Barr's Slumpbuster
Barr's Slumpbuster This is a great pattern from Colorado's John Barr. We have strayed a little bit from the original, but it still catches it's share of fish. Tie this...
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Hans' Rabbit Strip Jig Fly
Hans' Rabbit Strip Jig Fly Jig fly patterns are tremendously effective for bass. This has been the most productive type of fly for me when fishing for smallmouth bass on...
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Tying Don's Bully Bugger
Woolly Bugger- Don's Bully Bugger A quick but deadly tie from the vise of resident Carp Master Don Polovich. The Bully Bugger is just about all you need to catch...
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Hans' Wire Bodied Baetis Nymph
Hans' Wire Bodied Baetis Nymph This is a design I have been tinkering with for a while. I like the wire body for weight and segmentation, the wing buds, and...
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CDC Bubble Wing Caddis
CDC Bubble Wing Caddis Here is a great fly from Oliver Edwards outstanding DVD "Essential Patterns Vol. 1". Check out this DVD for several more cracking patterns.I tie this in...
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Crystal Wooly Bugger
Crystal Wooly Bugger A classic fly for us here at Dakota Angler & Outfitter. We have used this fly for many years for black hills trout, bass, carp, and panfish....
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Bunny Dun
Bunny Dun This comparadun style of fly is quicker to tie than its deer hair winged cousin. The snowshoe rabbit hair floats well and has a great texture. Use it...
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CDC Midge Emerger II
CDC Midge Emerger II This is a hybrid between a palamino midge and a morgan's midge. A versitle fly to have in a midge hatch, it can imitate an emerger...
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Tape Wing Caddis
Tape Wing Caddis This fly takes a bit of extra time to construct, but it is worth it. The combination of the tape wing and CDC legs make this an...
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How to Tie Soft Hackle Flies
Soft Hackle Soft hackles have been around for a long, long time. In the video I say a hundred years; well I looked it up, try 500 years! There must...
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CDC Midge Emerger
CDC Midge Emerger The CDC Midge Emerger is a dynamite small pattern originated by Shane Stalcup. Tied by Hans Stephenson of Dakota Angler & Outfitter in Rapid City, South Dakota....
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Tying the Klinkhammer Special
Fly Tying Video Klinkhammer Special Here is a great dry fly from tyer Hans Van Klinken. It works great as a caddis emerger, but we use it more often as...
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Tying the CDC Mayfly Dun
CDC Mayfly Dun The CDC Mayfly Dun is an awesome all purpose mayfly dun imitation. This pattern is an easy and quick fly to tie but very effective. I use...
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