Marty made his first trip to the Missouri this last week w/ the family in tow.

RV, bikes, an SUP, and a couple fly rods rounded out his operation.

Pretty sweet Marty.

Marty, who is from the North Shore, of Hawaii, not Holter found the Missouri on his travels last year with the entire family heading north to Glacier. He spyed the Mighty Mo and cemented it in his brain.

A winter of research, watching Headhunters videos, web reports, and the general bullshit here on this page daily led him back this June. Well, we welcome you Marty.

Marty works for Vans and the Triple Crown of Surfing so he is familiar with our cool, laid back surf style here @ Headhunters Fly Shop. Shit, he digs it. He said Craig reminded him of the North Shore, the epicenter of modern surfing. Our tiny friendly & fishy ‘burb of Craig & the Missouri River is the epicenter of modern dry fly fishing. Honest.

That is why Marty came, and saw, and fished, and conquered. Well, he caught some nice trout on a dry fly.

Saturday kicked his ass, the fish and the dry fly technique. Sunday, Fathers Day, he succeeded in famous fashion.

Marty paddles his SUP to the Mid-Canon Island Set and stalked the wily sipping trout of the Missouri River.

Thanks for swinging by Montana’s Missouri River and recognizing the fly fishing epicenter in Craig Marty. We’ll see yo again next summer with the RV and the family and the SUP’s and the bikes and the fly rods and more fly fishing fun.

Marty may sneak out for the Baetis Bonanza this October…we’ll keep the porch warm for you Marty!

Check out Pyzel Surf Boards and Arctic Foam here.

Nick and Alicia with this beauty from Adipose Boatworks.

The color? Some flavor of Rain?  “Like it a ton” was the most often heard comment.

Cool DeYoung Logo too.

Enjoy it for years to come…drifting on the Missouri River.

You look good standing next to that boat Nick!

Calm, sunny, and perfect today on Montana’s Missouri River.

Some wind in the afternoon and some breezes reported up and down around the river that put some of the fish off. but the rest? They were eating on top, on the bottom, and in the middle.

The fishing is damn good folks. Yes, you can have the day when they do not eat your fly. We all have those days. but I suspect if you spend 3 days here in the remainder of June, 2 of them will be satisfactory!

Montana Fishing Report | Missouri River June 18th

Water temps climbed to 56F today and the flows are steady at 3200cfs. A nice level to encourage top water feeding behaviors.

PMDs coming off in the pm. Sometimes just afternoon. They could show earlier on any given day on any given stretch. The spinner can happen anytime too. Sporadic at best this June, but the epic falls will be here soon enough.

For now we are enjoying the emergence and the dun feeders. They are chasing it well. They always do in the beginning stages of this hatch. Big browns get dumb on the PMD in mid June!

Caddis are players too. Fishers sending it to sippers, splashers, and blinders. Choose your weapon and commence with the cast.

Sally’s on the lower up to about Mid Canon. Might wanna try one of those too. Just sayin’.

Nymphing? Damn good.

Streamers? Why. Unless you are one of those types that like to strip, strip, strip…

Weather is the same for the week. Hot, with T-Storms in the afternoons.

You? You should be here.

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