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Friday Fall Foto All good here on the Mo. Weedy? Yes. The upper end not as much. Towards Cascade not as much. It seems to get eaten up by the rapids at Half Breed? Always strange. Fishing decent, not as…

Friday Foto

June 7, 2019

Friday Foto Dry Fly Action Tye Habel with this nice larger rainbow on an X-Caddis. Yes, dry fly action has arrived. Riverwide? Daily? All day long? Blanket hatches? No. But enough to keep you busy for an afternoon. Here and…

Friday Foto

March 22, 2019

Friday Foto Spring is here. Friday Goto. Squeeky having problems with the BBQ charcoal. An early Headhunters Free BBQ. This one legendary of course because this is the moment that Adair realized that her fathers business partner is not too…

Friday Foto Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.18

July 27, 2018

Fishing Report

Caddis, fishing report, friday foto, July, PMD, Summer, trico, Weekend

Friday Foto Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.18 Flows dropping to 4800 cfs today as we Monto the last gasp of July. Wade fishers paradise. Daily events include the Trico spinner fall @ 845 am. Later in the morning you…

Dry Fly Eater Friday Foto

July 6, 2018

Birds, Headhunters Life

birds, friday foto

Dry Fly Eater Friday Foto The day is Friday. The blog post is Friday Foto. The topic is Birds. Squeeky’s favorite Friday topic. Don’t know what kind of bird it is. But I do know he was plucking bugs from…

Friday Foto Pelicans

June 22, 2018

Birds

friday foto, Pelicans

Friday Foto Pelicans A smelly bird. The Pelican. These are white. Happy Friday. See you in Craig this weekend. Check out our smelly Pelicans. We got lots.

Friday Foto

May 4, 2018

friday foto, Shane Wilson

Friday Foto Shane Wilson drifting down the river last week. Laughing, fishing, enjoying the day. The weather is fresh, springlike, and fantastic. Visit us when coming to the Mo We’d love to meet you. We have Craig’s only Wi-Fi, cellular…

Friday Foto Spring Eagle Image

April 27, 2018

Birds

Eagle, friday foto, Image

Friday Foto Spring Eagle Image On the upper Thursday. Not too many floating around from WC down. They must have been int he canyon, the plug of spring boats. A few waders snuggling to find water as well. IT’s gonna…

First Friday of Spring Foto

March 22, 2018

friday foto, Spring

First Friday of Spring Foto Fishing is quite good for late March. I think the scale tipped the other way not eh first day of spring. The fishing will get better everyday thru July 5th. Easier I mean. After July…

Friday Foto March 2nd Edition

March 2, 2018

Friday Foto March 2nd Edition Great fishing this last week. Good bite on all three disciplines. Midges coming off daily. The fish like the swing w/ olive flavored flies tied from the end. Nymphers are rejoicing. Thankfully March has arrived.…

Friday Foto

February 16, 2018

Friday Foto Shotgun Annie’s of Wolf Creek. The winter eatery in the canyon. Stop in and say hello, order a round, and enjoy a burger. Summertime too. Snow here this weekend. Nice today, mid 30’s. Winter returns Saturday. Enjoy your…

Friday Foto Swingin’

January 19, 2018

friday foto, Swinging, Trout Spey

Friday Foto Swingin’ Good weekend for swinging flies. Weather? Variable. Standard. What’er you gonna do? Watch football? Tie flies. Nap on the couch. Organize flies? Clean fly lines. Surf the web. Plan your summer trip. Clean the garage? All of…

Friday Foto Mountain Palace Winter

January 12, 2018

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Friday Foto Mountain Palace Winter Real cold today. Lots of snow falling. Quite a bit overnight. Looks OK for the weekend. Much warmer temps. Maybe fishable. If you deem it fishable, stop in the shop. We have hot coffee. Unless…

Friday Foto

January 5, 2018

Friday Foto Warming here in Craig. Shelf ice around, but navigable. Check the boat ramps before doing anything too stupid. Come by the shop get a shuttle, fill the voids in your fly box, check out our Just Add Vise…

Friday Foto Back to Fall Weather

November 10, 2017

Fall Weather, friday foto, November

Friday Foto Back to Fall Weather High of 47F today. Not too windy. Very nice. Partly sunny, cloudy. A few anglers out there enjoying this fall back weekend. See you tomorrow, or this afternoon?

Friday Foto FF School Edition

October 6, 2017

BWO, Fall, friday foto, Nymphers Unite, Streamer Love, You oughtta get out here

Friday Foto FF School Edition All is well here as we move into the fall period on the Mighty Mo. We are entrenched in the Wolf Creek Lodge with our annual Advanced Fly Fishing School that kicked off last night.…

Friday Foto

July 28, 2017

friday foto, Rainbow Trout, Rising Trout, Sipper

Friday Foto Rising Rainbow Trout Hot and windy for the most part. Dry fly fishing great, if you are into that sort of thing. Hatches have been delayed in the mooring for some reason. A short window of rising trout…

Friday Missouri River Lower Canyon Foto

May 5, 2017

Friday Missouri River Lower Canyon Foto My buddy Shaun hooked up Thursday in the lower canyon. Pretty bright out yesterday with air temps getting into the 80’s for the first time this year. Today? Mid-80’s. Cinco-de-Mayo. Have a Tequila for…

Friday Foto Headhunters Fly Shop

April 21, 2017

Friday Foto Headhunters Fly Shop Water levels should be stable this weekend. Currently 7070 at time of writing Thursday night. Don’t think they will be coming up today. But not really sure. No faxogram from the DNRC. Looks like good…

Downtown Craig

March 5, 2017

Craiglandia, friday foto

Downtown Craig Somesnow in the ground. Snow for the next week. We like snow here in downtown Craig Montana. Makes for a better summer. Craig is warming up for the season ahead. More and more daily activity. Guide trips out…

Friday Foto

January 27, 2017

Landscape

Friday Foto You recognize that run above? Sometimes some fishy’s in there. Spooky bitches though. Tread slowly and quietly. Like a trout fly wielding ghost. Warm and windy this weekend. We will be out both days with our January Free…

Friday Foto the 13th

January 13, 2017

Landscape

Friday Foto the 13th Not as cold as it has been the entire last month. Warmer this weekend for sure. We welcome it. Wednesday night came in at -24F. Yesterday better. But still will not make above the freezing mark…

Friday Foto

November 11, 2016

Friday Foto Friday. Late Fall. 70F. Not much time left until winter is here. Would like to see a bit of fall, before bitter cold weather starts. Fall is fun. Let’s have some. Please.

Friday Foto Spey Season is in Season

November 4, 2016

friday foto, Spey Season, Trout Spey

Friday Foto Spey Season is in Season Throwing the Trout Spey rod daily as we move into November. Friday today. Sunny. Let’s dismiss the sun and get into the real fall. Bring it. We are heading into a weeks worth…

Friday Foto Classic Shuttle Vehicle Breaking Away

October 28, 2016

Bicycle Movie, Bike, Breaking Away, Coming of Age, friday foto, Pink Floyd, Shuttle

This Classic Shuttle Vehicle has not fallen from style…ever. The cheapest way to fish with your drifter. No overpriced shuttle done by some fly shop who is already overcharging for flies, rods, free coffee… This bike at Stickney Creek FAS…

Friday Foto Fall Foreshadowing

September 16, 2016

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Fall, friday foto, photo

Friday Foto Fall Foreshadowing This image from the Blackfoot River last week. Bobby Clark after catching couple Cutthroat on a Chubby Chernobyl. The Blackfoot is about over as we move into cooler weather on the westside. But it is just…

Friday Foto Blackfoot Sunburst

September 9, 2016

Blackfoot River, friday foto

Friday Foto Blackfoot Sunburst Fun times on the Blackfoot. September is a nice time to be there. Get over the divide and enjoy. Fishing on the Mo? Pretty good. Read yesterday’s fishing report and we will see you this weekend!…

Friday Foto Blackfoot River Days

June 10, 2016

Blackfoot River, friday foto, Kelley Lasek

Friday Foto Blackfoot River Days Many more trips ahead of us as we movie into the meat of the summer. Traveling across the divide to fish a completely different resource the Blackfoot River is a jewel. If you are here…

Friday Foto Papu & four-O-six

May 6, 2016

Dentist, Dr Chris Mast, fourOsix, friday foto, Helena, Papu

Papu of fourOsix in Helena Montana. The coolest lifestyle, ski, snowboard, sunglass, and outstanding clothing hang in Helena. Papu is releasing this sprite Missouri River Rainbow Thursday morning. Fished a Purple Haze with a Peep Show below all day long. Papu…

Friday Foto Black and White Scene

April 8, 2016

B & W, friday foto

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…

Lunch Time on the Mo

March 18, 2016

Drift Boats, friday foto

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…

Headhunters Fly Shop Monday Fishing Report

Friday Foto & Fishing Report

February 5, 2016

Fishing Report, Landscape

fishing report, friday foto, Weekend

Looks pretty good as far as the weekend looks. Save for the wind forecast. Will they be wrong again? Who knows. We’ll report to you after the fact. Predictions are for stockbrokers. Although I’m sure I will try to see…

Friday Foto January Edition

January 15, 2016

friday foto, January

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…

Friday Foto Headhunters Holiday Shot

December 18, 2015

Fly Fishing Gear, Headhunters Life

Christmas, friday foto, Gift Card, Headhunters Holiday, Wish List

Friday Foto Headhunters Holiday Shot We are in the full holiday swing here at Headhunters. The phone is ringing for fly fishing gift items and we are mailing gifts not only to Santa but to husbands, wives, friends, and families…

Friday Foto December Snow Edition

December 4, 2015

Headhunters Life, Landscape, Photography

December, friday foto, Islands, Snow, winter

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…

Happy Thanksgiving from Sub-Zero Craig Montana

Friday Foto w/ short fishing report.

November 27, 2015

Fishing Report, Photography

Friday Foto with the Forest Anderson Craig Bridge today. Damn cold the last couple days with snow coverage statewide. Warming to day with anglers bound to be on the water. Gotta get rid of some of that Turkey Fat. Swingers…

Friday Foto along with BWO Report

October 23, 2015

Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique

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Shitty bright sun this week. Some overcast yesterday afternoon. More this weekend. Thank the fishing gods for putting this sunny month to bed. Let’s finish the month with darker skies. Having said that I feel better. No more t-shirt afternoons…

Friday Foto

October 16, 2015

friday foto, Weekend October Fishing Report

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Randy Hicks of Rocky Mountain Angler in Boulder CO fishing with Headhunters in conjunction with the annual RIO Products trip to the Missouri. Randy fishing the Missouri River for the first time. He has fished many other Montana rivers and…

Friday Foto

October 9, 2015

Fall means wade fishing. Fall means great fishing with great friends. Fall is just plain fun.

Friday Foto

September 4, 2015

Headhunters Life, Landscape

It’s gonna be a good weekend rain or shine here in Craig Montana. Come out and see the river, the beer fest, the folks, Izaak’s, Joe’s, and Headhunters Big Sale. Enjoy your kick off day to the weekend. Run hard…

Friday Foto on Saturday

July 11, 2015

Bugs

Dragonfly. Friday Foto. Mid-season and all is well. TGIF. Be happy, it’s summer. We are.

Friday Foto

May 29, 2015

Belt Formations, Clouds, friday foto

May is nearly over. June is nearly here. How much longer do you have to wait to get on that plane to come on out and fish the Mo? Well, we hope it is coming soon. Or if it does…

Friday Foto

March 6, 2015

Friday Foto here on the Headhunters Blog. Wednesday morning 12F. Really damn pretty on the Missouri River in central Montana. Weather nice this weekend. See you on the river or for apres fish at Joe’s. Enjoy the continued spring foreshadowing.

Friday Foto

February 6, 2015

Big nice weekend ahead. Spey Clinic tomorrow. Lodging available for the weekend. Guides out on the water. Demo Adipose Boats out too. Shuttles daily. Some rain ahead, maybe. Enjoy the lower river image today.

Friday Fly Fishing Foto

January 30, 2015

Fly Fishing, friday foto, spey

Friday Foto today with a bent Switch Rod. This is one way to bend it. The other? FISH. TGIF. Go HAWKS!

Friday Spey Foto

January 23, 2015

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…

Friday Foto

December 19, 2014

Craig Bridge, friday foto

Friday Foto from your good friends in Craig Montana flanking the shores of The Missouri River. Looks pretty good for weekend fishing. Not too cold, not too windy…just right. Stop in for anything you may need or give us a…

Friday Foto

December 5, 2014

Headhunters Fly Shop brigs you the weekly Friday Foto installment. Beth qualifies for New Breed Chicks Rule as well. Beth is a guide here on the Mo who is gaining a strong following. Not all that fishy around here this…

Friday Foto

November 21, 2014

November fly fishing on the Mighty Mo in the shadows of Eagle Rock. Pretty good stuff and a pretty good time. Bait anglers, swingers, and a few nymphers out on the river today. We had a few folks in and…

Friday Foto Swan

November 14, 2014

Birds Bugs and Wildlife

birds, friday foto, Swan, Wildlife

A swan this Friday Foto. A lovely bird. Enjoy your weekend.

Friday Foto

November 7, 2014

Photography

Friday Foto this first full week of November shows us the last gasp of fall color. While we still have a bit around the wind of the last month has taken its tool on the leaves here in the Missouri…

Friday Foto

October 31, 2014

Friday Friday from your friends at Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service. This is not a shot from today, or yesterday. I thought if I put up a shot of what fall generally looks like Mother Nature might find it…

Friday Foto

October 17, 2014

Fall Montana, friday foto, October Colors

Fall colors in full effect. The non-local locals are here in full effect. Streamer fishing? Getting closer to full throttle. Dry fly fishing? Not as much, but some afternoons are pretty killer. Be there. Be here. Be present. Then, and…

Friday Foto

October 10, 2014

It is damn pretty here on the Mo’. Eagles, Brown Trout, and you? The fall colors are happening and the we just love the shorter days, cooler nights, and clean smelling air. The weeds are fading, the bugs are hatching,…

Friday Foto

September 12, 2014