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  • Foam Beetle

    Foam Beetle

    The foam beetle fly pattern is easy to tie, but remains one of my top producers during the summer months. Trout love to eat beetles (and ants) that are blown...

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  • Rapid Creek Rainbow Black Hills Fly Fishing

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/18/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/18/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator Snowshoe Sally Foam Beetle CDC PMD Thorax Dun Elk Hair Caddis Organza Trico Spinner Streamers Hot Bead Crystal Buggers, White...

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  • Black Hills Fishing Report 6/11/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/11/12

    Fishing Report 6/11/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator Snowshoe Sally Foam Beetle CDC PMD Thorax Dun Elk Hair Caddis Organza Trico Spinner Streamers Hot Bead Crystal Buggers, White Sculpzilla, Natural...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Brown Trout from Rapid Creek, Black Hills, South Dakota

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/8/12

    Fishing Report 6/8/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Morgans Midge, Matts Midge, Parachute Adams BWO CDC Thorax Dun BWO Sparkle Dun Smith's CDC Emerger Streamers Hot Bead Crystal Buggers, White Sculpzilla, Black...

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  • rusty rs2 fly pattern

    Rusty RS2 Emerger

    Tying with Hans- Rusty RS2 The Rusty RS2 a take on Rim Chung's famous pattern. The main element shared with the original RS2 is the wing style. It is not...

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  • cdc midge pupa patterns fly tying

    CDC Midge Pupa

    Tying with Hans: CDC Midge Pupa Midge Pupa can be an extremely important trout food. This version is a quick tie but does a good job imitating the profile of...

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  • Squirrel Hair leech fly tying

    Tungsten Squirrel Hair Leech Fly

    Tying with Hans- Tungsten Squirrel Hair Leech On the small streams I frequent, it is hard to fish streamers. It doesn't seem like an obviously fly choice. However, once you...

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  • tungsten bomb fly

    Hans' Tungsten Bomb Fly

    Hans' Tungsten Bomb The Tungsten Bomb Fly gets your dropper flies to the bottom quick. Best of all you don't need additional weight in the form of split shot or...

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  • spring soft hackle fly tying

    Hans' Spring Soft Hackle

    Soft Hackle Flies- Hans' Spring Soft Hackle Materials Hook: Tiemco 3769 size 16-18 Thread: Black 70 Denier Ultra Thread Ribbing: Small Silver Wire Tail: Coq de Leon Medium Speckled Thorax:...

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  • Hydropsyche Caddis larvae fly tying

    Hydropsyche Caddis Larva

    Hydropsyche Caddis Larva This has been a solid producer for me in areas with good populations of free swimming caddis larvae. This pattern is very similar to the caddis patterns...

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  • split case pmd nymph fly tying

    Split Case PMD Nymph

    Split Case PMD Nymph The Split Case PMD Nymph is our favorite nymph pattern for imitating Pale Morning Dun (PMD) nymphs. The Split Case Nymph can also be used to...

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  • killer mayfly nymph fly tying

    Killer Mayfly Nymph

    Killer Mayfly Nymph The Killer Mayfly Nymph is another super nymph from Solitude flies and it does a bang up job imitating small baetis nymphs. A recent diet study found...

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  • tungsten psycho nymph fly tying

    Tungsten Psycho Nymph

    Tungsten Psycho Nymph This is a great nymph from Solitude flies. The Tungsten Psycho Nymph is a great all purpose nymph. We typically use it as the lead fly in...

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