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  • Black Hills Fishing Report April 9 2015

    Black Hills Fishing Report April 9 2015

    Fishing in the Hills continues to get better and better! Dry fly fishing has been great on Rapid Creek, Spearfish Creek, Castle Creek, and most all of our local streams....

    Ryan Gabert |

  • vis-a-dun dry fly john barr fly tying video

    Tying Barr's Vis-a-Dun Baetis

    Fly Tying Video- Barr's Vis-a-Dun Baetis The Vis-a-Dun is a pattern designed by John Barr. This is our version of that fly. A great pattern for baetis and PMDs. Purchase...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • dry flies for spring black hills fly fishing

    Flies for Spring Fishing in the Black Hills

    With warm weather upon us, fishing season is getting going a bit earlier than normal. Hatches have picked up in the past week. Midges and Baetis are the hatching daily....

    Hans Stephenson |

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    Black Hills Fishing Report April 1st 2015

    Wow! It has been a warm spring. Fishing season is picking up and it's getting better by the day. Hopefully there will be moisture in the forecast, but we will...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • After-Work Outing

    After-Work Outing

    After sitting in the shop all day while it was 70 degrees and talking to people that were heading out for most all of the day, I met up with...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Dry Fly Time!

    Dry Fly Time!

    BWO's have finally arrived. After last spring's spectacular dry fly fishing, we've all been twiddling our thumbs waiting for them to come off again this year. Well, they finally have....

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Ryan Talks Bobbers! Er, Indicators.

    Ryan Talks Bobbers! Er, Indicators.

    The title of this blog post might have slightly offended a few people - but I bet it got you to look! In all seriousness, we've come a long ways...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Bighorn River Trip

    Bighorn River Trip

    I made the trek over to the Bighorn River in Ft. Smith, Montana late last week, and had an exceptional trip! The nymphing was good as always, with Pink hot...

    Ryan Gabert |

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    Black Hills Fishing Report March 11th 2015

    Black Hills Fishing Report March 11th 2015 Holy smokes! Can you believe this weather? Hopefully we get a bit more moisture in the near future, but for the time being,...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Spring is Almost Here - Pike Time.

    Spring is Almost Here - Pike Time.

    The Pike fly tying demo yesterday got a lot of us hot and bothered. Thinking about throwing an 8 or 10 weight with flies the size of a small chicken,...

    Ryan Gabert |

  • Rapid Creek Black Hills Winter Fly Fishing Trout 2

    Nice Weather - Winter Fly Fishing

    February has been quite warm. While worrisome on one hand, it's been a treat to get in so much fishing lately. The forecast looks cooler until at least this Thursday,...

    Hans Stephenson |

  • Rapid Creek Fishing February 12th 2015

    Great afternoon on Rapid Creek below Pactola yesterday. Saw a couple fish rising, but not enough to switch to the dry fly. Fishing was best with small midge larva droppers...

    Hans Stephenson |

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    Black Hills Fishing Report February 10th 2015

    Warmer weather continues to provide better fishing. Options are improving as water on Rapid Creek in town appears to be clearing. Hopefully the water through town continues to clear. This...

    Hans Stephenson |