Exploring New Water
It always amazes me how much new water there is to fish, even right here in the Hills. We all have our favorite spots to fish, and we get pretty...
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Black Hills Flies for Fall Hatches
In the Black Hills, some of our best dry fly fishing can be from late August to early October. Pale Morning Duns hatch reliably through most of September, and the...
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Summer Hatches! Trico Edition
Trico Spinners in Spiderweb over Rapid Creek. Tricos are the most prolific mayfly hatches of the summer. In the Black Hills the most reliable hatches of Tricos are found on...
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Blue Winged Olive Dry Fly Tying Video
Tying the Blue Winged Olive Dry Fly The Blue Winged Olive is a classic dry fly for fishing just about any trout stream in the country. The traditionally hackled style...
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Choosing The Right Fly Line For You!
Picking a new fly line can be tricky business - All the mumbo-jumbo talk about tapers, coatings, cores, and technologies in new fly lines can get to be dizzying and...
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New Video - Guide's Day Off
Shaun and I had a day off and some time to kill this week, so we decided to throw together another video. Fishing's been good, no doubt about that. Don't...
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Upright Callibaetis Spinner- Fly Tying Video
Tying the Upright Callibaetis Spinner A great lake pattern to imitate the callibaetis mayfly. This pattern utilizes the new synthetic quill body from Hareline Dubbin. We typically tie and fish...
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Black Hills Fishing Report - June 1st
Fishing the last few days has been pretty darn good, even with the rain, thunderstorms, and freak tornado. Most all of the streams are fishing well! Though a little bit...
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Fishing Report 4/16/2014
Fishing Report 4/16/14 The dry fly fishing in the Black Hills and surrounding area continues to be spectacular, and has continued to build steam over the past few weeks! The...
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Spring Dry Fly Fishing Video!
Here's a short video I threw together that shows how good the BWO hatch and fishing has been over the past few weeks. It's been great! Enjoy Ryan Gabert
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Tying the Fluttering Black Stonefly
Fluttering Little Black Stonefly Little Black Stoneflies are one of the first major hatches on many trout streams. When on the water, the adults flutter their wings rapidly. The split...
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Tying the Last Chance Cripple Baetis (Blue Winged Olive)
&feature=g-upl Last Chance Cripple Baetis The Last Chance Cripple series by Rene Harrop is very effective on selective trout. This pattern can be tied to match a variety of mayfly...
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Tying the Sparkle Dun
The Sparkle Dun, a comparadun style dry fly, is an extremely versatile pattern for imitating mayfly duns. By changing the size and color of the pattern, it is easy to...
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