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 10/6/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 10/6/12 Rapid Creek In Town – Fishing in town has continued to improve with the cooler weather. Browns are starting to stage into their pre-spawn locations,...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 9/26/12
Not too much has changed since the last report. There are few tricos and PMDs hanging around, but we have switched gears (and so have the trout) to fall Baetis...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 9/19/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 9/19/12 Fishing has picked up as the cooler daytime and nighttime weather has continued. Fishing has improved on Rapid Creek especially. Castle Creek and Spearfish Creek...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 9/8/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 9/7/12 Fishing Overview: Weather will warm up over the weekend into Monday, before returning to the 70's Tuesday. Rapid, Castle, and Spearfish Creeks continue to offer...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 9/1/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 9/1/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Parachute Hopper, Rainy's Grand Hopper, Big Secret Cricket, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 8/29/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 8/29/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Rainy's Grand Hopper, Big Secret Cricket, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright...
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Barr's Tung Teaser Nymph
&feature=youtu.be Tying Barr's Tung Teaser Barr's Tung Teaser is an excellent all purpose nymph from John Barr. This pattern has become a staple in my box and the bins at...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 8/20/12
Black Hills Fishing Report Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Rainy's Grand Hopper, Big Secret Cricket, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright Callibaetis...
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Tying Hans' Cricket Fly
&feature=youtu.be Cricket fly patterns have become a staple in my summer fly selection. Bill Logan's Big Secret Cricket has been a huge producer for me over the past 4 seasons....
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Black Hills Fishing Report 8/7/2012
Black Hills Fishing Report Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright Callibaetis Spinner, PMD Sparkle Dun,...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 8/1/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 8/1/12 Photos courtesy of David Erikson Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams,...
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Black Hills Fishing Report
Black Hills Fishing Report 7/24/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright Callibaetis Spinner, PMD Sparkle...
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Black Hills Fishing Report 7/19/12
Black Hills Fishing Report 7/19/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright Callibaetis Spinner, PMD Sparkle...
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