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  • Dryer Weather and Great Fishing!

    Dryer Weather and Great Fishing!

    The weather seems to be taking a turn for the better - the forecast for the next week is looking pretty dry with seasonable temperatures! The rain has been good...

    Ryan Gabert |

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    Black Hills Fishing Photos June 2015

    Fishing has been quite good this June. We have had to work around some high water in the Southern and Central Black Hills. Most of our fishing has been in...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Black Hills Fishing Report - 6/5/15

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 6/5/15

    Fishing in the Hills is good. Real good. Some people have been intimidated by the thought of the higher water, but the water isn't really all that crazy right now....

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills Fishing Report - 5-29-2015

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 5-29-2015

    The weather in the Black Hills lately has been exceptionally wet, which is a big change from the near-drought pattern we were in before May rolled around. Almost all of...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Choosing a Warmwater Fly Line

    Choosing a Warmwater Fly Line

    The world of warm water fly fishing is a completely different animal. Fly fishing for trout is pretty standardized stuff for most people, especially in terms of flies, leaders, and...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • High Water Fishing Report - 5/19/2015

    High Water Fishing Report - 5/19/2015

    The flows are mighty high, but the fishing is still darn good. Rapid Creek is at 350 cfs, which is about triple normal summer flows. This is really intimidating to...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills Fishing Report - May 11, 2015

    Black Hills Fishing Report - May 11, 2015

    After receiving some much needed moisture and some wintery weather this past weekend, Black Hills streams are coming into great shape! The flows are coming up, the bugs are hatching,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Spearfish Canyon Video

    Spearfish Canyon Video

    Hans, Ryan, Shaun and Karl got out in Spearfish Canyon a couple weeks ago and shot some video, and this is the end result! Fishing in the canyon is great,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • CDC Thorax Dun

    Fly Tying with Hans- CDC Thorax Dun

    Tying the CDC Thorax Dun This video shows how to tie the CDC Thorax Dun in the style of Rene Harrop. This is a versatile pattern that can be tied...

    Karl Stephenson |

  • Black Hills Fishing Report April 9 2015

    Black Hills Fishing Report April 9 2015

    Fishing in the Hills continues to get better and better! Dry fly fishing has been great on Rapid Creek, Spearfish Creek, Castle Creek, and most all of our local streams....

    Ryan Gabert |

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    Flies for Spring Fishing in the Black Hills

    With warm weather upon us, fishing season is getting going a bit earlier than normal. Hatches have picked up in the past week. Midges and Baetis are the hatching daily....

    Hans Stephenson |

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    Black Hills Fishing Report April 1st 2015

    Wow! It has been a warm spring. Fishing season is picking up and it's getting better by the day. Hopefully there will be moisture in the forecast, but we will...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • After-Work Outing

    After-Work Outing

    After sitting in the shop all day while it was 70 degrees and talking to people that were heading out for most all of the day, I met up with...

    Ryan Gabert |