Fishing Report August 29th 2025
Black Hills Fly Fishing Report – August 29, 2025 Labor Day Weekend Edition Labor Day weekend is here! The Rally is behind us, traffic is back to normal, and we’ve...
Hans Stephenson |
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Fishing Report August 29th 2025
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Remembering Paul Stabile
We recently lost a good friend, Paul Stabile. He will be greatly missed by all of us at the shop and in our local angling community. We are thinking of...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 10/10/2016
We're cooling down over the next couple days in the Black Hills, and it's starting to look more like fall with a chance of snow. The sub-freezing temperatures forecast for...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 9/30/2016
We've had some unseasonably warm weather for late September over the last week, and the fish have seemed to dig it. Highs in the high 70s and low 80s have...
Ryan Gabert |
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Yeti Hopper Flip 12 Cooler
Yeti has been at the top of the cooler game for a number of years, and innovative products like the new Hopper Flip 12 is what earned them their reputation....
Ryan Gabert |
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Dropshot Quill Nymph Fly Tying Video
Tying the Dropshot Quill Nymph This new pattern uses the just released Hareline Dubbin Insta Jig Tungsten Heads. Insta Jig Tungsten heads are teardrop shaped tungsten beads that has an...
Hans Stephenson |
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Tungsten Bruised PMD Nymph Fly Tying Video
The Tungsten Bruised PMD is a late summer killer here in the Black Hills! If you fish anywhere there are PMD nymphs in the water, this is a must have...
Ryan Gabert |
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Sweet Pea Jig Fly Tying Video
The new Sweet Pea jig pattern originated by Doug Ouellette has quickly become one of our favorite patterns to fish in the Black Hills, and for good reason. This is...
Ryan Gabert |
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New Loon Outdoors Tools!
Loon Outdoors has been an innovator in the fly fishing world for a number of years, but their latest offering of fishing and fly tying tools has knocked it out...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 9/21/2016
The fishing throughout the Black Hills has been great, and it looks like fall weather is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Most all of the streams throughout the...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 9/5/2016
Cool and rainy weather today in the Black Hills has us thinking about fall fishing. The weather has been trending towards a cooler pattern over the past week, with highs...
Ryan Gabert |
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Echo Base Fly Rod
The misconception that flyfishing is inherently expensive keeps many people from getting into the sport, which is a shame. As fly rod technology continues to improve, the more inexpensive rods...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 8/31/2016
We're beginning to sound like a broken record, but the fishing is still fantastic here in the Black Hills. All things considered, this year has turned out much, much better...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - August 24th 2016
Fishing in the Black Hills continues to be good, with the cooler weather helping things out a bit. The mornings have been feeling a bit more like fall - last...
Hans Stephenson |
