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  • black hills fishing report march 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report March 26th 2020

    This nice Rapid Creek Brown Trout took a BWO aka Baetis dry this past Sunday. Dry fly fishing is picking up around the Black Hills. Black Hills Fishing Report March...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Black Hills fishing report, March 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 3/18/2020

    With all of the craziness going on right now, getting out and going fishing is one of the best things we can be doing right now! The fishing around the...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills fishing report, February 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 2/28/2020

    The longer days and nicer weather have created some fantastic fishing opportunties around the Black Hills over the last couple weeks! The fishing has been great on most area streams,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills fishing report, February 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 2/4/2020

    Despite colder temps this week the fishing has still been fantastic, particularly at lower elevations. Rapid Creek in town and below Pactola has been fishing great, and Spearfish Creek has...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Purple Squirrel Jig tied in a vise

    Purple Squirrel Jig

    Shop Purple Squirrel Jig Materials Purple has been an excellent producer for us for several years, and this fly is no exception. Whether you fish it as a weight fly,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Frenchie variant nymph tied in a vise

    Frenchie Variant

    Shop Frenchie Variant Materials The Frenchie has been a fantastic fly for us for the past several seasons, and this hot butt variant is no exception. Mix up the thorax...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills fishing report, January 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 1/23/2020

    Fishing has been solid over the past couple weeks, and the weather has been excellent this week which has enabled a lot of folks to get out on the water!...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Reverse Marabou Trout Tube Fly tied in a vise

    Reverse Marabou Trout Tube Fly

    Shop Reverse Marabou Trout Tube Materials This is a fantastic trout spey fly, and you can adapt it to whatever your favorite color preferences are for your local water. If...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills fishing report, January 2020

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 1/2/2020

    As far as January weather and fishing goes, the next week looks to be fantastic! We have had some great fishing over the past few weeks, and the weather looks...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Gypsy King Cranefly tied in a vise

    Gypsy King Cranefly

    Shop Gyspy King Materials If you're fishing cranefly adults, this is one pattern you don't want to be without - we had fantastic luck this year both dead drifting and...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills fishing report, December 2019

    Black Hills Fishing Report - 12/6/2019

    Now that some of the snow has melted and getting to the streams is easier, the fishing has been solid! Rapid Creek, Spearfish Creek, and Spring Creek have been the...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Mr. Wigglesworth Mop Fly tied in a vise

    Mr. Wigglesworth Mop Fly

    Shop Mr. Wigglesworth Mop Fly Materials Mop flies have been really popular over the past couple seasons, and for good reason - they catch fish in a wide variety of...

    Ryan Gabert |