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Little Green Machine Tying Video You read a couple days ago that these guys are swimming around subsurface. So tie them!

Smoke Jumper BWO Tying Video

September 24, 2020

BWO, dry fly, fly tying, Smoke Jumper, video

Smoke Jumper BWO Tying Video Our good friend Hans Stephenson over at Dakota Angler with the Smoke Jumper BWO today on the Headhunters Blog. We like this fly. We like cripples here on the Mo. We like small flies. We…

Longhorn Beetle Tying Video

August 19, 2020

fly tying, Headhunters Own, How to, Longhorn Beetle, Scumliner Mediaklp;./, video

Longhorn Beetle Tying Video Tired of tossing the hopper ad nauseum? Don’t want to throw anything purple or pink? Want to turn heads at Izaak’s when you let the table know you caught the the Buttery Brown you were hunting…

Clouser Crayfish Tying Video

August 13, 2020

Clouser Crayfish, Crawfish, Crayfish, fly tying, JAV, Summer, Tying Video

Clouser Crayfish Tying Video August nymphing requires lots of patience, potential weeds crowding your fly, and the Clouser Crayfish. Or a Zirdle. A top fly for many nymphers this time of year. Add a split shot or not. Many let…

Trout Spey Fly Tying Contest

September 11, 2019

John Arnold

Fly Tying, Troutspey

competition, contest, fly tying, Trout Spey

As part of our new 2019 Trout Spey Camp, Headhunters will be holding a fly tying competition for the best Trout Spey Pattern. We are looking for some great new Trout Spey “Swing” patterns for the Missouri River and beyond,…

Tuesday Tying Kits Half Chicken

May 14, 2019

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Tuesday Tying Kits Half Chicken A local classic that I first saw fishing with Mark Daly and LT back in the day. Don’t know who created it, but one of those two certainly had their hands in it. Both long…

Just Add Vise Tungsten Dart

November 1, 2018

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Just Add Vise Tungsten Dart This fly works. Been fishing it in the canyon reach for months. It probably has another couple weeks of life this fall. A great fly starting in May and running into November. Tie them up…

Just Add Vise Zirdle Bug Tying Kit Video

May 6, 2018

Exclusive, fly tying, Fly Tying Materials, Headhunters Own, JAV, Just Add Vise, video, Zirdle Bug

Just Add Vise Zirdle Bug Tying Kit Video High water means more bigger bugs. Yep. Big fly big water theory. Some say it. Some even mean it. If you are headed this way in the spring, summer, or fall you…

Rainbow Czech Nymph Just Add Vise Kit, Video

March 22, 2018

fly tying, JAV, Just Add Vise, Rainbow Czech Nymph, Scumliner Media, tying, video

Rainbow Czech Nymph Just Add Vise Kit, Video The legendary Rainbow Czech Nymph offered by Headhunters Fly Shop of Craig Montana. Included is the video above. Come by the shop picking up the Just Add Vise Rainbow Czech Nymph Tying…

How to Tie a Soft Hackle with Hans

January 11, 2018

Fly Fishing Video, Troutspey

fly tying, SD Angler, Soft Hackle, video

How to Tie a Soft Hackle with Hans Today a soft hackle video with Hans S of the South Dakota Angler. We used to post a quite a few vids from Hans. A good tier. If you are in the…

Just Add Vise Video Kreelex

November 4, 2017

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Just Add Vise Video Kreelex A got to have pattern for th winter on the Mighty Mo. Summer too. But truly important for the next 6 months. Come by and get yourself a Just Add Vise Kit, or call us…

Chartreuse Little Green Machine

October 3, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

Baetis, blue winged olive, Fall Fly Fishing, fly tying, Little Green Machine, nymph

Blue Winged Olives With snow the last couple days, river temps are continuing to drop. This morning the water temp was 54.5 degrees. As this trend continues, we will continue to see lots of pseudos. Before too long we will…

Mozuri Minnow Just Add Vise Kit Video

September 27, 2017

Fall, Fly Pattern, fly tying, HH Exclusive, JAV, Just Add Vise Kit, Streamer, Trout Spey, video

Mozuri Minnow Just Add Vise Kit Video Getting ready for full on fall with the Mozuri Minnow Just Add Vise Kit Video today y on Headhunters Fly Shop daily blog. John Arnold created this pattern a few years back for the…

Six Essential Flies For The Missouri River

September 1, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying, Headhunters Life

essential flies, flies, fly sale, fly tying, missouri river

A couple days ago, I was digging through one of my fly tying drawers and I found an old shuttle sheet. The shuttle sheet was dated December 29, 2015. On the back of it were scribbled several lists of six…

Trout Flies By Gary Lafontaine

August 15, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique

books, Buzzball, flies, fly tying, Gary LaFontaine

I have always loved the writing of Gary Lafontaine. The first post I ever wrote for this blog was about his theory of color attraction. I have read a lot of books about fly fishing and fly tying, but Trout…

X Caddis Tying Video Just Add Vise Kits

June 22, 2017

Craig Mathews, fly tying, video, X Caddis

X Caddis Tying Video Just Add Vise Kits These legendary tying its come with everything you need for tying 25 flies. And a video to boot! Slow it down, speed it up, pause it…you are the boss! Folks love these…

Juvie Jigger Streamer Strikes!

May 27, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

flies, fly tying, missouri river, Spring Fishing, Streamers

Juvie Jigger Streamer At the end of April, Headhunters hosted a Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest on our Facebook page. We received a ton of awesome entries. Choosing a winner was tough. Each shop staffer and several guides selected their…

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Photos

April 29, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Tying, Photography

fly tying, Spring Fishing, Streamers

Spring Streamer Fly Tying Contest Headhunters hosted a streamer fly tying contest on our Facebook page this past week. The objective was to submit a home-brewed streamer pattern that would work well on the Mo this spring. Tyers sent in a…

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm

April 27, 2017

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

fly fishing technique, fly tying, Nymphs, Spring Fishing, worm

Ninch’s Fish Finder Worm needs to be in your box. Fish like worms. Rising water flushes worms from the banks and bottom of the river into the current. Last week the flows increased from around 5,000 cfs to the current…

Freddy Fly Step By Step

February 16, 2017

Fly Fishing Technique, Fly Tying

flies, fly fishing technique, fly tying

Freddy Fly Step By Step Before the Chubby Chernobyl, John Foust’s Freddy Fly (or Fat Freddy) was a staple pattern throughout the West. Foust invented the fly for the waters around Missoula, but it has caught fish all over the world.…

It’s Fly Tying Time Just Add Vise Kits!

December 30, 2016

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It’s Fly Tying Time Just Add Vise Kits! It is tying time in America! Post Christmas Blues got you down? Well perk up with the JAV KITS and tie up some spring and summer flies. May of us try to…

Missouri River Bugs – July

July 11, 2016

Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique, Photography

fly fishing technique, fly tying, Nymphs, photography

Missouri River bugs The following are some pictures of Missouri River bugs that were collected just downstream of the Mid Cañon boat ramp on July 7th. It has been a month since our last bug post, so some of the bugs…

Stocking Wing Caddis Step By Step

March 16, 2016

Bugs, Fly Fishing Technique

Caddis, fly fishing technique, fly tying, step by step, stocking wing caddis

Stocking Wing Caddis Step By Step During the caddis fly hatch on the Missouri River, it’s a good idea to have several patterns with differing profiles in your box including there Stocking Wing Caddis. It makes sense to have some high floating…

X Caddis JAV Kit and Tying Video

March 10, 2016

Bugs, Fly Fishing Video

fly tying, Headhunters Online Store, JAV, Just Add Vise, Online Store, Scumliner Media, Tying Kit, video, Vimeo, X Caddis

X Caddis JAV Kit The X Caddis is a killer fly! Still a couple months away from needing this bug. But I truly believe that the X Caddis originally tied by Craig Mathews is one of the 5 caddis you…

At the Headhunters Vise last night

February 25, 2016

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Buzzball, Cluster Patern, dry fly, fly tying, Headhunters Vise, Kreelex, LEech, UV Light

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…

Foxee Minnow Just Add Vise Kit

February 19, 2016

Fly Fishing Video

fly tying, Foxee Minnow Just Add Vise Kit, JAV, Online Store, video

Lots of these flies swinging on the Missouri River the last couple months. So therefore the Just Add Vise Kits are moving too. Many ordered online. A great way to go. Order it today and POOF! it will be on…

Fly Tying Efforts

February 14, 2016

fly tying, Fly Tying Night in America, Winter Wednesdays

Bugs

The regular gang was at the shop Wednesday night for Fly Tying Night In America. Ninch, Sara, Kurt, Dewey, Braden, Rick, Mark T, John, and Mark. A few beers, some homemade Hummus, a few chips and salsa, and several vises.…

Economical Fly Tying

January 13, 2016

Braden's Brain, fly tying, Wednesday in Craig MT

Headhunters Life

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…

Fly Tying Night In America This Wednesday

January 11, 2016

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

flies, fly tying

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…

Tying the Pink Lightning Bug

December 28, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Fly Fishing Video

flies, fly tying, HEadhunters, Just Add Vise, Pink, products, winter

Tying the Pink Lightning Bug Today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog we tie the Pink Lightning Bug. In conjunction with our popular Just Add Vise brand this video is purely simple. No talking, no postulating about materials, and no…

Fluorescent Flies

November 21, 2015

Fly Fishing Technique

flies, fly tying, Nymphing, winter

As Mark recently pointed out, water temps are falling and we’re moving into winter. Scuds and sows are king and pink flies or flies with firebeads will continue to gain popularity as winter progresses. Popular winter flies include the Pink Lightning Bug, Amex, Rainbow Czech,…

Just Add Vise UV Para Ant Video

February 26, 2015

Fly Fishing Video

fly tying, Parachute Ant, video

Ants are flies that fish eat on the Missouri River. Talk to any ol’ timer and he can tell you 12 stories about either floating any sort of rodent from a shingle…and a few stories about ants. That’s truth there…

FTA – Last Nights Efforts

February 19, 2015

John Arnold

Headhunters Life

america, fly tying

FTA was on last night with a good crowd, good times and some very good efforts. AS winter fly fishing has become the norm around here, most were tying for the ‘now’ and not the ‘later’. Here’s what I saw……

Fly Tying Night in America

February 4, 2015

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Our biweekly tying event is again in Craig tonight @ Headhunters Fly Shop. 6-8pm with Ninch, Max and Braden, Mark, and maybe additional Headhunters around. Come one come all to this relaxed fly tying affair. Watch this on Hans Stephenson’s…

Headhunters Fly Shop January Update 1.19.15

January 19, 2015

Fishing Report

craig trout camp, events, fly shop, fly tying, Spey Clinic, Spring Special, UMOWA

The New Year arrived and it has moved behind us and now in the distance. Lots of anglers out this last weekend with the first weather weekend over 40F in the last couple months. With the warmth we got the…

Missouri River PMD Patterns

June 30, 2014

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Gear

flies, fly tying, Missouri River Montana PMD Box, PMD

Ninch and I were going through the fly bins the other day and pointing out a few of our favorite PMD patterns for the Missouri River. Right now. Cripples and spinners, mostly. There are others. Here are some macro shots…

Fly Tying Night in America | Headhunters Fly Shop

February 19, 2014

Fly Fishing Video

fly tying, fly tying video, missouri river, scud, video

Fly Tying Night in America in Craig Montana Headhunters Fly Shop. Tonight is gonna be a big one. Lots of folks making th journey. And we will tie. Come out and join us this Wednesday February evening for a couple…

Kids Fly Tying

December 11, 2013