Where’s Mark?
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Probably at the Ball Park If you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re not actually reading our blog posts. Mark is long gone on vacation, and will be for a while yet. He’s on the East Coast, on a MLB…
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Quiet Time
Above: Ben McNinch schooling some trout with a single dry fly and the new Headhunter Fly Line. And it’s that time of year. Typically quiet on the river as school is starting and people plan for Labor Day weekend activities.…
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Sub-Surface School Sept. 26-30
We’ve only got 2 spots left for our new Sub-Surface Fly Fishing School coming up at the end of September. We talk “Dry Fly” all the time, but the reality is that nymphing is an important part of most modern…
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Sunday Scenery
Your Sunday Scenery shot from a cool and cloudy yesterday. The beautiful view of the Prewett Creek ‘hood from the south face at Tower Rock State Park. You should go hike it. I need help keeping the trail from getting…
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NFG – Mike McCune joins our Guide Staff
Headhunters is stoked to announce that legendary Spey caster Mike McCune is the latest addition to our excellent guide staff. Mike has been doing a few Spey trips this year, but as we roll into autumn, we know that many…
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Event Announcement: Trout Spey Camp October 10-12
We’re excited to announce a long anticipated and oft requested event, our first annual Trout Spey Camp here on the Missouri River. It will involve 3 full days of Trout Spey Casting instruction, demonstration and interactive clinics, dinner presentations, and…
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Thursday Upcoming Missouri River Events Update
Thursday Upcoming Missouri River Events Update August Fishing Bugs: Trico’s, ants, hoppers, Callibaetis, Caddis, Spruce Moths, beetles. Trico’s steal the show on this one, at least for Headhunters. The afternoons can be filled with good attractor fishing, but not everyday.…
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Silly Sunday Scenery August Style
Silly Sunday Scenery August Style Bunches of Trico’s out there daily. Spinner fall 843 am. Daily. I like August. But not always. This is the 3rd year in a row where we will have awesome fishing, no crowds, and you.…
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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…
Read MoreRobbing 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
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…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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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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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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…
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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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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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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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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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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Where is 7wt?
Where is 7wt? Raining here on the Eastside Friday nite. Saturday brings wind. Sunday brings snow. Where is 7wt?
Read MoreBoat Safety with Richard
Boat Safety with Richard With the water now over 9,500 cubic feet per second here on the Mo, it is fair to say that we are finally experiencing a bit of Spring runoff. The water can be fast, deep, and…
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Sunday Swing Trout Happy Easter
Sunday Swing Trout Happy Easter Raining here in Craig Montana. Happy Easter. This Sunday Swing Trout will brighten our day as we remember the 75F weather and good fishing from this previous week. And, last Tuesday we had snow. A…
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Friday Foto Fishing Report 4.19.19
Friday Foto Fishing Report 4.19.19 I liked the Yes and No format earlier this week. It fits my rapid posting early morning style, and needs. So here we head into another Montana Weekend in downtown Craig. Love to see you!…
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A Fistful of Whitey
After dropping a few pics on Social Media, we’ve been getting quite a few queries about when these will be on our online store. Well they’re up, so grab a few for yourself, and they make great gifts for your…
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Caddis Fest Live Auction Art
Caddis Fest Live Auction Art Original Caddis Fest Art by Greg Meyer. He donated last year as well. Happy buyers at the live auction Caddis Fest & BBQ Cook-Off Saturday May 18th. Buy it this year will proceeds going directly…
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Friday Foto Spring Water
Friday Foto Spring Water It’s great to be out there daily. We are so fortunate to live and breathe the Majestic Missouri River. It does not escape us. The privilege to drift this dry fly Disneyland. Wonderful. Enjoy your weekend.…
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New Boat Smell Dewey’s Adipose
New Boat Smell Dewey’s Adipose Love the spring. New Boat Smell everywhere. Dewey got himself a new Adipose Flow this spring. Cool color, cool slippery bottom for this cool drifter. You getting a new boat this year? Why not…
Read MoreSunday Tribute Video Nirvana
Sunday Tribute Video Nirvana Kurt Cobain passed 25 years ago this week. April 5th 1994. A pretty big part of my youth was mis-spent drinking, dancing, and enjoying live music in the Pacific NW. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Had an album…
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Friday Foto
Friday Foto Spring is here. Friday Goto. Squeeky having problems with the BBQ charcoal. An early Headhunters Free BBQ. This one legendary of course because this is the moment that Adair realized that her fathers business partner is not too…
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Fishing Meetings
Fishing Meetings Mark is at Chico Hot Springs embroiled in Fishing Outfitter Association of Montana Annual Meetings. Fishing politics. Public Access issues. Lobbying. Legislative Issues. Madison River Recreation Plan. Negotiates Rule Making Committee Updates. And some general bullshitting. Mark is…
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Vernal Equinox SPRING!
Vernal Equinox SPRING! Hooray! We made it. Happy Spring. Bring on the midge hatches. Dry fly soon. Some action out there but sporadic at best. Dry fly action is coming. Streamer fishing is good. Nymphing is good. Spring is good.…
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St Patty’s Day Silly Sunday Scenery
St. Patty’s Say Silly Sunday Scenery The cork came out of the bottle yesterday. 25 plus boats on the water. Wade fishermen too. Today? Not as many as some are celebrating St Pat’s Day. Corned Beef tonight for sure. Fishing…
Read MoreSoul Saturday If you want me to stay Sly and the Family Stone
Soul Saturday If you want me to stay Sly and the Family Stone Super groovy. Sly has a killer voice! A legendary group from the past. Sly and the Family Stone made up of many family, Stone, members and a…
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Mother Nature is Loosening the Noose!
Mother Nature is Loosening the Noose! May be a big weekend ahead of us here in Craig Montana. The boat ramps are open. Image above is the Craig Ramp at 4pm Tuesday March 12th. Below the lot. Plowed Tuesday. Ramp…
Read MoreSpring Training has Arrived!
Spring Training has Arrived! But spring has not. Maybe it will show in two weeks. The true date for the beginning of spring, the gateway to summer. Has that Ground Hog stuck its head out yet? Oh yeah. He did.…
Read MorePick Up the Pieces Average White Band
Pick Up the Pieces Average White Band I find myself singing this as we are walking around the shop shoveling snow from roofs, sidewalks, ice dams in the gutters, thinking about how to get the rental boats out from under…
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Izaak’s Restaurant Craig Montana Hiring Staff 2019
Izaak’s Restaurant Craig Montana Hiring Staff 2019 Chef John @ Izaak’s Restaurant in downtown Craig Montana is hiring staff for the 2019 season. Cooks, waitstaff, dishers, bartenders…any and all are encouraged to spend the summer in a damn good fishing…
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Boat Ramps/Wade Anglers: Don’t come quite yet please
Boat Ramps/Wade Anglers: Don’t come quite yet please Pump the Brakes! Not the time yet to come on out to the Mo this weekend. Or even next week. While a couple of the boat ramps have been cleared downriver, Craig,…
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Wrapping up the Craig Montana Winter Session
Wrapping up the Craig Montana Winter Session I think we may be wrapping up the winter session here in downtown Craig Montana. Maybe. I am feeling this because the air temps will reach the 30F mark tomorrow. Or are forecast…
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March 5th Missouri River Seasonal Status Update
March 5th Missouri River Seasonal Status Update The water is high. The ice is too. Super High! Drove down the river today and it is higher than these photos tell. Flooding on some riverfront properties in the lower canyon. That…
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Caddis Fest Poster Submission Madelyne Joan Templeton
Caddis Fest Poster Submission Madelyne Joan Templeton Poster submission for the 13th Annual Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off from Madelyne Joan Templeton. This years fest is scheduled for Saturday May 18th. Always the 3rd Saturday in May. We have…
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Last Day of February. Hooray!
Last Day of February. Hooray! Looking in the rear view mirror at that awful month. The shortest month of the year and I for one am thankful. We had record cold along with uncommon totals on the snow side. Average…
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