Bugs

Bugs, Drake, Nature, Spider, Spider Eats Drake Head!

Spider Eats Drake Head! Found this on a window today. Scary. Trout generally eat Drakes. If the water drops we will see them soon. Happy Saturday. Book your July trip today. How about late July? August? Why not book it…

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

January 24, 2018

Bugs, Fishing Report

Ants, Beetles, Brown Drake, Bugs, Caddis, Guide Trip, Hatches, Hopper, lodging, PMD's, Streamer, Summer, Terrestrials, trico

Summer Foreshadowing Just the 24th of January today. We have more than our toe dipped into the proverbial year, more like our ankle has entered the water. We are just beginning. And having that ankle submerged made me think of…

One Month ’til Midges?

January 18, 2018

Fishing Report

Bugs, dry fly, February, Forecast, Midges, One Month 'til Midges?

One Month ’til Midges? Spending the week in Western Washington as the hard rain has got me thinking…One Month ’til Midges? I did not start out with this exact thought. It started with the hard rain, and being thankful that it…

Squeeky’s Trico Box

July 26, 2017

Bugs, flies, patterns, Squeeky's Trico Box, trico

Squeeky’s Trico Box Top row left moving right… Sinky type Trico’s. Glass beads, silver beads, o beads. Sunken Trico Spinners. More sinky flies and an Adams. A couple King’s River Caddis and a spinner or two. Harrop’s Hi-Viz Spinners and…

Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image

July 23, 2017

Bugs, Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image, Trico's

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Silly Sunday Scenery Tricos Image. It’s hot today. It reached 99F. Not 100F. Trico’s today from the only daily blog here on Montana’s Missouri River. The Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Enjoy the week ahead. Hot here in central Montana. Trico’s…

2016 UMOWA Macroinvertebrate Report

June 15, 2017

Bugs, Conservation

Bugs, conservation, fly fishing technique, missouri river, Nymphs, UMOWA

2016 UMOWA Macroinvertebrate Report On March 17, the Upper Missouri Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) published the results of the 2016 bug study performed by David Stagliano of Montana Biological Survey. We are late in sharing the results, but with the UMOWA Annual…

Missouri River Bugs – May 2017

May 16, 2017

Bugs, flies, fly fishing technique, Nymphs

This week, we collected bugs on the lower river between Pelican Point and Cascade. Today we are going to talk about what Missouri River bugs we found and how to best imitate them during periods of higher flow. The Usual…

Missouri River April May Fly Fishing Forecast

April 11, 2017

Birds, Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique, Nature

April, birds, Bugs, Forecast, May, Populations, Trout, Water LEvels, Weather

Missouri River April May Fly Fishing Forecast Squeeky attended the annual Upper Missouri River water Advisory Meeting last week and got the skinny on the upcoming water flow predictions and the update on the trout populations. Lots of folks in…

Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats

April 10, 2017

Uncategorized

April, Bugs, Flows, Stats, Water Temps, Weather

Monday April 10th Missouri River Stats Bugs are coming. Saw a pretty good BWO hatch yesterday on the lwer river. They will show more this week. It is near! Water Flows are in the 5K range. We should see this…

Missouri River Bugs – April

April 3, 2017

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying, Nature

April, Bugs, flies, fly fishing technique, Nymphs

Last week we collected our first sample of bugs from the Missouri River below the Untouchable’s Bridge. The bugs that we collected were about what you would expect for April. Sows and scuds composed the majority of the biomass, but midges and…

Friday Foreshadowing Foto

January 20, 2017

Bugs, Summer, Trico's

Friday Foreshadowing Foto All I can think about this week is summer. And summer bugs. And short pants. And spinner falls. And when this damn snow will go away… And to think we are already a whole month total…

Blackfoot River Salmon Flies & Fishing Report

June 8, 2016

Blackfoot River, Blackfoot River Fishing Report, Blackfoot River Salmon Flies, Bugs, Salmon Flies

Blackfoot River Salmon Flies & Fishing Report Hey all good across the divide. The Salmon Flies are out in force and the trout don’t want them. So what to do? Well I’m not really sure other than keep fishing and…

Missouri River Bugs – June

June 7, 2016

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique, Nature, Photography, Uncategorized

Bugs, flies, fly fishing technique, June, Nymphs, phtography

Missouri River Bugs The following are some pictures of bugs from the Missouri River that were collected in June a couple miles upstream of Craig. These images will hopefully aid in your fly design and/or fly selection while you are fishing this…

Plenty of BWO’s around the Missouri River

April 18, 2016

Bugs, BWO's, Insects, Mega-Hatch, missouri river, Spring

Plenty of BWO’s around the Missouri River The sun will squash the great dry fly fishing for the most part this week. But, if you sneak around you will find some fish to cast at. Plenty of BWO’s around the…

Missouri River March Fishing Forecast

March 7, 2016

Birds, Bugs, Fishing Report

Bugs, Flows, Hatches, MArch, Missouri River March Fishing Forecast, Weather

Missouri River March Fishing Forecast Things to think about in March We are already a few days into the 3rd month here on the Missouri River. The Missouri River March Fishing Forecast looks strong. Average water levels and warming water…

Missouri River February Fly Fishing Forecast 2016

February 9, 2016

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Fishing Report

Bugs, February Fly Fishing Forecast 2016, Hatches, Nymphs, Streamers, Weather, winter

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…

Fall Bug Sampling

October 19, 2015

Bugs, missouri river, Nymphing, UMOWA

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve had the privilege of aiding David Stagliano with the fall invertebrate sampling of the Missouri River. The Upper Missouri River Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) initiated this sampling in order to establish a baseline data set that…

Leaves falling down, Trout rising up!

October 3, 2015

Bugs, Nature

Bugs, Fall, Leaves falling down, Trout rising up!

Hard rain and sleet this morning. Hard rain and sleet this afternoon. Tomorrow the same. Winter Weather advisory in effect. Fishing this morning? Good. Not as much wind as the forecast called for. Fishing this afternoon? Great. A mega hatch…

First just a few…then a few more.

June 3, 2015

Bugs, Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Bugs, Caddis, June, PMD's