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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Rapid Creek Midge Hatch
With the great weather we've been having, all of us at the shop have been getting out and fishing on Rapid Creek in town. Long story short, the fishing is...
Ryan Gabert |
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Weekend Fishing Forecast
The weather is awful nice for the latter part of January - the highs were well into the fifties today. For the adventurous wintertime fly angler, this means great fishing...
Ryan Gabert |
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Dry Fly Fishing Has Finally Popped!
Every Winter, we all eagerly await the fantastic midge hatch on Rapid Creek through town that creates some of the best dry fly fishing we see all year. It takes...
Ryan Gabert |
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Dakota Angler Pike Fly Fishing School - Spring 2016
Fly Fishing for Northern Pike on Pactola Reservoir was some of our favorite fishing of last season, and definitely some of the most exciting. We landed a good number of...
Ryan Gabert |
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Lil' Kim Streamer Fly Tying Video
Ryan Gabert ties his version of the Lil Kim streamer. This has been our top streamer this year on our Black Hills streams. It also works extremely well on the...
Hans Stephenson |
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Fly Tying Blog - Ryan's Winter Tying
This is the time of year that I start restocking my boxes for the summer, but I often get sidetracked by tying flies for nearly immediate use. My usual MO...
Ryan Gabert |
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Post-Inventory Fishing Day
After finishing our annual shop inventory in a record-breaking day and a half, we all figured we might as well reward ourselves and take a day off to enjoy the...
Ryan Gabert |
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Fly Tying Blog - EP Brushes
We're going to start something new, and supplement our fly tying videos with blog posts about the materials they feature! With all of the new, innovative materials that are coming...
Ryan Gabert |
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Black Hills Fly Fishing Report - 1/9/16
As I'm writing this, it's cold outside. Real cold. We're currently drinking too much coffee and mentally preparing ourselves for the madness that is our annual inventory this week. Even...
Ryan Gabert |
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Travel Blog - Bighorn River, December 2015
We're driving through Gillette, Wyoming at 5:00 am and it's -12 degrees out. I've got the heater cranked on my pickup hard enough that we feel like we're in a...
Ryan Gabert |
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Rapid Creek Urban Fishing Report
We got out and fished on Rapid Creek in town yesterday, and had excellent success! Every winter as some waters in the Black Hills start to freeze, we spend more...
Ryan Gabert |
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First Fishing Report of 2016!
Ring in the new year the right way - get out and catch a few fish! The weather over the next several days is supposed to be exceptional, and the...
Ryan Gabert |
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Christmas Eve Fishing Report
The weather is supposed to be a balmy 34 degrees today! Show your Christmas spirit by going out and teasing a few trout. Streamers have been my go to lately,...
Ryan Gabert |
