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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Black Hills Fishing Report October 17th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report October 17, 2013 Due to the rain and blizzard we experienced recently, stream flows are quite high in most parts of the Black Hills for this...
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Black Hills Fishing Report September 25th 2013
Fishing Report 9/25/13 Rapid Creek - Rapid in town continues to fish really well, with fish being caught on dries and nymphs consistently, and streamer season just around the corner!...
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Black Hills Fishing Report September 15th 2013
Fishing Report 9/11/13 Rapid Creek - In town continues to fish great, with fish coming to net with a variety of techniques. Nymphing, Dries, small streamers, and skittering crane flies...
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Black Hills Fishing Report August 21st 2013
Fishing Report 08/21/13 Rapid Creek In Town - Fishing in town is great, with anglers reporting good success on a number of different techniques, from dries to nymphs to terrestrials...
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Black Hills Fishing Report August 6th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report August 6th Rapid Creek – Rapid Creek has continued to fish well. Fishing is good above Silver City above Pactola Reservoir. It's mostly nymph fishing above...
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Black Hills Fishing Report July 25th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report July 25th Fishing continues to be good throughout the Black Hills. Regular rain has Stream flows at good levels. Best fishing continues to be on Rapid...
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Black Hills Fishing Report July 14th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report 7/14/13 Rapid Creek In Town – Fishing in town remains outstanding, especially with our new Tenkara techniques. Nymphing in the shallow runs and riffles is great...
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Black Hills Fishing Report July 1st 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report 7/1/13 Rapid Creek In Town - Tricos are going strong 6-9 am. Terrestrials through the day- mainly beetles, ants, crickets, and cicadas. Evening hatches of Pale...
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Black Hills Fishing Report June 26th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report 6/26/13 Rapid Creek In Town - Tricos are beginning to hatch in the mornings- 7 am to 9 am. Caddis are hatching in the evening. Terrestrial...
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Black Hills Fishing Report June 19th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report 6/19/13 Rapid Creek In Town - Good fishing in town- as always. Tricos are beginning to hatch in the mornings- 7 am to 9 am. Caddis...
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Black Hills Fishing Report June 9th 2013
Black Hills Fishing Report 6/9/13 Rapid Creek In Town - Fishing is great, mostly with bigger nymphs such as size 10-16 UV Czechs, Pink Squirrels, Tung Teasers, North Forks, Tungsten...
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Hot Headed Leech Pattern
Fly Tying with Hans Hot Headed Leech Pattern Hans Stephenson, Owner of Dakota Angler & Outfitter in Rapid City, South Dakota, ties his Hot Head Leech pattern, a consistent producer...
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Crazy Legged Gotcha
Fly Tying with Hans Crazy Legged Gotcha Hans from Dakota Angler & Outfitter ties a Rubber Legged Gotcha, a staple in many bonefish fly boxes, and also a great carp...
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