Black Hills Fishing Report October 28th, 2026
Late October in the Black Hills means low, clear water and fish that are getting more selective by the day. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s all week...
Hans Stephenson |
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Black Hills Fishing Report October 28th, 2026
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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 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Parachute...
Karl Stephenson |
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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 great. Good amounts of flash and...
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
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 materials to tie the Vis a...
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
Holy smokes! Can you believe this weather? Hopefully we get a bit more moisture in the near future, but for the time being, take advantage of the great weather and...
Hans Stephenson |
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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 |
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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 |
