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Happy V-Day: I Said Delicate! Repost of a great Scumliner Blog

February 14, 2023

Happy V-Day: I Said Delicate! Repost of a great Scumliner Blog Ed Note: Happy V-Day to all you lovers out there from us here in central Montana. A repost today of a great blog John wrote 7 years ago, mid-summer,…

Fly Casting Essential #2

February 13, 2023

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique

5 Essentials of the fly cast, Casting, FFF

Fly Casting Essential #2 All 5 have to happen for the cast to be perfect. Or, even work. 2. Slack line should be kept to an absolute minimum. Pulling taut line, is all the fly rod/tool can do. The rod is…

Spite Hill Caster

February 6, 2023

Mark Raisler

Headhunters Life

Casting, ECHO Micro Practice Rod, Fly Rods, Practice

Spite Hill Caster Just dreaming on this Monday. Reminding myself, and all of you out there, to practice casting. I practice in my garage with my practice rod. The inclement weather, and the damn incessant wind , will keep the…

Winter Tasks at Hand

January 5, 2022

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique

Casting, Tasks, To Do List, winter

Winter Tasks at Hand Got the winter doldrums? Bored? Want to fish but cannot because the weather outside? Want to go to the Bahamas but your spouse does not think that is such a good idea? But you can’t? And…

Dry Fly Super Bowl still a few months away

February 7, 2021

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique

Casting, DFO, dry fly, Practice, summwer

Dry Fly Super Bowl still a few months away Image: Long time Headhunter Jim Arkin sizing up a PMD flat. Patience along with accurate confident first drifts put Jim in the right mood for success. A big game today. All…

Tuesday Fly Casting Tactics w/ Simon Gawesworth

January 5, 2021

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video

Casting, DFO, dry fly, Hopper, Simon Gawesworth, Streamer, Technical casting, Technique

Tuesday Fly Casting Tactics w/ Simon Gawesworth A great tip from Simon Gawesworth fo RIO Line Company today. Tuesday here in Craig and all is well. The fly shop staff is out on the casting lane often fine tuning personal…

Wednesday Workshop: How to get better at fishing, without fishing

December 4, 2019

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique

Accuracy, Assumptions, Casting, Do it, Practice, Squeeky Speaks

Wednesday Workshop: How to get better at fishing, without fishing We have lots of questions like “How can I get better at fishing?” Our answer is always watch more YouTube vids at work Fish more. But if you cannot spend the amount…

Swing Tip: Anchor Placement

December 15, 2017

John Arnold

Troutspey

Casting, spey

There are a few critical components of a Spey cast that I like to emphasize in our trout Spey clinics, because they are the keys to troubleshooting when your cast heads south. Clinics, demonstrations, books and YouTube are all great…

Hangman Spey Video – Mike McCune

May 8, 2017

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Technique, Troutspey

Casting, Hangman, mccune, Mike, spey, Trout

Here’s a valuable casting video Mike McCune and I recently shot. Valuable because it is the spey cast I see Mike executing more often than not when we are trout fishing. I have had a number of customers ask me…

Mike McCune – Perry Poke Video

November 30, 2016

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Fishing Video, Troutspey

Casting, mccune, Mike, perry, poke, spey, troutspey

If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of our clinics with Mike McCune – and wife Whitney Gould – this will give you an idea what it’s like to spend the day with him on the water. For…

MRDF 455 Lab Summer Quarter 2016

December 30, 2015

Mark Raisler

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Brown Trout, Casting, Education, information, Mayflies, Trout, Trout University

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…

It’s time to work on your casting technique

December 29, 2015

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Technique

Casting, Casting Education, Double Haul, Instruction

It really is time. You have the rest of the winter to get it done. It only takes a few minutes a week. And, you will reap the rewards for the entire season. A building block for even greater accuracy,…

Friday Spey Foto

January 23, 2015

Mark Raisler

Headhunters Life, Photography

Casting, friday foto, spey

A nice shot on Friday. Friday Foto. Looking good this weekend of rSpey Casting the Missouri. We are The Missouri River Spey Shop. Demo’s galore, lines too. Stop in and see us for any of your single or two handed…

Happy V-Day: I Said Delicate! Repost of a great Scumliner Blog

Fly Casting Essential #2

Spite Hill Caster

Winter Tasks at Hand

Dry Fly Super Bowl still a few months away

Tuesday Fly Casting Tactics w/ Simon Gawesworth

Wednesday Workshop: How to get better at fishing, without fishing

Swing Tip: Anchor Placement

Hangman Spey Video – Mike McCune

Mike McCune – Perry Poke Video

MRDF 455 Lab Summer Quarter 2016

It’s time to work on your casting technique

Friday Spey Foto

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