This from Capt. Jeff Parker from Land of the Giants on the upper Missouri River. A fun trip to add to your lower Missouri River trip. Many fish a few days below Holter Dam and a day or two below…
Friday Foto Black and White Scene Looking south from the Cascade Boat Ramp. Sunny afternoon with howling winds. This past Wednesday. Thursday 70F and calm. Today? SSW along with temps in the hi 70’s. Like 79F. Enjoyable weekend ahead. See…
8th Anniversary Today. Headhunters Fly Shop. Happy Birthday to Headhunters Fly Shop. We are celebrating today at the shop. Mostly because we have given the shop a facelift since we secured the lease in October ’07. We took over this…
How a River Shuttle Saves you Money & Time All the fly shops have shuttle businesses. So before I get too far down this road of this math equation I will let you know that I am not yelling from…
Spring Brown Trout Looking good on the Mo. Blustery and windy and snowy and spring like for sure. Finish your day at Izaak’s and your night at Uncle Joe’s. Then get up and do it again. TGIF.
Izaak’s Open, HH Logo Wear, and more Izaak’s open tonight at 4pm. Hooray. We will be feasting on BBQ and a few celebatory cocktails kicking off the spring in style tonight. Lots of cool gear arriving daily here at the…
Q: When are the new 2016 Headhunters hats coming? A: They’re here. At least some of them. We get this question all the time in the spring. We’ve just received a number of new Simms logo hats, and they feature…
Welcome to the Montana Spring I think it has arrived. The calendar says yes. Mother Nature says yes. I saw the first sign of spring this previous Tuesday. At least the first spring marker for me. The first Bluebird. I…
Stopping for lunch on the Mo in Craig Montana. On snow days, like yesterday it feels good to take a little walk and have lunch in the cabins. It always feels good to stand up and get the blood moving…
Our good friend Whitney Gould is teaming up with fellow Steelhead guide and Spey Caster Mia Shepard to raise funds for Casting for Recovery. They both will be competing in the Spey-O-Rama World Championship casting competition on April 22,23,24 at the…
Spring Special March 15th thru April 30 It starts tomorrow. The Annual Headhunters Spring Special March 15th thru April 30. $350 Guide Trips in conjunction with discounted local lodging on Montana’s famed Missouri River. Want to fish earlier than you…
Montana Fishing Film Festival Teaser ’16 The Montana Fishing Film Festival Teaser ’16 today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. We will be again hosting this event on Friday Night May 20th at about 8pm. Come out and enjoy this Headhunters…
Lots of talk about the upcoming summer season including water predictions. The Missouri River Summer Water Update can be explained easily with a couple charts. That chart above shows the probable water levels for the year ahead. You have seen…
Spring Training Montana March has rolled into Montana and we love Spring Training Montana style. Baseball is always the tipping point for me. Spring Training has started and I cannot be happier. It is the sign that we have arrived.…
Howler Bros Spring ’16 Collection Back at you this Friday with the Howler Bros Spring ’16 Collection. If you are not revved up for sun, longer days, and of course longer nights the arrival of the Spring Howler Collection might…
Project Healing Waters Boats Are you a veteran or active duty military man or woman? Have you heard of the Montana Project Healing Waters chapter out of Helena? If you are a vet or an active duty US Military member…
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,…
Many of you know Tito Puente from Oye Como Va fame. yeah, he wrote that. Today he is playing Take Five. Another famous tune written by Paul Desmond and made famous by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. The biggest selling jazz…
Most of our guides live here full time. Some guide elsewhere during the winter months. One thing in common? They all fish all year long. No hobby guides here on the Missouri River. All of the Headhunters Guides fish for…
Headhunters Weekend Plans We’ll be fishing this Headhunters Weekend. That is the plan. So will a few of your neighbors. Heard of a Robin sighting recently. Not here, but somewhere’s in Montana. That is one of the many signs of…
Montana Spring? Montana Spring has possibly arrived. Maybe. Nice weather again this weekend with little precipitation before or behind us. Fish from top to bottom with no worries. No ice. Bring your sail as it may blow. Hard. Stop in…
At the Headhunters Vise last night in Craig Montana. The usual suspects tied for a couple hours chomping on some KFC brought by Rick. Thanks Rick. Remember when at those strange family or neighborhood party’s in the 70’s when the…
Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song Ninch sang this song to us yesterday. He has been humming it softly to himself for weeks. He said it played on the AM Radio when he was a kid in Yooperland. So while yearning…
Top 10 Tailwater Midge Flies These Top 10 February Top 10 Tailwater Midge Flies are sure to please your Missouri River fancy. The midge hatch has begun in ernest and manny anglers are asking about the correct midge patterns to…
With fuel prices dropping why not start a gas savings account. Or put it in your Piggy Bank. Then crack that ceramic swine over the head and book a trip to Craig Montana this summer. Or spring. Maybe fall? Booking…
The Craig Campground has nice riverside placement. Tent with a View. Where else would you want to place your temporary home? You got me. Tons of anglers around this week and certainly on this holiday weekend. Presidents Day is Monday.…
Add a Blackfoot River trip to your annual Missouri River vacation. A short scenery packed 1 hr jump over the Continental Divide to freestone bliss. It can be tough to drag guests from the gentle runs and mega hatches of…
10th Annual Craig Caddis Festival & BBQ Cook-Off Saturday May 21st is the date for our 10th Annual Craig Caddis Festival and BBQ Cook-Off in downtown Craig. This is our biggest and longest term community festival. The Craig Volunteer Fire…
Coming up in Helena February 5th. Spokane, Seattle for couple nights and then Helena. The 10th Annual run across America the F3T has become a favorite for many winter anglers needing a fly fishing fix. Enjoy it in your town…
Headhunters Guide Max Mattioli rocking the upper river with a guest Saturday. Sun and some wind and some trout. The week ahead looks like unseasonably warm weather again. Light winds too. Come out and fish. If you wish! February is…
Why should I take up spey “two-handed” fishing you ask? Could it be that new learning is good? Could it be that it looks like fun? Could it be that after watching people make that beautiful cast I just thought…
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.…
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A few dates to get into your calendar for the upcoming 2016 season. Headhunters events, community events, and hatch events that can make your vacation planning easier. The water looks like it will be in the average range for the…
The dates are set for our 2016 spey sessions with Mike McCune & Whitney Gould. For those looking for some hands-on Spey instruction in a small 3:1 classroom setting, you’ll find no better opportunity. Mike & Whitney are among the worlds best Spey-casters…
Headhunters Guide Max Mattioli hooked up above Craig yesterday. Cold? Yes. Too cold? No. Fished for 3 hours. A perfect afternoon. Nymphed with big pink flies. Effective. The fish are in slow water but found several fish in slow plus…
The first Fly Tying Night in America is tonight (Wednesday 1/13) at Headhunters Fly Shop. It’s the season for fly tying and I wanted to share an idea that has been on my mind lately regarding economy in fly tying. First…
This Wednesday (1/13/16) at 6:00 PM Headhunters will be hosting the first Fly Tying Night in America session of the season. Hopefully we’ll be welcoming back some familiar faces from last winter as well as some new tiers. If you’ve…
Ninch checking it out. The new ’16 flies come in beginning in March. Out with the old and in with the new. Ninch gets rid of all of the flies that either do not sell, or do not work. Yep,…
Unfortunately, the weather is forcing us to move this weekends spey clinic to the following weekend, Jan. 16th, 2015. The forecast is for a high temperature around 12 and a low that morning of around 7 degrees. We have also…
24F with a 10-15mph north breeze for air temps on skin at about 0F. So why not dip your entire body in the water on New Years Day. The orange dude in the suit is the safety net! And at…
Silly Saturday Scenery Snowy and slushy and sunny and cold and windy New Years Day. A few anglers and a few hunters out on the water Friday. Today again cold and sunny. Enjoy your final Holiday Weekend.
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…
MRDF 455. Lab only. 3-5cr.(days) Summer Quarter. Class location Missouri River Craig MT. Missouri River Dry Fly 455. PREREQUISITE: An intense desire to learn. Examines and explores Missouri River dry fly technique primarily with mayflies. Dry fly casting techniques will…
Shelf Ice Sunday Be careful out there with the shelf ice building throughout the week. Probably more this week too. Nightly temperatures have dipped well below the freezing mark allowing shelf ice to develop. While shelf ice up and down…
Merry Christmas to all of you out there. Enjoy today. This is one of our first Headhunters images from 2008. A Christmas greeting from Team Headhunters to all of our friends…
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer Happy Christmas Eve from downtown Craig Montana. Pretty quiet this morning with temps in the low 20’s. Snow on the ground, Joe’s Bar serving Reindeer Beers this morning. Bailey’s is our drink of choice on…
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…
We should be waking up to an all-day snowstorm in Craiglandia this Monday morning. Sunday was a beautiful, almost windless day on the Missouri River. I spent it doing something I just don’t do that much anymore in the winter.…
If you live outside of Montana, you think Montana’s are all about trout fishing. They are, but it’s hunting that really motivates many (most?) Montanan’s. Big game season is over, sans a few shoulder season and damage control hunts. Upland birds…
This was few years ago at the WC Boat Ramp. Bob lighting up a winter cigar. Winter time can be tough. So smoke ’em if you got ’em. A bit of snow yesterday. Not much stuck on the ground. Sunday…
First Call for Summer 2016 Fishing and Lodging Heading into the Christmas Holiday in a couple weeks. You will be surrounded by friends and family. A good time to discuss your summer 2016 fishing plans. It ’tis the first call…
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.…
A map of the 4G LTE coverage in Montana. You can clearly see that Montana is not covered. We actually do have cell coverage here in Montana. All those giant Montana cities, of which a couple peak at the 100K…
All is well here fishing Montana’s Missouri River. Friday Foto today here on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Trout Spey Casting Clinic led by John tomorrow. SOLD OUT. The next one coming in January. The snow pretty much melted yesterday with…
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…