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  • Black Hills Fishing Report - May 17

    Black Hills Fishing Report - May 17

    Fishing has been good - don't let the high flows scare you off. Yes, the flows are high. The fish are fat, sassy, and packing on some pounds with the...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Black Hills Fishing Report - May Day Edition!

    Black Hills Fishing Report - May Day Edition!

    May is finally here, and it looks like it's finally starting to feel like Spring! Meanwhile, the fish haven't seemed to mind the wind and the cold, because they've still...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Fishing Report 4/16/2014

    Fishing Report 4/16/2014

    Fishing Report 4/16/14 The dry fly fishing in the Black Hills and surrounding area continues to be spectacular, and has continued to build steam over the past few weeks! The...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Great Spring Fishing!

    Great Spring Fishing!

    Fishing has been good. Real good. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but you should get out and fish. Take off work. Call in sick. Do whatever it takes,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Fish Skull Circus Peanut

    Tying the Fish-Skull Circus Peanut

    Fish-Skull Circus Peanut Video- Express Cut Fish-Skull Circus Peanut Video- Full Length Tutorial This articulated streamer was one of my go to streamers last fishing season. The Fish Skull version...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • tying copper john nymph

    Tying the Copper John Nymph

    Black Copper John Part 1: Part2: A great all purpose nymph from John Barr. This is one of our favorite flies to fish as an attractor nymph. For some reason...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Boat Anchor Scud Fly Pattern

    Boat Anchor Scud Fly

    Boat Anchor Scud Fishing the Bighorn or other western tailwater? Hate using split shot? Use the Boat Anchor scud fly pattern in place of weight and save yourself the trouble...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Hans' Hopper Fly

    Hans' Hopper Fly Tying Video

    Hans' Hopper Fly Tying Video There are many great hopper patterns out there. This pattern combines bits and pieces of several hopper patterns, with a couple of unique twists. As...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph

    CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph Fly Tying Video

    CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph This has been a very successful pattern for imitating emerging late summer yellow mayflies, especially pale evening duns. It has fooled many selective fish on our...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Fly Tying Video- Fish Skull Articulated Minnow

    Fly Tying Video- Fish Skull Articulated Minnow

    Tying the Fish Skull Articulated Minnow The Fish Skull Articulated Streamer is an articulated streamer pattern tied with the new articulated shanks from Flymen. The articulated shanks can be used...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Learn how to tie the wd-40 nymph

    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...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Chewee Cranefly Larva

    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...

    Hans Stephenson |