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Tuesday Fly Casting Tactics w/ Simon Gawesworth

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Tuesday Fly Casting Tactics w/ Simon Gawesworth

A great tip from Simon Gawesworth fo RIO Line Company today. Tuesday here in Craig and all is well.

The fly shop staff is out on the casting lane often fine tuning personal casting issues. Should they be out there more often? Well I won’t criticize here on this blog. What I do know is that you cannot fine tune all of the casting changes you personally need to make while fishing.

Casting issues, changing your cast, improving your overall effectiveness with a fly rod in hand takes time. That time is now. That time is not with fly rod in hand casting at difficult bank feeders. In July. No, that is not the time to learn, that is the time to execute.

So a heads up, as I always remind you this time of year, is to practice now. Make those changes now.

Changes take time. It does not happen rapidly. It happens over lots of casting sessions.

The key to success on any of these learning objectives is to do lots of mini sessions. Do not try to do hour long marathons. Nope. Short 5-10 minute sessions will allow you to advance quicker. Long overdrawn exhaustive learning sessions are not smart. Regression will happen!

Get your practice rod out and get going. January is the time to begin the improvements.

I practice with the fly line I will be using to take it to the next level when I get to the “Show!” So I use the Headhunter Fly Line during practice on the lawn, with hoops for targets, to gain accuracy. First cast is the best cast, and the winter months is when and where you develop those skills.

Headhunters Guides including me, Squeaky Oar Lock, are available for casting lessons any time of the year. Call the shop today and get your casting lessons set up this spring!

Be better in 2021!

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New Breed Chicks Rule Baliey Edition

New Breed Chicks Rule Baliey Edition

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New Breed Chicks Rule Baliey Edition A good one from New Breed Chick Bailey on this Saturday morning. Caught this one on a hopper. And yes, it was Bailey’s first day fly fishing. What a stunner for her first fish on a hopper too! Thanks Bailey for getting out there and making it happen with … Read more

Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 8.24.20

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Missouri River Montana Monday Fishing Report 8.24.20 August. Our slowest two weeks of the summer season. Thanks last two of August. And we like it. The river is in tough shape as it moves through the mechanisms of warm weather, daytime highs, lower water levels, and weeds. As September arrives and passes so do the … Read more

Searching with Attractors

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]August, typically some of the most productive attractor fishing of the year on the Missouri. And because afternoon hatches can be slim, it’s often the only real dry fly option. Hard to cast to feeding fish when you can’t find any. We’re talking about “hopper fishing”, but also throwing other terrestrials like ant and beetle … Read more

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

Missouri River Summer Foreshadowing

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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 wade fishing, which then made me think of flip-flops, and finally Missouri River summer PMD’s. … Read more

Headhunters Fly Shop Late August Blackfoot River Fishing Report

Headhunters Fly Shop Late August Blackfoot River Fishing Report

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Headhunters Fly Shop Late August Blackfoot River Fishing Report Pretty good out there yesterday. Sunny, smoky, and fishy. Fished with friends from Hawaii for their first trip to the Blackfoot River over the divide. An awesome experience. Put in at Harry Morgan and floated to Scotty Brown Bridge. Pretty skinny up top in the North … Read more

YETI Hopper

YETI Hopper 20qt & 30qt

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YETI Hopper @ Headhunters Fly Shop

 

While many of you already own a YETI hard sided cooler some of you cannot stay away from the soft sided Hopper.

We agree. A fabulous overpriced item again from YETI. And amazingly popular.

What is not to like. A water tight bomb-proof 20 qt or 30 qt soft sided YETI Cooler that is difficult to keep in stock.

YETI’s are known for being indestructible and keeping things cold. And the Hopper 20 and 30 are no exception. It’s the first 100% leakproof portable cooler that’s built for the long haul and is insulated to keep ice for days. It’s reliable. It’s convenient. Easy to carry and designed for those on the go. It’s well-suited for a weekend at the ranch, a BYOB dinner at the Salt Lick, 18 holes on the golf course, or a day fly fishing on the water. Not your ordinary soft-sided cooler. And like all YETI products, built for the wild.

A damn good item to host and hold your YETI cold soda or beer. A couple sando’s or a block of smoked cheddar and a solid stick of Soppressata Salami to get you through those dry fly sessions. Perfect for the drift boat, your Freestone raft, your fishing kayak, or your Stand Up Paddle-board.

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