A week from today I will be in the midst of my first major trip of the year, a couple of days on the Missouri river near Craig, MT, hopefully throwing dries and streamers (and the occasional pink nymph) to browns and rainbows of various sizes and dispositions. I’ve still yet to replace the camera [...]
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Headhunters is throwing a birthday bash for the Boss, Julie Arnold, later this afternoon. Best birthday wishes from our gang and somebody drink a cool one for us. And in more Missouri River related news, here’s a call to action from Montana TU well worth a read and quick email or letter….. The links aren’t [...]
I don’t have a lot of worm patterns in my fly boxes. I fish a few tailwaters but for some reason I’ve never got on the worm train. I don’t have a massive ethical aversion to fishing worms, although they are not my favorite. I figure that if worms are in the drift, then you [...]
On the road this morning pondering the perplexities of river flows, fly fishing, timing and life, pretty much in that order. She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are returning home to Bozeman this weekend for a while. Our timing from a river flow and fly fishing perspective certainly ain’t the best this trip, though [...]
HEADHUNTERS from Justin Chaisson on Vimeo. A little vid shot with a Go Pro on the Missouri from the Headhunters gang; check out the high water and some nice fish.
Wading days on the Missouri are pretty much over for now……
Talking with a friend in Townsend this morning about the Missouri……
Good news, bad news. The bad: Snow yesterday put a damper on things around here, and it’s cold this morning. The challenge the next few days might be the sun – it’s not great for seeing a blue wing now and then and chomps down on the streamer bite. The good: Check out the GF [...]
Another short and sweet report from the Missouri today. Fishing has been decent pretty damned good the past week; there have been olives in places but the typical approaches nymphing and chucking streamers have been working very, very well. The river has been a ghost town for the most part; few boats and just a [...]
Baetis. Streamers. Windy as hell. Warming. Few fishers. Wade. Good to great.
This past week has been a good one on the river. Air temps have been in the 50s in the afternoons, there have been a couple of days without wind, water temps have cooled over the past several days but are 50 in the flow out of Holter this morning. Baetis and midges for the [...]
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