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 [...]
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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 [...]
For a lot of folks who truly love to fish the Missouri, this is the time that they think about being on the water most of all. It’s been a hell of a year water and weather wise, and after going from summer almost straight to winter, we’re about to get some of that incredible [...]
After dancing naked in the 90 degree temps a few weeks ago (I can’t tell the story) it feels damned cold lately in the morning, and the next few mornings it’s gonna be damned fricken cold. We have been seeing a fair number of fish up on olives this week – fish are pretty much [...]
Finally the choking grip of what seemed like the never ending summer has been broken and fall has managed to elbow its way into Missouri River country. Like most of Montana we’ve been enjoying some nice cool weather since the transition on Wednesday – days in the fifties are a damn sight better than the [...]
A fair number of the folks who fish the Missouri year round over here are describing the river these days as being stuck in a holding pattern. I’d agree. I don’t give a damn what the calendar says – as in it’s supposed to be early fall – it’s pretty much still summer over here [...]
Musings from Jess at Fire Girl Photography