Missouri River November Fishing Forecast

Missouri River November Forecast

Winter rates start on November 16th

Missouri River Winter Lodging

Craig Trout Camp is open for business with the Brown and Rainbow Cabins $125/night. Craig House which sleeps up to 6 anglers is also open all winter long. Full kitchen, killer living room with a big flat screen along with leather couches for afternoon napping.

Missouri River Winter Guided Trips

Trout Spey Guide Trips $400 . Get out on the water for the day with your favorite Headhunters Guide all winter long. Every guide trip is $400. Whether you use a single handed rod or a two handed rod. Your choice. The winter is a fantastic time to fish with not many, if any other boats, on the water.

Restaurants and Canyon Store

Fishing, Food, and Drink

Missouri River November Fishing Forecast
Craig Trout Camp open all year long!

Joe’s Bar is one daily 8am til 2am. Also closed on Christmas. The Frenchman and Me in Wolf Creek open daily until we here otherwise. The Wolf Creek Canyon Store is open for gas and convenience items. Beer too. We don’t know about the Oasis Bar. The bar is open for sure, but the food component? Call and ask for addt’l info on any and all of the above. We will point you in the right direction.

Craig Sewer Tax ends November 15th. Tax free purchases all the way through the winter months including all your Headhunters Fly Shop Christmas purchases.

Headhunters Fly Shop Upcoming Events

Wonen’s only Spey Clinic November 7th

Sold Out! This 6 student class is sold out. We are happy to offer a Women’s Clinic for the first time sponsored by Headhunters Fly Shop and with our two female leaders Sara Roholt and Beth Langell. Fun time this coming Saturday. Look on this site for any addt’l info in regards to Women’s Only events.

Headhunters Free Spey Clinics

Beginning in December. Sign up at the shop or on the phone for these 20 student limit 2 handed casting clinics. Swing Season is here. Get in on it. 406-235-3447 for more info.

Remember we have a ton of demo rods for the 2 handed enthusiast or the rank beginner. Rods from Sage, Echo, Orvis and more. We got all of the cool demo lines too. Skagit and Scandi spoken here. 

Missouri River November Fishing Forecast

Missouri River November Fishing Forecast
Fishing the lower Missouri River

November brings lots of things. It does not bring people. Quiet waters. Fish tom Dam to Cascade with some nice peaceful lack of pressure.

BWO’s should last until Thanksgiving. Some midges around too. Hot flies? Parachutes, cripples, emerges, soft hackles, and spinners.

The streamer bite is picking up. That is good for the past several weeks, the streamer season, has not been all that terrific. The swing bite is picking up too. Both are worth doing for the next several months.

The nymphing is of course very good. Short leashing in the lower water levels, as we are below 3K, is outstanding. Find the deep green and toss it in. Still finding fish in the obvious sexy water spots. That will all end when the water temps dip below the 40F mark. But enjoy until then. We still have til about that TDAy for those temps to hold.

Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service Winter Hours

Open daily 8am-6pm. New Winter Hours. We will roll with these hours through March ’16. Open 7 days a week. Everyday but Christmas. Lodging available everyday, and night, including Christmas. Stop in for that winter time free coffee on your way through, for a chat, for those Christmas presents for all your fly fishing friends. Pick yourself up something nice too…you deserve it.

We love the late fall and early winter period. Quiet. Perfect. Slow. Snow. Overcast. Occasionally windy. More often calm.

November is good.

Check out this Spey Video here.

 

Missouri River November Fact Sheet

November is one of our favorite months. Why? Well, as you know we’ll tell you. A list of the things happening during this early winter spell.

No people. Very few anglers. If it is at all above 30F we have some good ‘ol locals fishing. Locals and regional folks get after it in November and December, and anytime the mercury is above that 30-40F mark.

No people. Very few anglers. Did I mention that?

More overcast days. The percentage of overcast days is great that nearly any other month in the Missouri River calendar. Fish like overcast days. They do not have eyelids and cannot squint. Streamer fishing is much better. The trout can lie in the shallows for longer each and every day. The fish like to get up on the secondary shelf and feed. Both for the dry and the streamer attack!

Headhunters Guide Service Winter Pricing

  • $495 through the month of November for regular guide trips. The Single handed rod version. Start @ 9am and fish til dark. All gear, fly rods, terminal tackle, flies, lunch, hot and cold beverages included. An empty river included too.
  • $300 Spey, 2 Handed Swing Special. Guided Two-Handed Spey Trips on the Missouri River with the Headhunters gang. Experienced instructors, great fishing, and all equipment included. It’s time to learn a new facet of fly fishing. Why not learn with a baby spey rod and catch a few trout swinging streamers. Pretty damn fun. And a bargain rate of $300!
  • $400 Guide Trips December 1st through March 14th. The key to your Missouri River success? Solace. Quiet river scene. Fish all winter long for big rainbows. Mostly nymph fishing and some dead drifted streamers with some swinging too!

 

Missouri River November Fact Sheet
We like winter here in central Montana.

Shorter days. Later starts. Both of those things get us fired up. The steaming hot cocktail tastes even better after a good November day on the water. Izaak’s is closed for the season. You will have to get your Hot Toddy @ Joe’s.

The Oasis may be open for dinner. The Frenchman and Me is certainly open and always is. The most consistent restaurant hours on the river. Joe’s Bar always open. Pizzas and beer. What more do you need.

Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service open daily @ 8am. Open all day long all 7 days all winter long til 6pm. The full service shop open everyday.

Headhunters is your Spey Rod Headquarters in Craig on the Missouri River. We have DEMO RODS from SAGE in the Method and the One, ECHO 3’s, Thomas & Thomas 2 Handers that many love, Orvis Clearwater Rods that are reasonably priced. A bundle of DEMO SPEY LINES from RIO and Airflo. HH is your Trout Spey Destination. Call or stop in for any questions about lines, preferred spey trout rod lengths, or demo rods. We got it all. Versi Leaders and tips for you too.

Montana spey fishing

Spey Trout Guide Special is $300. Learn about 2 handed casting with Trout Spey and Switch Rods in a guided trip environment. Learn and catch trout on the Missouri River all in the same day.

December brings the 1st Free Two-Handed Clinics. Sign up in November to insure your spot in these always well attended free spey clinics. A classroom Powerpoint presentation by John in the morning with donuts and coffee followed by the afternoon casting session that goes as long as you want it to.

Craig Trout Camp Winter Pricing

  • Craig House. Sleeps 6 anglers. 3 BR, 2 bath, large kitchen fully stocked with all you need for cookware. Lots of room to stretch and a couple nice leather couches to watch the Sunday game on. Satellite TV, BBQ too. Base price of $150/night for 2 guests, add $50 per head after that.
  • Brown Trout Cabin. $125/night for up to 3 guests. 2 beds, one futon. Satellite TV no kitchen. BBQ avail if you need.
  • Rainbow Trout Cabin. $125/night for up to 3 guests. 2 beds, one futon. Satellite TV no kitchen. BBQ avail if you need. Just like its neighbor Brown Trout Cabin.
  • Ask about other Craig rental properties and winter discounts. We are your 12 month lodging booking experts.

 

Missouri River November Fact Sheet
Book today for the best of the year!

A good time to book your 2015 Fly Fishing Vacation. Choose the best in lodging @ Craig Trout Camp and CraigLodging.com November is the time to get this done. The best selection for both guides and certainly river housing. Browse adn choose today. Get your fishing vacation in the books today.

Lots happening in the next month or two. Lots of fishing to be had for you regional fly fishing folks. Lodging, guiding, clinics, and your favoirite destination fly shop. Black Friday is coming soon. Don’t forget to pick up a couple gifts while in town. We got everything you favoirtei angler might need.

How about a Gift Card? Can’t go wrong with that item…

Streamer Fishing is popular this month. Come on in and see the acres of streamers@ Headhunters. We have all you need for tips, streamer lines, streamer info.

Hot flies for the month have been the good old black bugger. Coming back hard is the trio of Skiddish Smolts. Zonkers still damn good, Micro Zonkers really fantastic. The other side of the coin is the large fly. Yes, for you large fly lovers…the large fly is hot! And we got ’em @ Headhunters.

Along with the November Streamer bite is the perpetual shit hot nymph fishing. All winter long. Get used to it. Months of the bobber. For the best info on the river with the fishiest staff in the tri-county region stop on in for our tips for nymphing success.

Not pink yet, we got another month or two. Scuds, sows, along with the tiny micro may stuff and midge pupa.

The Missouri River is a dry fly river. Not a ton of excitement as of late, but today is damn cold and snow is in the air. So today it could change. We will let you know tomorrow how things are going.

Missouri River November Fact Sheet

 

  • Shuttles Daily. Headhunters is your 7 day a week fly shop in Craig.
  • Guides available every day of the year!
  • Fresh flies. Always @ Headhunters.
  • Winter Lodging available. 5 properties right in Craig for rent. The largest summer seasonal selection of lodging on the Missouri with 21 properties! Accommodations for 1-12 anglers.
  • Swing Season is in full effect. Your Missouri River demo center with all the rods from SAGE including the 2 handed Method and One.
  • Open 8-6 Daily. Call for an up to the minute fishing report 406-235-3447 or 877-DRY-FLYS