Black Hills Fishing Report September 29th 2025
Black Hills Fly Fishing Report – September 29, 2025 Fall fishing in the Black Hills is in full swing. Flows are low and clear — Rapid Creek is about 43...
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Black Hills Fishing Report September 29th 2025
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Fly Tying Video- How to tie the WD-40 nymph
Learn how to tie the WD-40 nymph. A great fly for beginning fly tyers. This simple mayfly nymph imitation is a fish catching machine. Tie it in a variety of...
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How to Apply Dubbing
How to apply dubbing? Dubbing is a technique that is often done poorly, resulting in shabby looking flies. When fly tier's learn how to apply dubbing correctly the shape and...
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Chewee Cranefly Larva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjSkDAR4Pfw Craneflies are under represented in most fly angler's boxes. In my local streams cranefly larva are incredibly effective, especially in the spring when water flows rise. This chewee skin...
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Tying the Murdich Minnow
Learn to tie the Murdich Minnow Fly Pattern The Murdich Minnow originated as a pattern for striped bass, but has proved itself as a fantastic freshwater fly for smallmouth bass,...
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C. Boyd's Pike Fly
Give pike on the fly a try. This is a simple, easy to tie fly for pike. I first saw this fly in an article by C Boyd Pheiffer in...
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Tying the RS2
The RS2 is a proven pattern. Time after time it fools picky fish. Luckily for fly tiers, it isn't too tough of a fly to tie. Perfect fly to imitate...
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Tying the Chewee Bloodworm
Bloodworms are extremely effective flies. They work well year round on most trout streams I fish. In the winter and spring months they account for a good share of the...
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Tying the Czeched Out Hare's Ear
This soft hackled Hare's Ear pattern, tied on a jig style hook, is effective and quick fly to tie. The bugginess from the hare's ear dubbing combined with the pink...
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Tying Lance Egan's Rainbow Warrior
Lance Egan's Rainbow Warrior is an effective, easy to tie nymph pattern. It is especially effective on tailwater fisheries. We have had huge success with this pattern over the last...
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Tying the Rainbow Czech Nymph
This is a straight forward czech nymph tying sequence, nothing earth shattering. Weight and body taper are formed by lead tape. The color combination on this pattern has been particularly...
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Tying the Pearl Core Cased Caddis
This is a cased caddis larva pattern tied in the Czech style. This nymph is tied on a jig hook with a slotted tungsten bead that causes it to bounce...
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Tying the CDC Klinkhammer Special
This is a twist on the original Klinkhammer Special. Both the post and hackle are made from CDC. This pattern sits nicely on the water's surface. The CDC hackle undulates...
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Tying the Fish Skull Skullp-Zilla Streamer
Fish Skull Skullp-Zilla Streamer Materials: Hook 1: Gamakatsu Octopus Hooks Size 4-8 Hook 2: Mustad 3366 or similar arge eyed hook size 4-6 Thread: Wapsi UTC 140 Denier Color to...
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