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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Peacock & Starling Soft Hackle
Peacock & Starling Soft Hackle Materials Hans ties a modern twist on a classic pattern. The dyed peacock stick used for the body in this pattern creates a great looking...
Ryan Gabert |
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Starling & Olive Soft Hackle
The Starling & Olive is a fantastic soft hackle pattern both fished by itself and swung or fished as a dropper fly below a dry fly or terrestrial. We've been...
Ryan Gabert |
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Groovy Bow River Bugger
Shop Groovy Bow River Bugger Materials Ryan ties his version of the Bow River Bugger with some of the new materials from Hareline Dubbin. This is a great streamer pattern...
Ryan Gabert |
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SMHAEN Bobbins
While we're not quite sure how to pronounce the name of these bobbins, but they're definitely kickass tools. If you're serious about fly tying and you dig high quality tools,...
Ryan Gabert |
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20 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Fly Fisher!
Shopping for the fly fisher in your life can be intimidating and difficult at times because of the sheer volume of items available. We see it every holiday season -...
Ryan Gabert |
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Epic Fly Rod Building Class
Epic fiberglass fly rods are some of the finest rods we've ever cast, and the ready-to-wrap kits make building a rod a breeze even if you've never done it before....
Ryan Gabert |
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Echo Fly Rods - New Rods from Echo Fly Fishing
New Echo Fly Rods from Echo Fly Fishing Echo has several new rods for 2017, and they've hit it out of the park! Most of the new Echo Fly Rods...
Hans Stephenson |
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Terrestrials in November?
Normally we've had a fair amount of snow by this point in the fall, but so far it's been darn warm and dry. While we are always happy for any...
Ryan Gabert |
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Fall Fly Tying Classes!
Even if the weather isn't acting the part, we're nearing winter. Since the days are getting pretty short, we're going to start up our fly tying classes and fly tying...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - 11/7/2016
Indian Summer conditions continue to persist throughout the Black Hills, and its been making the fish happy. We continue to have highs in the sixties and it looks to continue...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Ruby Baetis Nymph Fly Tying Video
Tying the Black Ruby Baetis Nymph Purchase the materials to tie the Black Ruby Baetis A fast sinking Baetis mayfly nymph pattern featuring the new color of Hareline Dubbin Plummeting...
Hans Stephenson |
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Black Hills Fishing Report - Halloween Edition
Fishing throughout the Black Hills continues to be great, and we have had some unseasonably warm weather that's made for some really good fishing. With highs that continue to be...
Ryan Gabert |
