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  • Carp fly fishing basics for beginners

    Carp Fly Fishing 101 - Carp Basics

    Carp Fishing is growing in popularity each year here in the United States, and for good reason - Carp are widely available to the majority of people. They grow to...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Carp caught fly fishing in South Dakota

    Fly Fishing for South Dakota Bonefish - Why Carp Rock!

    Carp have grown an unfortunate reputation in the western hemisphere of the world as dirty, bottom feeding, easy to catch trash fish, that are essentially good for fertilizer, and that's...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • rabbit strip jig fly

    Hans' Rabbit Strip Jig Fly

    Jig fly patterns are tremendously effective for bass. This has been the most productive type of fly for me when fishing for smallmouth bass on the Missouri River near Pierre,...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • don's bully bugger woolly bugger

    Tying Don's Bully Bugger

    A quick but deadly tie from the vise of resident Carp Master Don Polovich. The Bully Bugger is just about all you need to catch smallmouth and carp over on...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Hans' carp nymph fly tying

    Carp Flies- Hans' Carp Nymph

    Tied by Hans Stephenson of Dakota Angler & Outfitter. An all purpose nymph for tailing carp. To be fished along the bottom. This fly works extremely well and is fairly...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Ryan's Carp Fly

    Ryan's Carp Fly

    Ryan Gabert's Carp Fly is easy to tie. It looks great in the water. Best of all it is darn effective at catching carp. Developed on South Dakota's storied flats,...

    Hans Stephenson |