HeadHunters Missouri River Report

After nearly a year of laziness – a new record for me – our eNewsletter has returned. We are aware that many of you look forward to our newsletter, and that it is the preferred platform for receiving the latest...

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Headed out guiding this week as the March Madness begins. Jared has been out already and the rest of the Spring Gang, the Headhunters Crew, is trickling, dribbling into Craig. When do you want to make your arrival known in...

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We want to thank everyone who donated to Jon and Shannon Hardy’s Boston Marathon fundraiser. Great job, Headhunters Community. Sixty-seven of you donated over $2800 for team Hardy, and Dana-Farber Cancer Research. Jon just emailed and he and Shannon pulled...

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The weather has turned. And we are thankful. This weekend’s Sp[ey Clinic has filled, but a few more spaces in the May 3rd & 4th McCune/Gould Clinic available. Weather? Nice. In the low 50’s yesterday. Felt like 85F to us!...

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These rule. $279 for a high quality welded seam wader. Yes, no stitching, no binding, no leaking. Lightweight, as easy an in and out wader on the market, and bombproof. The zippered model arrives in the store in a couple...

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Live the Dream and buy this riverside restaurant at Prewitt Creek. We loved this place, the Missouri River Inn the past couple years. Originally a road house, supper club, the place in the canyon to be, Bud and Joan Osterman...

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Welcome to March. The landscape is filled with snow, shelf ice, a bundle of birds visiting the only open water in Timbuktu! The weather is heating up this week with air temps in the tolerable range. That below zero shit...

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If you have not seen Pat at the World Famous Sip & Dip Lounge in Great Falls yet, you need to. Set in a classic, stereotypical, gaudy Tiki Bar motif Pat is the star of the show. You would think...

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This underhanded cast is pretty cool. Watch Goran execute this perfectly. Then wait until the weather warms and go practice. It’ll do you good. Learn more with Headhunters Spey March 8th and McCune/Gould May 3rd.. Spey lessons for all skill...

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Clint Eastwood can fish. Every Which Way but Loose. Cold on this Saturday. Well below zero and snowing hard. We are warming up beside our computers today at home. Hope you are too, if you live locally. If you live...

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Too damn cold for us. And you too. Temperatures below 0F make it silly for us to be in the shop…and for you to be on the river. Too damn cold. We will be open Monday morning @ 8am for...

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Headhunters Guide Jared Edens and a dog of Nick Stipech making chatting about the day. All trout dogs. Jared, Nick, the lab… Friday Foto | Trout Dogs The last day of fishing for a few days. Big storm is upon...

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Snowing, windy, cold, snow on the ground, more coming…winter in Craig today and for the weekend. Yes, more snow and cold on the way as we negotiate the late February time frame here in Craig Montana. When will it end?...

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Headhunters is pleased to announce that we will be finishing up our Two-handed casting clinics (for this winter) with a visit from famed spey-casters Mike McCune and Whitney Gould. Mike is a longtime PNW Steelhead guide, and was on the...

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Another Missouri River trout succumbs to the pink fly. Pink rules in the winter and spring. Some throw it all year and find that they need nothing else. When we use the term “pink” this time of year, we use...

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“There are plenty of ways to make a living. There are fewer ways to make a life.” Which way will you go? Trout Bum 201 Yes, there are fellers who give this a shot and fail. Lots of them. Smart...

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The annual State of the Missouri River is tonight at Montana Wild in a presentation by Grant Grisak @ 7pm. Check out this presentation sponsored by Pat Barnes Trout Unlimited Helena Chapter. Please come join us on February 26, 2014...

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This article was written for SAGE Current Blog a couple weeks ago. Now we are posting for your pleasure…or who knows. You may just say aghhh baloney. Nevertheless we have our final Free Spey Casting Clinic on March 8th. It...

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This is the last call we’ll give you. The drawing for the FREE guided fishing trip (with lodging) is coming up soon. Possibly this week. We are really impressed with the support the Headhunters community have shown to this cause,...

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It’s here. A Gore-Tex Bootfoot wader from the leading and only American wader manufacturer SIMMS has arrived in downtown Craig. The G3 SIMMS Bootfoot wader is the answer to all those who like easy entry and comfort. The most usable...

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Spring on the Missouri River means greener grass, Midges, Baetis, streamer fishing, and movement at Headhunters Fly Shop. Did you just add 400 more fly bins? You changing the store again? Don’t you guys ever rest? Are you bringing in...

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My first year blogging I posted this video. I’ve come full circle. I was coming back from the Florida Keys after 10 weeks in paradise. I was coming down the hill out of Wolf Creek approaching the WC Bridge, approaching...

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Hello out there anglers of the internet!  This is Team Headhunters guide Brett Matula with a winter dispatch and first-hand snowpack update from Bridger Bowl/Bozeman, Montana. If you haven’t heard; we’ve got a shit-pile of snow in Montana this year. ...

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Last Saturday we had a banner day. Clear blue skies coupled with a daytime temperature in the mid 40’s. This morning an inch of snow on the ground and blueing skies. What will the weekend bring? Check out the forecast...

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Friday Foto from out here west of the Mississippi, east of the Continental Divide on Montana’s Missouri River. We are gliding through the winter happier than shit. Not many folks around this winter due to the extreme cold. Oh, and...

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Flies for Rivers is a great site with some kick ass flies, for rivers. Mostly an east coast slant as Buck ties flies for rivers he loves. Buck lives in Boise and ties for his local rivers in the West....

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Fly Tying Night in America in Craig Montana Headhunters Fly Shop. Tonight is gonna be a big one. Lots of folks making th journey. And we will tie. Come out and join us this Wednesday February evening for a couple...

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Headhunters Fly Shop & Guide Service Annual Spring Special begins March 15th and runs thru April 30th. $300 Guide Trips with your favorite Headhunters Guides. Try on our LOG Trips for $495 with Captain Ryan McCourtney. Yep, Ryan says bring...

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So you wanna be a trout bum. The first thing I would tell you is to finish your degree and pursue a normal career. If you don’t want to go the smart route, and spend the rest of your life...

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Coming out of the holiday weekend we feel great. Lots of anglers around on Saturday as the weather cooperated the first time in months. Sunny, calm, and just right! As the week moves onward we see temps drop and precip...

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Missouri River Winter Fishing today on the Headhunters Blog with 5 Easy Winter Tasks. while at home dreaming about fishing there are some tasks you can accomplish setting yourself up for the coming season. In many parts of the country...

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The weather yesterday was just fantastic. Nicest day all winter. Or for quite some time! I think we touched 50F. It sure felt like it. And today? Should be nice, but the wind may come up! If you are coming,...

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John Prine Whistle and Fish Video today on the Headhunters Fly Fishing Blog. John Prine is one of our favorites here in Craig Montana. A couple of our shop staffers, Ninch and Sara, love them some Prine. Today we are...

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Is winter over here in central Montana? No. But Old Man Winter is giving us a break this holiday weekend! A lighter weather report will allow fishing this weekend without too much pain. The boat ramps are pretty much cleared....

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Bring your sweetie to the the Missouri for the weekend! Why not, you got Monday off and the wind shouldn’t blow too hard. Honest. Had a number of whack jobs here this week fishing in the wind, the rain, the...

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We have hired a few good men and women for the season…we still need a couple more! We are looking for full time fly shop staff April-October. Get in at the epi-center of modern American fly fishing fun this year...

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A really cold day on the river, practicing 2 handed casting techniques. A number of folks showed and were interested. A lengthy classroom session with a couple hours on the water. Iced guides? Yes, but not enough to discourage us....

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The cold spell is over. At least for the time being. I’m sure we will get back to it. The last couple days the Headhunters Crew headed outside, braving the elements, actually felt like 40F yesterday and today after climbing...

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If you spend even 5 minutes a week surfing around blogs, forums, FB & Twitter, you should at least be aware that Montana and Utah continue to battle small but powerful (well funded) lobbies and individuals attempting to shutdown rivers...

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Jared Eden is a Headhunters Guide Exrta-O-Dinaire. I asked him if he had written poetry before. He said, “Nope. First poem.” Thanks for the Blog Jared! Old man winter sitting on the porch this morning.  I like poems, so I...

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John’s video last year that debuted at Down the Hatch Video Festival in Missoula. A cold spey clinic today with lots of indoor action. Next week, outdoor action too. Although we will venture out for a short, and frozen, casting...

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You may have seen this cool new Made in America packs, gear portals, and pouches on a few of our guides or on your city streets. This product is crazy good. Hand made in America and colorful. When they aren’t...

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From WIRED Magazine – by Mary Bates Interesting read from the wires… how those Salmon and Steelhead get back to the creeks they were born in. Salmon Inherit a Magnetic Map Young salmon with no experience of the world, and without...

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Under the Weather Surfing in New Zealand by Damon Meade. See, New Zealand is not just for Big Brown Trout Fishing. It is for more. The Australian Open, Big Browns, long beaches, deserts, and goats or lambs or something… We...

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A cool video coming to a theater near you. The F3T show will be rolling through Great Falls March 14th at the Hilton garden Inn. Save the date and come out to shed the winter doldrums, your Patagonia puffball, your...

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Cold weather continues to interfere with our Spey Clinics, and we’re planning on a second adjustment to this weekends clinic. We’ve just sent out email to those signed up, so check you inbox. Here’s the nuts and bolts: After moving...

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Slushy, frigid, icebergs drifting down the river. Cold all over. It’ll be a few days until we get to fish the entire river. The lower is littered with ice. Per the blog yesterday by John. More like normal winter weather...

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Probably not the best stretch to float today, unless you happen to own one of these. In all seriousness, cold winters like we’re experiencing bring lots of ice to the Cascade stretch of the Missouri River. This winter is no...

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Lots happening in the near future here on the Missouri River. While Mother Nature never rests, although it is difficult to tell this week with air temps hovering below Zero, neither do we. The Headhunters gang is busy in the...

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-21 this morning. Little chilly. We’re going to take the day off instead of forcing our staff to head to work. It’s not like you’re going fishing today. Maybe ice fishing. If you need to call the shop to make...

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