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August, Caddis, Fish August, Hopper, PMD, Spinner, Terrestrial, trico

Don’t let the summer pass you by… Headed into August and pretty good here on Montana’s Mighty Mo. A great hopper year. Not always a great hopper river. In fact, rarely do the fish respond in the manner they seem…

Missouri River July Fly Fishing Forecast

July 12, 2022

Caddis, Forecast, July, PMD, Terrestrial, trico, Water Flows, Weather, Weeds

Missouri River Mid-July Fly Fishing Forecast Middle of the month and all is well. We have made it through the busiest month of the year, June, and have emerged on the other side with the hope of continued summer hatches…

Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 7.11.22

July 11, 2022

Ant, Caddis, fishing report, Hopper, July, PMD, Summer, trico

Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 7.11.22 Good to great fishing out there. Nymphers of course rocking them. Dry Fly Anglers are here from far and wide. Not too many stripping, or swinging. If any art all. When the…

State of Montana’s Missouri River 7.5.22

July 5, 2022

Caddis, Forecast, July, PMD, State of the Mo, trico

State of Montana’s Missouri River 7.5.22 Rating? Oh I think a 9. Not overly stuffed today. July 5th. This since was the day that the cork came out. But that month is now June. And July plays second fiddle. Not…

Friday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River 7.1.22

July 1, 2022

Caddis, DFO, Flows, July, PMD, Summer, trico

Friday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River 7.1.22 Great fishing this past month. Good nymphing, good dry fly fishing. Flows flat at 4010cfs. Water Temps 59F. PMD’s daily. Spinners show in the morning if no thunderstorms, or heavy wind events. Of…

Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 6.20.22

June 20, 2022

Caddis, Dam, June, PMD, Water LEvels

Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 6.20.22 Raining hard here today. Expecting an inch. That is a bunch. Will the two trips blow out? The Dearborn and Little Prickly Pear? Probably. Will it damage the fishing here? Ohh, maybe…

Silly Sunday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition

Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition

June 18, 2022

Brown Trout, PMD

Silly Saturday Scenery PMD Brown Trout Edition Kelley caught this on a PMD Spinner. Also successes on the PMD Cripple. And, the Buzzball. Flows good today. Falling to 6300 cfs. Father’s Day coming up tomorrow. Take your dad fishing! All…

Weekend Update Mo River Fishing Report House of Headhunters

June 17, 2022

crowds, Flows, June, PMD

Weekend Update Mo River Fishing Report House of Headhunters River at 8740cfs. Historically pretty average. But, up from the scant 3K cfs flows we were staring at for the remained of 2022. We will take it. The last storm, in…

Mid June Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report

June 9, 2022

Caddis, fishing report, June, PMD

Mid June Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report Only the hits for this weekend update fishing report from Headhunters of Craig Montana. Make sure you swing in while in Downton Craig open daily. Flows 4750cfs Water temps 53-56F PMD’s. Yup. The…

PMD’s, the next couple weeks, and a Covid Update

June 7, 2022

BWO's, Caddis, COVID-19, June, Outlook, PMD, Traffic

PMD’s, the next couple weeks, and a Covid Update Pale Morning Duns PMD’s this week big time. Not the big hatch yet, but very close. The PMD weather has been perfect though. High humidity of us at 79% this am.…

PMD Forecast June 2022 Missouri River Montana

June 3, 2022

Bugs, Fishing Report

Cripples, Duns, Emergers, June 2020, patterns, PMD, PMD Forecast, Spinners

PMD Forecast June 2022 Missouri River Montana Lots of folks in with questions about the Pale Morning Dun. Our answer? Yes, that can be a tough one out there. And then sometimes, easy. But mostly in the middle of those…

Monday July 5th Missouri River Fishing Report

July 5, 2021

Caddis, DFO, DFO's, PMD, Summer, trico

Monday July 5th Missouri River Fishing Report Dry fly bite good. Posted up or runnin’ blind. Caddis yes. PMD’s yes. That posted up game can be difficult. 1 hint here: If you let the fish know that you are after…

Monday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report

June 28, 2021

Caddis, fishing report, Flows, June, PMD, Temps

Monday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report Flows 3180cfs River Temps about 61F PMDs come off daily. Mostly on the upper end. Spinner fall daily. About 9am-ish. Spinners win. Cripples not as much right now. The PMD Conundrum is happening. Those…

Missouri River Montana Flag Day Fishing Report

June 14, 2021

Caddis, DFO, June, missouri river, PMD, Water Flows

Missouri River Montana Flag Day Fishing Report Summertime here on the Mighty Missouri River. We are pretty happy with the fishing right now. Summertime on the Mo. Flows are gonna drop. Looks like the water managers will have to pull…

PMD Friday

June 11, 2021

Bugs, Headhunters Life

Mega-Hatch, PMD, Summer

PMD Friday If you have dry fly fished here before you know the drill. Cripples, emergers, spinners. Although I have seen some eating the dun this year. Long time Mo River Guide and local Helena boy Kurt and I were…

Friday Foto Summer Dreams

December 4, 2020

Bugs, Headhunters Life

dry fly, Foto, friday, Hatches, PMD, Spider web, Summer

Friday Foto Summer Dreams PMD trapped by the single thread spun from a spider. Tough luck. And if you don’t book your June trip soon, you may be left out. Don’t leave yourself hangin’. Happy Friday.

Missouri River Hot Summer Flies

July 29, 2020

August, Caddis, Craiglandia, DFO, flies, Hot, PMD, Summer, trico

Missouri River Hot Summer Flies A quick survey of the guides and shop gang this am about what is working for them. And here it is this Humpday in late July. We have fallen off of the July cliff. Quiet…

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.2020

July 27, 2020

Caddis, DFO, Late July Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.2020, PMD, shower, Sterling Ranch Co, trico

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.2020 Just the facts today on this Headhunters Fishing report right outta downtown Craig Montana from your fly fishing HQ @ Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service. PMD’s. Waning we think. But the best…

First Mo River Dry Fly Fish for Chris!

June 5, 2020

Caddis, DFO, First Mo River Dry Fly Fish for Chris!, PMD, Summer

First Mo River Dry Fly Fish for Chris! Nice dry fly trout for Chris who recently moved to GF from the east coast. He came here for this kind of thing. Welcome Chris. He almost landed in Montana 25 years…

Tying the Rusty Parachute Video

May 27, 2020

Fly Fishing Video, Fly Tying

Dead Flies Don't Swim, Guide Fly, Harrop, PMD, Rusty Spinner

Tying the Rusty Parachute Video Squeeky believes that we may see these bugs this week? Water temps in the mid 50’s range! Working their way upwards this week as well with the warmer and hot afternoons towards the weekend! Historically…

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19

July 22, 2019

Caddis, Drake, dry fly, July, Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19, PMD, Summer, trico, Yellow Sally

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19 Trico’s. Daily hatches grace us for the remainder of the month and the entirety of August, and some of September. PMD’s still a factor. Get some today! Spinners rule the day, during the…

Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th

July 19, 2019

Caddis, Drake, fishing report, Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th, July, PMD, trico

Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th Fishing this weekend will be good. Trico’s in some sort of fashion, PMD’s, Caddis, Brown Drakes, occasional Pseudo’s, and Sally’s should keep you busy fielding dry fly opportunities. The upper river is great…

Friday July 5th Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report

July 5, 2019

Caddis, fishing report, July, PMD

Friday July 5th Headhunters Fly Shop Fishing Report & Forecast Fishing is fantastic here on the Mo. The best water levels, water temps, hatch timing, dry fly opportunities, Craig Montana vibe, outdoor music, and fishing in some years for the…

Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report

July 1, 2019

Caddis, fishing report, Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report, PMD, Terrestrials, trico

Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report Hooray! July has arrived. All good here in downtown Craig Montana and the river is fishing well. PMD’s rule the day. And the night. Spinner falls can happen anytime during the day…

Flag Day Friday Fishing Report June 14th

Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19

June 14, 2019

Caddis, DFO, Flag Day, Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19, June 14th, PMD, Summertime

Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19 All is well here Flag Day Missouri River Fishing Report 6.14.19. Summer has descended upon us, finally. Warm daytime temps with warm nighttime temps leave us feeling warm! We love it. Today is Flag…

Friday Foto Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.18

July 27, 2018

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…

Missouri River Sunday Fishing Report

July 22, 2018

Fishing Report, Uncategorized

Caddis, DFO, PMD, Terrestrials, trico

Missouri River Sunday Fishing Report Missouri River Sunday Fishing Report brought to you once again by Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig Montana. Lots of anglers stop in stating that they read the blog and fishing report daily. We love to…

BOGO 2FER TUESDAY Split Case PMD JULY 17TH

July 17, 2018

2FER TUESDAY BOGO, BOGO 2FER TUESDAY Split Case PMD JULY 17TH, Online Store, PMD

Fly Fishing Gear

BOGO 2FER TUESDAY Split Case PMD JULY 17TH Our weekly BOGO Fly Sale is live! Today, Tuesday July 17th save a bundle and two for the price of one! Th Split Case PMD is a big seller here at Headhunters…

Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast

May 3, 2018

BOW, Caddis, Flows, Headhunters Fly Shop, high water, Holter Dam, Izaaks, March Brown, May, missouri river, Mo River Eats, PMD, Spring, Toston

Missouri River May Fly Fishing Forecast Here we go out of April running full speed into the jaws of May! Hooray. Maybe spring will greet us this Month of May. Things to look forward to in May include… More water.…

Squeeky’s Fly Sort Update, including rants

February 27, 2018

Fly Sort, PMD, SOL, Squeeky

Squeeky’s Fly Sort Update Maybe half way through of my annual fly sorting, configuring, culling process. Certainly making headway. I’m finished with the PMD box most recently. Trico’s done. Worms and such box. Done. Tiny mayfly nimps, done. Scuds and…

Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast

July 18, 2017

Air Temps, Caddis, Fires, Forecast, July, missouri river, PMD, smoke, trico, Water Temps, Weeds, Weekends

Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast The best July we have had as far as dry fly fishing in some time. Honest. I have not den here as long as some, but longer than many and that is Squeeky’s…

Alpha Blondy Wish You Were Here

June 27, 2017

Alpha Blondy, Caddis, Cover, Late June, PMD, Wish You Were Here

Alpha Blondy Wish You Were Here Not much to say today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. Other than I Wish You Were Here. This cover from Alpha Blondy rules. First heard Alpha Blondy on Greg Stumps 1987 epic ski…

Missouri River Summer Weekend Outlook

June 23, 2017

Caddis, crowds, Hatch, June, Long Days, Peak Season, PMD

Missouri River Summer Weekend Outlook Gonna be real busy here this weekend if last night was any indication of the near future. Streets of downtown Craig Montana clogged with RV’s, drift boats, aimlessly wandering fly fishing vagabonds, locals, non-locals, those…

Wednesday Missouri River Fishing Report 6.13.17

June 14, 2017

Caddis, fishing report, June, PMD, Water Flows

Wednesday Missouri River Fishing Report 6.13.17 Water levels may be rising as we had a pretty wet Tuesday. It must have been wet towards the upper drainage as well as we are witnessing an increase in water flows. The Canyon…

Saturday Water Flows

June 10, 2017

Fishing Report, Headhunters Life

Caddis, dry fly, June, PMD, Summer

Saturday Water Flows 8410cfs. That is good. For fishing that is. Dry fly fishing. Should be much better at these lower flows. Will it get to 6K this month? Later maybe. July for sure. But the flushing flows that many…

Wednesday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report

June 22, 2016

Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Video

Caddis, dry fly, June, PMD, reach cast, video, Wednesday

Wednesday Missouri River Montana Fishing Report Damn good dry fly fishing. Most of the anglers I saw on Tuesday were toying with the dry fly. Good on them. Wednesday should be the same, with less wind. The wind came up…

Your Missouri River Monday Morning Fishing Report

June 6, 2016

Fly Fishing Technique, Headhunters Life

Caddis, dry fly, fishing report, June, Nymphs, PMD

Missouri River Monday Morning Fishing Report We are headlong into the one of the best months of the year. June brings lots of great fishing for those who like to nymph and dry fly fish. We love it because of…

PMD’s On Deck

June 3, 2016

John Arnold

Hodek, Nymen, PMD, Quigley, Silverman

This weeks warm weather should get the Pale Morning Dun’s cranked up. Our very favorite Missouri River hatch. PMD’s epitomize downstream dry fly presentations on flat water. And the trout love them. That first week or 10 days is always…

Summer Video in Winter Big Sky PMD’s by Todd Moen

December 19, 2015

Fly Fishing Video

Catch, dry fly, July, June, magazine, Mega, PMD

We have entered the 6 month countdown until the PMD’s arrive. And I for one am damn excited. We have snow on the ground, high temps sometimes exceeding 40F, w/ a side of a brisk and chewy breeze. Historically the…

Missouri River Montana Holiday Fishing Report 5.23.15

May 23, 2015

BWO, Caddis, fishing report, March Brown, May Fishing, Memorial Day, Missouri River Montana Holiday Fishing Report 5.23.15, PMD

While it has been kinda hit and miss today seems to be fishing quite well. Reports in at lunch from the gang fishing WC to below Craig somewheres validate that the weather pattern has settled in and the fish are…

PMD’s Up Close

July 9, 2014

John Arnold

macro, mayfly, PMD

Local “shop kid” Adair has a new hobby. Quickly freezing mayflies is the latest in 9 year old entertainment around here. Never tried it myself, but I have quickly discovered that frozen Mayflies are much easier to photograph than “hot”…

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…

Missouri River Montana Fishing Report 6.16.14

June 16, 2014