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Missouri River Monday Fishing Report 8.15.22

August 15, 2022

Ant, August, Hopper, Summer, Terrestrial, trico

Missouri River Monday Fishing Report 8.15.22 A decent August as we mark the half way point of the soft summer month. Dog days? Yeah. Been real freaking hot with daytime temps int he mid 90’s for the entire month. The…

Don’t let the summer pass you by…

August 1, 2022

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Squeeky’s Trico Box

July 25, 2022

Mark Raisler

Bugs

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…

Missouri River July Fly Fishing Forecast

July 12, 2022

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Friday Fishing Report Missouri River Montana

August 19, 2021

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

August, Crawfish, fishing report, friday, Hopper, Pseudocloeon, trico, Trout, Zirdle

Friday Fishing Report Missouri River Montana New shop hours this week as we move into autumn. And the water temps have fallen to 60F this past couple days, rebounding to 63 currently. More cool weather this week will keep them…

Monday July 5th Missouri River Fishing Report

July 5, 2021

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Missouri River Hot Summer Flies

July 29, 2020

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Friday Foto The Beginning

January 10, 2020

Mark Raisler

Headhunters Life

Friday Foto The Beginning, trico

Friday Foto The Beginning Snowing and freezing here in Craig today. 6 months from the Trico hatch. That is my motivation today. Thinking about the future. And warm weather. And dry fly fishing. And Trico’s. The beginning. Friday Foto. It…

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19

July 22, 2019

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report

July 1, 2019

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Friday Foto Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.18

July 27, 2018

Mark Raisler

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…

Missouri River Sunday Fishing Report

July 22, 2018

Mark Raisler

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…

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

January 24, 2018

Mark Raisler

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…

Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast

July 18, 2017

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

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…

Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video July 5th

July 5, 2017

Mark Raisler

Fly Fishing Video

Dead Flies Don't Swim, July, Scumliner Media, trico, video

Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video July 5th Yep. Trico’s. Shot late July a few years back. All the regular things apply here. First cast. Good drifts. Great presentations. Deead drifts…etc. Because, dead flies don’t swim bro.’ Ever. Enjoy this flick…

Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16

August 22, 2016

Mark Raisler

Fishing Report

Ants, Autumn, dry fly, Hopper Bite, Nymphing, Summer, Swingers, trico, Trout Spey

Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16 The latest from your friends at Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig in regards to the Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16. All over the board is the best way to describe the…

Dead Flies Don’t Swim – Video

July 28, 2014

John Arnold

Fly Fishing Video, Headhunters Life

dry fly, trico, video

Dead Flies Don’t Swim is a short video shot last week in our backyard. Mark and I love the Trico hatch, and this season it’s been better than it has in years. We thought we’d go out and gather a…

Missouri River Monday Fishing Report 8.15.22

Don’t let the summer pass you by…

Squeeky’s Trico Box

Missouri River July Fly Fishing Forecast

Monday Morning Montana Missouri River Fishing Report 7.11.22

State of Montana’s Missouri River 7.5.22

Friday Fishing Report Montana’s Missouri River 7.1.22

Friday Fishing Report Missouri River Montana

Monday July 5th Missouri River Fishing Report

Missouri River Hot Summer Flies

Late July Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.2020

Friday Foto The Beginning

Monday Morning Missouri River Fishing Report 7.22.19

Friday Missouri River Fishing Forecast July 19th

Monday Morning July 1st Missouri River Fishing Report

Friday Foto Weekend Missouri River Fishing Report 7.27.18

Missouri River Sunday Fishing Report

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

Late July Missouri River Fly Fishing Forecast

Dead Flies Don’t Swim Video July 5th

Missouri River Late Summer Fishing Report 8.22.16

Dead Flies Don’t Swim – Video

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