Cool Catch Magazine Article
Cool Catch Magazine Article From a few years back when we could stand closer to each other. Spokane Women on the Fly is a group headed up by Heather Hodsen et al and have been coming to the Mo for…
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New Breed Chick Cassie Swings ’em up!
Cassie Swings ’em up! Chris shot this image of Cassie after swinging this Rainbow up last week. Chris and Cassie make the trip up I-15 north to the Mighty Mo Trout Spey Mecca often. And we like that. Both of…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Carol Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Carol Edition Fished with the lovely Carol yesterday along with her beau Treg. Great times. Fun fishing with them and Carol put on a show in the morning session. A few of these made us all…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Baliey Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Baliey Edition A good one from New Breed Chick Bailey on this Saturday morning. Caught this one on a hopper. And yes, it was Bailey’s first day fly fishing. What a stunner for her first fish…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Kelly Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Kelly Edition Kelly got this one when conditions were tough. Fishing with HH Guide Beth Langell this past week on the Prossen Group. Many years for Greg and his gang. The Mo has a hold on…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Amanda Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Amanda Edition Amanda’s first trout on the Mo. A good one for sure! She and her friend Stephanie wedged their way into the trip this year after being squeezed out several years ago. Now that they…
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Two-For Tuesday Missouri River Montana
Two-For Tuesday Missouri River Montana A Montana double today on the HH Blog site featuring a married couple that fishes together. Well, Ben for the most part, but now Amanda as she shows her partner who the real angler is…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Stephanie Returns Edition & 4th of July Fishing Report
New Breed Chicks Rule Stephanie Returns Edition Stephanie graced the early pages of the blog and has more than one installment in the New Breed Chicks annals. Stephanie and friend Amanda, you’ll see her early next week as she too…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Amanda Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Amanda Edition Fished with Amanda along with the Tabert Gang this past weekend. And she caught her first Missouri River trout. A few of them! We love to see gals like Amanda get stoked on fly…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Tess Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Tess Edition Tess and her first trout on a fly. Nice work Tess. Great times with Tess and her family this week. Sunny, fishing, fellowship. A perfect June week. The Dearborn coming down in flows. Fishable…
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Diane New Breed Chicks Rule #769
Diane New Breed Chicks Rule #769 Either her 3rd or 4th post from Diane today. Nice work Diane. We have come to expect nice brown trout from you one the past 10 years. Keep up the good work! Happy Friday…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Jesse Edition!
New Breed Chicks Rule Here’s soon to be pre-med student Jesse Dewitt whacking fatties on the Mo over the weekend. Jesse is a fly fishing beast!! Thanks Andy for sending this pic along. It made our day for sure. Fishing…
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Friday Foto Sara & a Pot of Dry Fly Gold
Friday Foto Sara & a Pot of Dry Fly Gold We are still a couple months from daily dry fly activity on the Missouri River here in Craig Montana. But each day we get closer. Water levels for the summer…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Alena Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Alena Edition Alena with this nice brown trout caught while fishing with Headhunters guide Lindsey Channel. El Segundo has many talents including killer pics with a paint brush in hand. Not a one trick pony. No…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Diane Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Diane Edition Diane fishes a ton. And catches fish like this one. Big Brown Trout. She smiles too. Just not in this shot. Stoic here. Thanks to Gary for the photo! Thanks Diane. Love the pic!…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Aislinn Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Aislinn Edition New Breed Chick Aislinn rocking this nice rainbow last week. Thanks Aislinn for bringing your cool son Finn too. He will grace the pages of this blog shortly. Aislin lives with her hubby Chris…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Margaret Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Margaret Edition This gal, Margaret, is 70yrs young. Her first trip to the Mo. First time fishing. First Rainbow. She likes it. We like it too Margaret. Thanks for visiting us here at Headhunters Fly Shop…
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Debbie does New Breed Chicks Rule #2
Debbie does New Breed Chicks Rule #2 Second time Debbie has graced the hallowed pages of the Headhunters Blog. She and husband D.C attended the Headhunters Dry Fly School Thursday thru this morning. 3 days fishing. 3 days of dry…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Janet Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Janet Edition Janet fished well a couple days ago. She and Rick started their fishing trip in Craig this summer. SOL fished with Rick and his son last year here on the Mo. Janet and Rick…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Reba Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Reba Edition Reba and Cy were out this past week. Fished with HH Lead Guide Ben Hardy and wrecked ’em. But only on dry flies. Reba caught several nice ones during the two days with hubby…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Diane June Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Diane June Edition June 10th. All is well. Diane was on the Mo again with confidant Len. He rows too. Diane fishes. Clearly obvious from the photo above. Thanks Diane and Len for visiting us this…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy
New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy Betsy graces the pages of the Headhunters Blog once again. It may be her third appearance. Or fourth. I believe there will be more to come! Thanks Betsy for catching the only brown trout of…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Shalom Edition #2
New Breed Chicks Rule Shalom Edition #2 Shalom Thomas fishing with HH Guide Dewey this past Friday. Shalom and husband Marty, straight outta the North Shore in Oahu, have been here on the Mo a number of times and this…
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New Breed Chicks Rule April Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule April Edition Mark fished with Francine and Casey yesterday in the canyon. We fought all day long, at a leisurely pace. A perfect day. The sun came out a few times, and the wind only blew…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Alison Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Alison Edition Alison with this nice rainbow from the river yesterday. She and her beau Matt were supposed to be steel heading but thought that the conditions were not right so they headed out to the…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Debbie Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Debbie Edition Debbie and DC just finished up Headhunters 3rd Annual Advanced Fly Fishing School session 1. Debbie caught the big fish of the week on a short leash nymph drifting it in front of a…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Emma Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Emma Edition Yep. Emma has been fishing here, sparingly, for 6 years. More and more the past couple trips. The fish on a dry fly. I think al of her fish this last trip on the…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Cassidy Edition #2
New Breed Chicks Rule Cassidy Edition #2 Thanks again Cassidy for gracing our waters. Fishing with husband and rower Brant Cassidy got a few to the hand this last week. They will return soon. We look forward to it. Cassidy…keep…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Sue Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Sue Edition Fished with Sue and Mike yesterday. Dry Fly all day long. The wind did blow. But that iddi not deter us much. A good bite in the morning. Not as good late afternoon. Caddis,…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Sherri Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Sherri Edition Thanks to Sherri and Rich for fishing with us this past couple weeks. They did well, found fishy and even had a few doubles! Sherri caught this, one fo several, brown trout in the…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Diane Edition #2, or #3
New Breed Chicks Rule Diane Edition #2, or #3 Diane with a brown trout here on the Mo last week. Diane and Leonard fish here often visiting from Spokane Wa. Good friends of the shop and favorites of ours for…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Cassidy Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Cassidy Edition Big weekend ahead. These fine folks just left Craiglandia headed back to Portlandia. I think they want to stay longer. Like the entire summer. Cassidy caught several nice trout this Tuesday on the Mighty…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy Edition Fishing here on the Mo straight outta Michigan Betsy put on a show again. New Breed Chicks Rule Betsy Edition today on the Headhunters Fly Shop daily Blog. Charlie caught some too! The day generally…
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Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day! Take your Mom fishing. If she usually rows the boat, it may be your turn. Respect that she nurtured you for all of those years and pay it forward. Moms, grandma’s, great-grand-moms and Mother-In-Laws too. Above with…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Sally Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Sally Edition Sally from somewhere in the last month. I think in the rainy period of April. Hence the rain jackets. Did not damper the enthusiasm in this boat though. Big fish caught by Sally, including…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Spring Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Spring Edition Erin with this beauty yesterday morning. She was fishing with her friend and confidant Annie both of Helena Montana. In the high(er) water? Yep. We love fishing with women here at Headhunters Fly Shop.…
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The Comprehensive Guide to Guided Fishing Trips
Lots of folks call the shop and inquire about guide services. Many of you who have not had the wonderful opportunity to be guided before, you are in for a trout fishing treat. Squeeky’s father suggested he write this blog…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Swing Style
New Breed Chicks Rule Swing Style Cassie Cline today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog New Breed Chicks Rule Swing Style. Hi Mark! We had some success with the swing bite this weekend! After a tough week on the deschutes…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Cheri Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Cheri Edition Fantastic calm Monday fishing with Cheri and her hubby Barton. Headhunters hosted them and guide Mark Raisler rowed the boat. He also snapped a couple foto’s. Met Barton this summer as they had recently…
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New Breed Chicks Rule October Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule October Edition Karen caught this large brown trout with guide Lindsey Channel last October. Cold, wet, inclement. And then this happened. Leonard, her husband, reeled up and watched the magic. October is on the way. The…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Jackie Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Jackie Edition Jackie and Max with this nice Missouri River brown trout near Pelican Point. Jackie and her folks are non local locals. A number of folks who own second homes here fish with guides. Sometimes.…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Blackfoot River Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Blackfoot River Edition Shalom with her first trout that wasn’t a dink on a dry fly! This cool Cutty fell for a Trina’s Carnage Purple Hopper Monday below River Junction. Marty and Shalom were out this…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Summer Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Summer Edition Cathy with this nice trout on the upper river. It was her second trout of all time! Nice work Cathy. Looking forward to more success in the future. Cathy a New Breed Chick Rules!
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Silly Sunday Scenery New Breed Version
Silly Sunday Scenery New Breed Version So many good looking gals with trout this last week we have to populate our blog with both women and trout. We have enough pics of you sir. No harm intended at all. But…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Lily Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Lily Edition Nice trout from Lily yesterday with guide Mark Raisler. The Batley group was here in full fore with some from the local neighborhood and stretched out as far as Florida. An annual migration and…
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The Spokane New Breed Chicks! Spokane Women on the Fly!
The Spokane New Breed Chicks! Spokane Women on the Fly! This group was refreshing. We need them to come once a month and breathe new life into this stage fishing town. The Spokane Women on the Fly group to day…
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Darrell, Carla, and Barley
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Faith Edition
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…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Peggy and Trish Edition
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Barb Edition
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Beverly Edition
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Peg Edition
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…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Chelsey Edition
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…
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Jana Noges New Breed Chicks Rule
Jana Noges New Breed Chicks Rule We love having females in the boat. They generally out fish their male counterparts. Are you gonna ring your wife, or girlfriend? Why not bring her out this fall with you to finish off…
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New Breed Chicks Rule Great Falls Edition
New Breed Chicks Rule Great Falls Edition Patty B. with this nice rainbow trout on Friday. Fishing with Headhunters All Star Brett Matula. Tuesday and all is well. Sunny and warm this week. Winter, or near fall as we get…
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