Walk Up Music. Apache. The Shadows

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Walk Up Music. Apache The Shadows

This is the tune I want playing as I glide from the truck to the boat.

Or after lunch when we mount up for a fast and furious afternoon.

It is already playing in my head but I would prefer it on the loudspeakers.

Then quiet when fishing.

What would be your walk up music to head out fishing? You know, just like a major league ballplayer. Walk up music![/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgbcyfJgfQ” video_title=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Andy Griffith Intro

Andy Griffith Intro

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Andy Griffith Intro

Isn’t that the best TV intro of all time?

Father, son, black and white, throwing rocks, fishing poles.

Pretty good.

Shop closed today, and probably tomorrow. Below zero.

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Drift Boat Sledding

Friday Foto Drift Boat Sledding Throwback Image

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Friday Foto Drift Boat Sledding Throwback Image Sara sledding through town with a quick stop at Joe’s Bar winter 2010. Oh, the good old days. It is drift boat sledding time in Craig again this season. Will we see you sledding through town? We’ll see a couple inches of snow falling from the sky … Read more

UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit

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UV Para Ant Just Add Vise Tying Kit

UV Para Ant Fly Tying Kit

The ant is a popular fly for the Missouri about 6 months of the year. Those who do not believe in the nat, that is OK. Ant believers are using the net more often! Both cinnamon and black ants are on the trout diet list! Blind fish it, sight fish it, just fish it to those finicky Missouri River risers!

What a great time of year to tie up some summer flies. February is not all that great for being outside, other than skiing! So if you like to hang out in your basement, in front of the TV, or at your work desk tying up some “summer love” be sure to include the UV Para Ant!

These kits are designed for tyers who have grasped the basic moves of fly tying, and are priced just as if you bought the materials individually.

The package comes with everything needed to tie 2 dozen flies, and has a material list included so you can re-supply when needed. You can watch our short “how-to” videos if you need help with a step or two. These are super popular, and are great for those camped out on the Missouri River or camped out binge watching Leave it to Beaver.

 

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Backcountry Film Festival Great Falls Feb 8th

Backcountry Film Festival Great Falls Feb 8th

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Backcountry Film Festival Great Falls Feb 8th Join Montana Wilderness Association’s Island Range Chapter for the 14th-annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival, featuring ten short films that highlight the human-powered experience, and the importance of protecting and caring for our winter landscapes. 14th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival Friday, February 8 6 – … Read more

Headhunters Fly Shop Trout Spey Report 1.30.19

Headhunters Fly Shop Trout Spey Report 1.30.19

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Headhunters Fly Shop Trout Spey Report 1.30.19 The summary in the up front for those in a hurry. Headhunters Fly Shop Trout Spey Fishing Report Summary: Deep, uncomfortable runs, Skagit, T-8, handwarmers, 34F water temp, 4200cfs, some shelf ice, use caution, enjoy. Oh, and Olive. Good to great swing conditions out there right now. Honest. What? … Read more

The Beaverhead in trouble

Zinke and BLM Lands in Montana

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Zinke and BLM Lands in Montana Zinke promised something quite different than he left in his legacy. Legacy, a funny concept. I think he promised to leave Montana in better shape than he found it? Editorial from Tony Bynum in the Missoulian. Scraped it from Moldy Chum yesterday. As former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides … Read more

High Water in 2019?

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] High Water in 2019? Questions daily on the phone and in the store in regards to the water potential for the upcoming season. What do we think? Lower water than last year. How low? How about average. Nothing wrong with average. Low water is a reach too. In the previous 27 years we have … Read more

Headhunters Advanced Dry Fly School July 25-29 2019

Headhunters Advanced Dry Fly School July 25-29 2019

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Headhunters Advanced Dry Fly School July 25-29 2019 What you’ve been waiting for this winter! We announce the Headhunters Advanced Dry Fly School July 25-29 2019! Yes, a few of your favorite guides we be teaching this Missouri River Dry Dry course. HH owners John Arnold and Mark Raisler along with long time Missouri River … Read more

Winter Spey Video

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Winter Spey Video

Snow on the ground.

Spey casters on the river.

A flood of summer bookings at the shop daily.

Lots of anglers Saturday, almost none on Sunday.

Martin Luther King Day. Do something good for your neighbor.

Like inviting them on a trip to the Missouri River 2019.

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Saturday Skate Vid

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Saturday Skate Vid: Long Boarders DH. Sick.

All is well in downtown Craig. Snow on the ground. Wind blowing. Anglers angling.

Can be Groundhog Day here in Craig. Fishing. Everyday. And Joe’s. That is the other outlet. And that’s it for the winter months.

Short mental breaks are good for your 4th season constitution. This vid will do it. Really cool.

Enjoy your weekend! If you find yourself in Craig, swing in for a cup of coffee.

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Friday Winter Foto

Friday Winter Foto

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Friday Winter Foto Winter visited us yesterday. A bit of sun followed by another spit of snow on Sunday. Should see anglers today and tomorrow. Fewer Sunday. Good to see a touch of winter. Have not had too much so far. IT’ll come. Some midges have been seen on the water this last week. Could … Read more

Craig Caddis Festival Poster Art Contest

Craig Caddis Festival Poster Art Contest

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Craig Caddis Festival Poster Art Contest Calling all artists! The Annual Craig Caddis Festival Poster Art Contest is Live! Get those paintbrushes out and create some art of the annual Caddis Fest ’19 Poster Art Contest. The 2018 Winner Janae Valle from Helena with her winning piece above! Thanks Janae! Can’t wait to see your submission … Read more

Tuesday

Tuesday

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Tuesday Today warm, calm, 49F. The mid January blues. Mild. Tomorrow not as warm. Thursday snow. Light winds for the upcoming 10 days. Fishing time for sure. The winter that never was…and today, Tuesday.

January Spey Report from Richard

January Spey Report from Richard

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] January Spey Report from Richard Trout Spey Report 1.13.19 Fishing in January, what more can I say. While many across the country are drilling holes through hard water, the crew at Headhunters are chasing trout with a spey rod. In a month synonymous with the bitter cold, we have been enjoying some pretty favorable … Read more

F3T Trailer and Dates

F3T Trailer and Dates

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F3T Trailer and Dates

The Fly Fishing Film Tour in Helena February 5th Grand Street Theater Doors open at 6pm. Film to follow.In Great Falls January 25th at the Do Bar Doors open at 630 Film at 7pm.

Head out and enjoy a few fishing flicks. Then visit us @ Headhunters of Craig to get your jam on. We never stop fishing.

A comment about the trailer above…I think someone has already done that sort of film?

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Your Trout Voice and Concerns Matter

Your Trout Voice and Concerns Matter

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The upshot from Walleye’s Unlimited is this: They want more big walleye in the reservoirs and river systems. Catch rates and average size has decreased in the recent past. WU would like FWP to encourage walleye growth. The complaint is that trophy walleye fishing is not close enough for those who reside locally. Trout anglers … Read more

Curt McChesney Memorial

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Curt McChesney Memorial Curt was a feller that liked everybody, and was liked by all. Fishing and guiding around Curt was always a pleasure. My day was always better when I saw and had interaction with Curt on the water. Always made my day better. Always. Curt was one of those guides that I always … Read more

Tuesday January 8th Headhunters Fishing Report

Tuesday January 8th Headhunters Fishing Report

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tuesday January 8th Headhunters Fishing Report When the wind dies down, it’s pretty nice out there. More than one customer this past couple weeks has said that. And the wind did die recently. Yesterday quite blow-y. Today? Not as much but cooler. Saturday was really nice. 46F, calm. And it fished alright too. Reports … Read more

3 Missouri River Charts you need to see

2019 Water Projection: Missouri River Charts you need to see

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2019 Water Projection: Missouri River Charts you need to see The top image is telling. 103 days of potential water ahead of us. Mid April is the peak of the snow on the ground. The water that counts for the summer. Ground water content, moisture levels, that kind of stuff. Forecasting summer water April 20th … Read more

Holiday in the Sun Sex Pistols

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Holiday in the Sun Sex Pistols Plan your Holiday in the Sun…in Craig Montana. Maybe the Sex Pistols will be punk’ng out on Izaak’s Log Jam. Going back a few years to my youth. As a teenager, the Sex Pistols had a big influence on me. Angst. Skateboards. Squeeky played bass guitar in a … Read more

Craig Montana and Missouri River Quiz! Contest! Winner. Answers

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Craig Montana and Missouri River Quiz! Winner! Answers! Not too many entries that could challenge Master of the Mo. Most of the entries came in the 11th hour. Erin Wombold was the early leader. And then many more piled into the email box…And we have a winner today. Tim Plaska is the winner! The winner … Read more

January 2nd Missouri River Fishing Report

January 2nd Missouri River Fishing Report

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] January 2nd Missouri River Fishing Report Cold. Water temps 35-ish. When it drops below 36 we consider that cold. Do the fish bite. Oh yeah. Gotta eat. Flows near 5000 cfs. A common and historical winter flow. Sometimes, commonly, t is higher that the 5K mark. The long cold spells have the DNRC raise … Read more

Happy New Year's Day

Happy New Year’s Day

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Happy New Year’s Day

New Year’s Resolutions for Squeeky include…
  • More smiling.
  • More fishing.
  • More smoking of meats.
  • Fewer whacko’s in public office.
  • More chill. Way more chill.
  • More dry fly fishing.

Enjoy the New Year. Start fresh. Live peacefully. Fish more w/ Headhunters. Love more. Care more.

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Beastie Boys You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party!

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You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party!

Happy New Year!

Be safe. Nobody needs to start the year in the slammer.

Designated Drivers, and Uber.

See you at the Polar Bear Plunge New Years Day High Noon Craig Boat Ramp.

Check out last years best Party Scene ever from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. 

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Summer Scenes

Summer Scenes

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Summer Scenes I for one am looking towards summer. I do like winter. Sort of. I just like summer better. Not so wrong. Is it? Football today. Do something productive during the commercial breaks. Like pulling off those dirty lines and tossing them in the garbage. Or clean them. The fly line is the … Read more

Imagine

Imagine

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Imagine

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and a very late Happy Hanukkah to you all.

Enjoy friends and family.

Think about the future.

Imagine.

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Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas Merry Christmas. Enjoy your day. I know we are. Open til noon today. Closed for Christmas. Open Wednesday. Good fishing on the river. Not much for population out there. More as the week progresses. 8-5 daily. Big Craig Montana Quiz coming up with lots of great prizes. So study up on your Craig … Read more

Winter Solstice, Cold Moon, and Meteor Shower

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Winter Solstice, Cold Moon, and Meteor Shower Friday 21 December. The shortest day of the year. We are crossing the line as we publish this daily blog. Friday Foto Summer Solstice Love! This is an image used as the banner for a month this summer. HH Head Guide Ben Hardy hooked up in late … Read more

Wolf Creek FAS Proposed Improvement Project

#TBT Wolf Creek FAS Proposed Improvement Project

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Wolf Creek FAS Proposed Improvement Project Ed Note: Lots of conversation about the updated, paved, striped Wolf Creek Boat Ramp since completion late October. The WC FAS has been changed, to exactly the proposal below. It is identical to the superimposed image below. We’ve had several folks complain to us, here at Headhunters, that we … Read more

Upper Missouri River Management Plan Scoping Meeting Tonight in Helena

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Upper Missouri River Management Plan Scoping Meeting Tonight in Helena Meeting tonight at Montana Wild in Helena at 6:30 pm. Your voice determines the future of our Cold Water fishery. This is the pan for the 3 reservoirs above Holter Dam and the river sections below the dams. Canyon Ferry, Toston, and Hauser are what … Read more

A Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card solves many problems

A Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card solves many problems

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A Headhunters Fly Shop Gift Card solves many problems Get this slender item in any dollar amount you choose. Get one for all your employees, your cousin, your husband or wife. Or you. It’s like money in the bank. Call today to speak with one of Santa’s helpers here @ Headhunters of Craig. We got … Read more

Book your 2019 Missouri River Lodging and Guides

Book your 2019 Missouri River Lodging and Guides

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Book your 2019 Missouri River Lodging and Guides Listening to the phone ring, the staff chat with guests about 2019 lodging and Guide Trips, along with the constant email correspondence leads me to this blog today. It is time to book your 2019 trip. Well, only if you want a specific property on the … Read more

Office Xmas Party Sunday – Closed in the Afternoon

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Headhunters will be celebrating the Holidays with our staff tomorrow afternoon, Sunday Dec. 16, at our annual Office Party in an undisclosed location. We will be open in the morning until around 12 noon, so if you need a shuttle you better be in the shop before 10 or 11. If you walk in at … Read more

Weekend Update: Swing Report

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fishing reports vary from good to great right now. Remember, it’s all relative in December. To most, a pleasant winter day on the river that brings 6-10 nice fish to the net is “great”. To others that’s just “good”. Either way, I think you can count on that kind of day right now. If you … Read more

Weekend Tip: Keep Those Hands Down

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 beginning (and intermediate & sometimes advanced) spey casters make: They let their hands and arms … Read more

Spey Special Ends Soon

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Lots of folks have taken advantage of our fall Spey Special this year. $400 for a full day guided trip with excellent and experienced Spey Casting instructors and guides like women’s World Speycasting Champ Whitney Gould. If you don’t have the gear we provide that as well! The Spey Special ends DEC 31, so just … Read more

Mid-Winter Forecast. Will you Fish?

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Will you do some fly fishing this winter? In Montana? Most of the best winter fishing venues in Montana are solid each and every year. The upper Madison, Bighorn and Missouri are likely the most popular, but there are plenty of other spots that can provide some excellent and reliable winter angling. Techniques for mid-winter … Read more

Popular Flies Back in Stock

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ninch is keeping those bins full, and many of our best selling (and fishing) patterns that have been tough to find for awhile are now “In Stock”. All of these patterns will be “Out of Stock” again at some point, As they are perennial killers. Most of these patterns are for summertime situations, but there … Read more