Fishing Reports

Black Friday Deals and Specials and Sale Items… Black Friday to Small Business Saturday on to Superfly Sunday and finally Cyber-Monday. We’ll be busy here all weekend long answering your phone orders, filling web orders, selling in store and living...

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An awful beautiful place, the Missouri River is. We love it. Have you made your reservation for lodging yet? For 2014? February is too late for prime time lodging options. Just sayin’. You don’t want to miss out on Missouri...

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Thanks to you the loyal fishy friends. To all the folks that read this daily blog, that fish the Mo, and that enjoy the Headhunters Life. Thanks to you. Enjoy your day, the weekend too. Stop in if you are...

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It is really quite good. Good weather, good streamer bite, fantastic nymph angling…all good my fishy friends. Water temps in the low 40’s with low flows and fish gobbling the streamer. White, yellow, flashy are all on fire. On fire....

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Don’t let the late fall season pass you by. Or, if you do…no worries. The fish are trapped in the river. And they are as healthy as they have been in the fall, maybe ever. Honest. Portends well for the...

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Ninch said to me the other day…you should write a blog about the Missouri River Summer Lodging conundrum soon. You like PMD’s like the photo above? Caddis hatches dawn til dusk? Being able to walk to all the fly shops,...

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Monday morning here in Craig Montana. We are settling in. Totally settling in. The pace has slowed from the slow pace last week. Now, it is truly weather dependent for the anglers daily arrival. Purely locals and some regional folks...

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Missouri River Turkey Week Fishing Report is real, real good. Whether it be roasted, BBQ’d, deep-fried, or smoked you won’t be the turkey this week fishing the Missouri River. Warm and unseasonal weather this last weekend and for the foreseeable...

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Check it out. A Kinetic Loop…it’s cool and we can’t wait to see the feature length version. Simon Perkins of Sharptail Media with this new film teaser. Simon shot and produced the Sipping Dry Film we all love. A Kinetic...

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Brian Cheyney today with New Boat Smell. We asked Brian what he liked most about his new Adipose Flow Skiff. His response? “It rows better than any other drift boat.” That’s about all you need to know. Ease of rowing...

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Headhunters and Missouri River friend Terry Armstrong today with this blog he sent to us via electronic mail. We’ve known Terry for a number of years and some of you have met him at our Saturday BBQ’s, out swinging a...

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I wonder if the rod companies get lots of letters like this. I mean from the Missouri River. Our trout are getting arguably larger. No shit. Do you think they have special Missouri River rider? Say no more…   Let’s...

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I know I’m gonna get some shit for this post…but I don’t care. If you’re that tight today, lighten up or stop reading now. The world  is full of overinflated blogs, reviews, fluffer-type articles praising products that really are not...

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Still here, still fishing, still damn good. Dr. Harvey stopped by again this week from eastern Washington for a winter trout bite. Looks like it was OK. Headhunters Guide Nick Stipech and the gang braved the wind adn did well!...

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Friday Foto has all you need to get through the day. Redbreast and a kick-ass flask from your favorite fly shop? We’ll sell you a flask. We can’t sell you the Redbreast. Although, we may pass you the bottle when...

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A fun video off of the SAGE Blog today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. Most of the staff here at the shop used to spend the winter months in the ski business. Quite common for fishing folks to be...

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Headhunters staffer Jake is famous. And carp got him there. You know the guy. A tall glass of water with an oversized smile on his face. Excited. Really excited. Yah, you know him. Former Headhunters All Star Jess McGlothlin writes,...

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The best part of the fishing day is the solace on the river. The Missouri River Montana Fishing Report is good. Pretty damn good. A few boats out daily and that is about it. A few bird hunters too. The...

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Abel manufactures the cool shit. We can all agree on that. These Abel Nippers are one of the most popular accessories in fly fishing today. At 60 bucks a whack, these are not your fathers nippers. No, not at all....

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Yep, it’s true. $400 Missouri River Winter Guide Trips are here for the winter months. Shorter days with lots of fish is what you can expect from late fall and winter fishing trips on the Missouri. The good news is...

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Danielle Raisler today on the Headhunters Blog w/ New Breed Chicks Rule. Feels Like Winter Edition for this Monday morning November 18th. Not as much snow as they predicted this week. Really none at all. Big Rainbows are part of...

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Slower this weekend on the Missouri River. What will a Missouri River Monday bring? Probable slowness. On the river, slowness. Not the fishing part. The people part. Maybe the fishing part too. Til the afternoon., then it will pop! Supposed...

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Silly Sunday Scenery today on the Headhunters Fly Shop Blog. It’s not snowing today. Sunday. Be sure and attend the Missouri River Foundation today 3pm @ the Oasis in Wolf Creek. BWO’s still present. Just be in the right spot...

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I was beat.  I’d been in the water at first light, hunting heads as the tiny trico duns came off.  Even if I didn’t get many, it was worth it just to escape the August heat and be there as...

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Merle Haggard today on the Headhunters Blog. Turn me loose, set me free, somewhere in the middle of Montana.    

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Honest. (Some) Flyfishers are a serious folk. RIP Worst Flyfishing Products Blog. 2 folks, out of a ton of readers could not handle it… Flyfishing is bereft of humor. Trust me. I’m a humorless guide.

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The next meeting of the Missouri River Foundation is at the Oasis Bar in Wolf Creek 3pm. Come and join in the conversation as we create the Mission Statement. You got something to say? Come and join! See you at...

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Happy Friday. The Missouri River is Magical. Any time of the year. Looks like it is cooling off this weekend. Brr. Cold.

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Sara said it best on Thursday. Transitions. We are in a transition period that could last a few weeks. Perfectly put Sara. We re indeed in a period of transition, of change, of well, cooling. On all fronts. The fish...

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Take a kid fishing this year. If you didn’t, then you better this coming year. Perpetuation of the sport is important. Introducing kids to the great outdoors is truly important. You can help them understand the proper way to act,...

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I always thought that fly shop employees in the winter just watched YouTube. Lots of YouTube. Or Vimeo, we like Vimeo! The Top 5 Fly Shop Winter Activities will follow below. So what do those fly shop employees do all...

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Tomorrow Night the Missouri River Flyfishers present April Vokey @ Great Falls Real Estate Association 401 13th Ave. Sth. Be there @ 730 for the presentation   Missouri River Flyfishers is pleased to welcome our November genreal meeting guest speaker...

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All is well on Montana’s Missouri River. Quiet too. The holiday weekend has passed us by and we will move into relatively soft pressure until March, mid March sometime. We love it as the pace slows to the winter crawl....

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Andrea Banks with this nice Rainbow today on New Breed Chicks Rule. Andrea was not an angler here first several trips to the Missouri River to visit Squeeky, actually Squeeky’s wife Danielle. She would drift and watch..and then one day...

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We here at Headhunters Honor All Who Served. Veteran’s Day 2013. We facilitate the Missouri River Project Healing Waters boats here @ Headhunters Fly Shop in Craig. Call us for use of PHW boats, which rent for FREE. Sponsored by...

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Miles Titland with this nice Brown trout a few weeks ago. Coulda been a month ago now. Enjoy the Sunday Silly Scenery image today. It is raining, sleeting and calm this morning. Reserved looks of excitement on the angler face...

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Adipose Boatworks 4th Birthday. The 4th Anniversary this  last weekend in Helena Montana. This video from Gink and Gasoline at the ICAST Show in Vegas. Tracey and Mike chatting about the Flow Skiff. Want to be in an Adipose Boatworks...

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Yesterday we had a short and sweet fishing report. We may have the same today. Just blowing harder is all. The fish will rise in the leeward shores. If you can find one…positive attitudes are something that dry fly anglers...

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Top 5 Winter Guide Activities. While we still have 2 guides on staff for the winter, most fly shop dedes and guides are looking for answers…to questions, they don’t even know. That is the conundrum. Top 5 Winter Guide Activities...

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The big bugs are here. Yesterday not many on the surface for long. Wind blew 15mph most of the day. Which seems like 30mph. But, it’s not. Missouri River Fishing Report Cold in the morning. Have coffee with Bailey’s to...

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We dig this product. A ton. Headhunters Fly Shop is the place that carries products that many fly shops do not. We get the cool shit, the kind of product that blows your skirt up. Hydro Flask is a high...

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Missouri River Fishing Report for the week of November 5th. Tuesday and all is well. Not many folks around and we like that. We also like the rising trout. Lots. While the hatches are not epic, the fishing is. The...

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Squeeky’s cousin Jana with a Tiger Fish from Zambezi Lodge, Africa. It must run in the family… New Breed Chicks Rule. Zambezi Edition!  

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Headhunters Fly Shop & Guide Service hosted the RIO Products team this year here in Craig fishing the Mighty Missouri River this last month of October. A fun time had by all. RIO hosts a number of dealers from around...

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The Missouri River Foundation Right now, it couldn’t be better. The Missouri has the biggest trout of any river around – healthy, hefty, strong, hard fighting fish.  The water runs cold and clear, the bugs thrive and the hatches are...

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It is blowing to beat the band today. Pretty shitty weather conditions We are thinking of warmer weather, beaches, redfishing, and surfing. Football, couches, and surf films. Bundle up if you are fishing this week. Another Surf feature length film...

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Silly Sunday Scenery Missouri River Scenery Image today is from last week. The leaves are all but gone, but I cannot stand having these images around without posting them. We are heading into the time period where there is only...

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Lots and lots of boats on the water today. Bankies too. Wind accompanied the dry fly anglers as they wait for the rise. Some bugs today and more tomorrow as we go deeper int the weekend. The weather will be...

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Snow this week for the Friday Foto image. It is mostly gone now, with some hanging on near and around the river. More forecast for the weekend ahead? We’ll see if it materializes. Until then, enjoy the solace ont eh...

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Yep, it is over. the month of October is going out in style. Maybe dressed like a Brown Trout? We got a bunch of hellraisin’ anglers on the water today and tomorrow in what is been a fantastic October. Would...

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