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...
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Fishing Report August 29th 2025
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Dry Fly Fishing Has Finally Popped!
Every Winter, we all eagerly await the fantastic midge hatch on Rapid Creek through town that creates some of the best dry fly fishing we see all year. It takes...
Ryan Gabert |
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Dakota Angler Pike Fly Fishing School - Spring 2016
Fly Fishing for Northern Pike on Pactola Reservoir was some of our favorite fishing of last season, and definitely some of the most exciting. We landed a good number of...
Ryan Gabert |
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Lil' Kim Streamer Fly Tying Video
Ryan Gabert ties his version of the Lil Kim streamer. This has been our top streamer this year on our Black Hills streams. It also works extremely well on the...
Hans Stephenson |
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Fly Tying Blog - Ryan's Winter Tying
This is the time of year that I start restocking my boxes for the summer, but I often get sidetracked by tying flies for nearly immediate use. My usual MO...
Ryan Gabert |
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Post-Inventory Fishing Day
After finishing our annual shop inventory in a record-breaking day and a half, we all figured we might as well reward ourselves and take a day off to enjoy the...
Ryan Gabert |
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Fly Tying Blog - EP Brushes
We're going to start something new, and supplement our fly tying videos with blog posts about the materials they feature! With all of the new, innovative materials that are coming...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fly Fishing Report - 1/9/16
As I'm writing this, it's cold outside. Real cold. We're currently drinking too much coffee and mentally preparing ourselves for the madness that is our annual inventory this week. Even...
Ryan Gabert |
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Travel Blog - Bighorn River, December 2015
We're driving through Gillette, Wyoming at 5:00 am and it's -12 degrees out. I've got the heater cranked on my pickup hard enough that we feel like we're in a...
Ryan Gabert |
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Rapid Creek Urban Fishing Report
We got out and fished on Rapid Creek in town yesterday, and had excellent success! Every winter as some waters in the Black Hills start to freeze, we spend more...
Ryan Gabert |
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First Fishing Report of 2016!
Ring in the new year the right way - get out and catch a few fish! The weather over the next several days is supposed to be exceptional, and the...
Ryan Gabert |
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Christmas Eve Fishing Report
The weather is supposed to be a balmy 34 degrees today! Show your Christmas spirit by going out and teasing a few trout. Streamers have been my go to lately,...
Ryan Gabert |
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Tying with David- Water Boatmen Nymph
Tying with David Gamet- Water Boatmen Nymph David from the shop ties up his favorite version of the Water Boatmen Nymph. A great still water pattern for the summer months!...
Karl Stephenson |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 12/10/15
We're in an unseasonably warm weather pattern, and the fishing's been great! The weather for mid-December has been warm to say the least, with highs in the fifties and sixties...
Ryan Gabert |
