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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Fly Tying with Hans- Split Back Baetis Nymph
Tying the Split Back Baetis Nymph Learn to tie the Tungsten Split Back Baetis Nymph. This is one of the most effective nymphs we've used. Works excellent as a dropper...
Karl Stephenson |
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Fly Tying with Hans- CDC Thorax Dun
Tying the CDC Thorax Dun This video shows how to tie the CDC Thorax Dun in the style of Rene Harrop. This is a versatile pattern that can be tied...
Karl Stephenson |
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Tying a Parachute Blue Wing Olive
Tying a Parachute Blue Wing Olive Learn to tie the Parachute Blue Winged Olive, a valuable dry fly for trout streams across the country. Video by Dakota Angler and Outfitter...
Karl Stephenson |
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Fish Skull Sparkle Minnow
Tying the Fish Skull Sparkle Minnow A simple streamer to tie thanks to a very cool material - Wapsi's Palmer Chenille. When finished with a Fish Skull, this fly looks...
Hans Stephenson |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
