior 2010

October 3, 2019

#TBT, fly shop, Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday Shop Interior 2010 First year of the expanded ceiling and new color ways. First year we opened for 12 months, everyday but Christmas. First year of this decade. 3rd year of Headhunters Fly Shop. Last year of this…

Trout Spey Camp – Intro to Spey Clinic FULL

September 30, 2019

Just a heads up for those who still haven’t signed up for our Trout Spey Camp. Our “Intro to Spey” Clinic is now completely full. You can still sign up for the Camp, but you’ll need to attend Mike McCune’s…

Sunday Snow Report from Headhunters of Craig

September 29, 2019

Fall, September, Snow, spey, sunday

Sunday Snow Report from Headhunters of Craig Still snowing here in Craig. Not as much as the doomsday report had got us ready for. But thankfully we were prepared. Blowing hard from the north as we write. Drifting snow around…

Silly September Saturday Scenery and Fishing Report

September 28, 2019

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Fall, fishing report, Silly September Saturday Scenery

Silly September Saturday Scenery Fall is here. Autumn may be gone with the snow from this winter event we are currently enduring, Snowing hard in Cascade with at least 2″ on the ground already this morning. Projected to be 15″+…

Friday Foto Calm before the Storm

September 27, 2019

friday foto

Friday Foto Calm before the Storm Cool, calm, overcast. That is the status today. Rained last night. Do we historically have snow this time of year? Oh yeah. Generally we have already had a spit or two of snow. Almost…

Weekend Weather Outlook – Break Out the Toboggan’s and Galoshes!

September 26, 2019

Just an update on the current weather forecast for this weekend, a subject on the minds and tongues of everyone over the last 24 hours. The forecast is for a major winter storm to hit North Central Montana from Friday…

7 September Missouri River Tips

September 24, 2019

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

7 September Missouri River Tips

7 September Missouri River Tips Enjoy the outdoors. Colors changing, weather changing. Enjoy your friends. Whiskey is a nice liquid to harbor in your flask. Bring your JetBoil too. For the coffee. Dry fly caddis if you dare. Blind it…

Trout Spey Camp Update & Report

September 23, 2019