Another Day in Paradise...

Doc McGrath with Dam Bow
photo Mark Raisler

Jackson Rock Panorama @ Dusk
photo Mark Raisler

All is well on the river. Waiting for the Baetis so we can toss some dries.


"Let the purist rejoice in the fly
that he dries,
And look down on my practice
with hauteur,
But for me the surprise
Of the flash of the rise,
The rosy-brown wink under water."

G.E.M. Skues

Love Doubles...

Here are the McGrath Boys with a Brown-Rainbow double at the Wolf Creek Bridge. Nice lunch break in the shade after a another double.

Late summer here in Craig. 90F today. Wow. When will it come...the fall weather. Bring it on. Late Baetis? Fishing into November...yes indeed.

Most afternoons there are fish eatin Psuedo's on top. Tough, and I do not fish to them. Some fella's do. I hope they are hooking a few.

Fall...calm, overcast, 45F, and the Tricaudatus...my dream.

Nymph of the Week: Any Zebra @ the Dam

Dry Fly of the Week: You tell me Bra/Bro

Capt Carp Dead Song of the Week: He hates Wide Spread Panic too.

Vehicle of the Week: All our rigs are shot. SOL Suburban front end wient shitty. Scumliner hit a Deer. Shuttle rig shit the bed. Please send money for repairs. Thanks.

Nature-O-Pathy

Guest before therapy @ Headhunters Guide Service
photo Mark Raisler

Naturopathy
Variant: also na·ture·op·a·thy /"nA-ch&-'räp-&-thE/
Function:noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies
: a system of treatment of disease that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents (as air, water, andsunshine) and physical means (as manipulation and electrical treatment) —na·tu·ro·path·ic also na·ture·o·path·ic /"nA-ch&-r&-'path-ik, n&-"t(y)ur-&-/ adjective



Naturopathy
Secondary def: Angling on the Missouri River

You get the picture 'eh.

Do you feel like this fella above? Do you need a trip to the Mo this fall? Have you been overpaying your shrink for um-teen years? Do you deserve and/or fantasize about fighting jumping bastard Brown trout until your arm hurts? Does this sound like you?

Craig Bridge, new school, looking Nth - 9/22 first full day of fall
photo Mark Raisler

Try the real life ANTIDOTE. Headhunters Fly Shop and Guide Service can guide you down a path of healing; long quiet fish filled days along with raucous and riotous evenings @ Joe's Bar/Izaak's hitting on the hoards of single, hot, fish bum chicks.

Well then...What are you waiting for?!#*

Get off that couch, tell your boss to shove it, or steal your mom's mini-van. Save yourself from another un-event filled day!!

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photo Mark Raisler
Outstanding Brown caught and landed by guest pictured above. He is temporarily cured. He will need many more follow up sessions with the fabulous and unmatched guide staff @ Headhunters Fly Shop & Guide Service located in the Central Business District of Craig Montana.


This just in...Headhunters Fly Shop voted Craig's Central Business District
"FLY SHOP of the YEAR"

Well....really

Scumliner edited this photo.

Squeeky Oar Lock shot another errant photo.

This photo is the result...standard

Direct correlation to the success of Headhunters Fly Shop & Guide Service.

Madness, Mayhem, a boat load of bullshit.


Thanks to all Headhunters customers this fabulous year of 2009...Thanks.

Twice as Nice

Second Blog of the day...

Was on the property moving sprinklers around ...and snapped a couple shots.

Some sort of purple flower with a bee on it. Had to take the shot.

This is the softer side of SOL.

I think I am getting a little too soft.

Like the soggy rods I fish.

Maybe it's time for a new birth.

The beauty of fishing is that it can be all things to all anglers. Fishing is exactly what you make it. It can be relaxing and relatively inexpensive pastime, hearkening back to the simple pleasures of days of old. Or it can be a massive obsession that demands frequent injections of new tackle, high-tech gadgets, books, and any other related paraphernalia.

from Wit & Wisdom of Fishing

Old Glass Fenwick of John McKittrick's...fished it all day...Nice!
photo Mark Raisler

Sprinklers...I like water of all types
photo Mark Raisler

Oxbow Bottom looking NE
photo Mark Raisler

Top Ten...

...reasons to visit the Missouri this Fall.

1. The Missouri River. Fly Fishing's #1 Amusement Park
2. Good for your soul
3. Cheaper than Knott's Berry Farm
4. America's Longest Drainage
5. Best Trout Town in the Tri-County Area
6. Friendly
7. 2 Bars, 3 Fly Shops, 44 people, 1 Billion Trout
8. Big Browns on Streamers
9. Baetis hatch that will make your jaw drop
10. Headhunters Guides need to eat in February

Outstanding Client Performance of the Week: All of them...they all listened...I like that

Outstanding Guide of the Week: Joel Silverman...just ask him

Next Big Hatch: Baetis

Dry Fly of the Week: Hmmm

Nymph of the Week: Bead Head Roaring Fork sz 14-18 Green

Item of the Week: Ben Bolden T-Shirts...they Kick-Ass

Guide waltzes into the shop this morning with a 4 day old fly line from a company that sell $100 fly lines and tries to give it away...ended up in the rubbish bin.

My singular obsession is keeping the nurtured grass green for the remainder of the season.

I still love guiding, working in the shop, drinking Budweiser...

...but my illness is growing.

I have crossed the threshold of sane and rational thinking.

Group Therapy is right around the corner.




Note: The nymphing is heating up. Dry Fly?...some...waiting for late Sept., early Oct.