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Keepemwet, Silly Saturday Scenery, Trout

Lovely weekend here in central Montana. Rain last night followed by below average air temps coupled with the 15-25mph wind today makes us happy. The rain part. Some sun, some wind, some bugs, some locals, some non-local locals, some 2…

Weekend Update Early December ’21

December 4, 2021

Fishing Report

December, fishing report, spey, Trout, Trout Spey, winter

Weekend Update Early December ’21 Winter this morning on Montana’s Missouri River. Yes. A spot of winter. A small spot. Let’s hope it is the foreshadowing of a terrifically wet and long and cold winter and spring. We don’t often…

2021 Trout Spey Gear Roundup

November 8, 2021

Troutspey

2HTROUT, spey, Trout, Trout Spey, troutspey

Our annual Trout Spey Gear Roundup is typically here to let you know about all the great new gear available! Because there’s not much to report on the “new Trout Spey gear” front, we debated publishing this. The Pandemic has…

Friday Fishing Report Missouri River Montana

August 19, 2021

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…

The Montana Story 40 Years of Success Video

February 25, 2021

Conservation, Fly Fishing Video

The Montana Story 40 Years of Success Video, Trout, video, Wild

The Montana Story 40 Years of Success Video Awesome. A great story about this great state. It is why we have trout like no others. Period.

Friday Foto Swing Pic

December 26, 2020

Troutspey

2HTROUT, Friday Foto Swing Pic, spey, Trout, Trout Spey

Friday Foto Swing Pic Brought to us a gain today from Billy. He’s ben swinging here a bundle this December, and November. So probably January too. Said he had hi best day in 15 years last week. He was super…

New Breed Chick Cassie Swings ’em up!

December 5, 2020

New Breed Chicks

spey, Swing, Swing Season, Trout, Trout Spey, TROUT2H

Cassie Swings ’em up! Chris shot this image of Cassie after swinging this Rainbow up last week. Chris and Cassie make the trip up I-15 north to the Mighty Mo Trout Spey Mecca often. And we like that. Both of…

Dick’s Top Ten Winter Swing Flies

November 30, 2020

Fly Fishing Gear

Dick Magill, flies, missouri river, patterns, spey, Swing, Top 10, Trout, Trout Spey, TROUT2H

The Chronicles of Dick Magill Dick’s Top Ten Swing Flies November is one of my favorite months to swing flies on the Mo. Massive Rainbow and Brown Trout alike will absolutely destroy a swung fly. At times, the take can…

An April Reminder to not Tread on Redd

April 6, 2020

Conservation, Headhunters Life

Etiquitte, Rainbow, Redd, Spawn, Spawning, Trout

An April Reminder to not Tread on Redd A reminder today regarding the Rainbow Trout Redds currently in the Missouri River. Don’t step on them. They, the eggs and trout doing the fragile incubation and spawning dance of tomorrows trout…

Fish Smoker Friday

December 6, 2019

Cheese, Fish, NYC, salmon, Smoked, Trout, video

Fish Smoker Friday Been smoking cheese and fish for a couple weeks now. I always feel, near the end of the month long smoking session, that I have got ‘er dicked. I have it figured out. I am on, in…

Trout Spey Gear Roundup 2019-20

September 3, 2019

Uncategorized

gear, Guide, spey, Trout

It’s time for our annual Trout Spey Gear Roundup as “Swing Season” approaches. A month from today we will be getting after it pretty hard (some of us are now), and in two months we wont be doing much else.…

Trout Spey Camp Event Page

September 2, 2019

Headhunters Life, Troutspey

camp, spey, Trout

DEDICATED EVENT PAGE We’ve created an EVENT PAGE for our first annual Trout Spey Camp so you can see a complete – but fluid – itinerary. I will keep updating the page as changes and additions are made. We’ve also…

Sage Trout Spey HD

August 26, 2019

Troutspey

hd, SAGE, spey, Trout

“Swing Season” is just around the corner, and we’ve even been out doing some prospecting with our ultra-light Spey Rods already. While we’re still in the middle of dry fly season, we’re starting to get some tackle questions revolving around…

McCune Gould Spey Clinics – only a few spots left!

March 30, 2019

Fly Fishing Technique, Troutspey

clinics, spey, Trout

UPDATE – Both Clinics are now full. You can sign up as a backup. Mike and Whitney’s annual spring Spey clinics are coming up and nearly full. In fact the “rookie” clinic on April 20th is full, but there a…

Weekend Tip: Keep Those Hands Down

December 14, 2018

Troutspey, Uncategorized

mccune, spey, Trout

Look at this picture and let it burn into your memory banks. For you spey junkies planning on hitting then river this weekend, here’s a tip. In fact it’s THE tip. This is without a doubt the #1 mistake that…

Turkey Day Spey Report

November 22, 2018

Fishing Report, Troutspey

Montana, report, spey, Trout

We’ve got some great fishing weather in the forecast for the next couple of weeks, and Trout Spey anglers will find the fish are pretty receptive to the swung fly. Pressure has been light lately, as most Montanan’s are out…

Missouri River Spey Report

October 29, 2018

Fishing Report, Troutspey

Montana Spey, spey, Trout, Trout Spey

Trout Spey Fishing Report for Late-October We are in full “swing” on the Missouri River, and it’s easy to spot anglers exploring the Missouri River with their Trout Spey rods. Recent warm weather has hurt the fishing for both the…

Swing Season 2017-18 is Here!

October 17, 2017

Headhunters Life, Troutspey

spey, Swing Season, Trout, troutspey

We’ve been swinging with our two-handers for a few weeks now, and we know a few of you have as well. In our brains, the 1st of November is the beginning of “Swing Season”, but as the weeds disappear from…

Hangman Spey Video – Mike McCune

May 8, 2017

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…

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image

April 28, 2017

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image, Keep 'em wet, Rainbow, Release, Trout

Friday Foto Rainbow Trout Image TGIF. It’s on. Good to great BWO hatches with midge on the water all day long. A good weekend ahead. Water levels stable for the time being. Nymphing all over the river including some of…

Missouri River April May Fly Fishing Forecast

April 11, 2017

Birds, Bugs, Fishing Report, Fly Fishing Technique, Nature

April, birds, Bugs, Forecast, May, Populations, Trout, Water LEvels, Weather

Missouri River April May Fly Fishing Forecast Squeeky attended the annual Upper Missouri River water Advisory Meeting last week and got the skinny on the upcoming water flow predictions and the update on the trout populations. Lots of folks in…

River Nomads Video

September 15, 2016

Conservation, Fly Fishing Video

bull, Trout, video

Pat Clayton – CEO at Fisheyeguy Photography – and I put together another “Life Aquatic” nature video, this time featuring some of the original Montana natives… Bull Trout. Took some work and some bushwhacking but we got some very nice footage,…

State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16

August 26, 2016

Birds Bugs and Wildlife, Conservation, Fishing Report

BWO's, Callibaetis, Fall, Fly Shop HOurs, Hatches, Temps, Trico's, Trout, UMOWA, Water Flows, Weeds, www.craiglodging.com

State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16 Bringing you the State of the Missouri River Craig Montana 8.26.16. Headhunters is the information source on the banks of the famed Missouri River. Keep it tuned here for your daily bite of…

Headhunters Fly Shop 2016 Event Calendar

January 21, 2016

2016, 4th of July, Browns and Brews Festival, BWO's, Caddis Festival, Calendar, events, Film, March Brown Hatch, Montana, Trout

A few dates to get into your calendar for the upcoming 2016 season. Headhunters events, community events, and hatch events that can make your vacation planning easier. The water looks like it will be in the average range for the…

MRDF 455 Lab Summer Quarter 2016

December 30, 2015

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…

Missouri River Trout Spey Report 11.23.15

November 23, 2015

Fishing Report, Troutspey

2 Handed, RIO, SAGE, spey, Swing, Trout

Missouri River Trout Spey Report 11.23.15 It’s been pretty good. The number of good runs for winter fishing here on the Missouri River is what makes us feel fortunate to be here during the several cold and snowy months. Great runs…

Silly Sunday Scenery

November 15, 2015

Headhunters Life, Photography

Images, Silly Sunday Scenery, Trout

Howling again on Saturday! Blowing pretty hard. Overcast in the afternoon may have made the bite heat up. Certainly a better post lunch byte than during the morning session. Those trout out there look real, real, healthy. Big dogs. Get…

Silly Sunday Scenery Brown Trout Edition #47

July 26, 2015

Headhunters Life, Photography

Brown Trout, photography, Silly Sunday Scenery Brown Trout Edition #47, Trout

Brown Trout on the dry fly. The big fly. Looking like a July week ahead. A 2015 July week with unsettled weather. Looking like a high on Monday of 52F. A typical non-typical year. The cooler weather should keep some…

Trout Spey

February 9, 2015

clinic, spey, Trout

HAVE WE CROSSED A LINE? We wrapped up Spey clinic #3 this weekend, with 2 to go. It was a great group and the weather was fantastic. A SE wind forced the class to stick to their left shoulder for…

Headhunters Fishing Theater | Clint

March 1, 2014