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  • Spearfish Creek Brown Trout South Dakota

    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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  • barrs tung teaser nymph

    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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  • Pale Evening Dun

    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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  • hans' cricket fly

    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 brown trout cricket

    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

    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

    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 Fly Fishing Rapid Creek Brown Trout

    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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  • Black Hills Brown Adams Dry

    Black Hills Fishing Report 7/10/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 7/10/12 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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  • Fly Tying Sparkle Dun

    Tying the Sparkle Dun

    The Sparkle Dun, a comparadun style dry fly, is an extremely versatile pattern for imitating mayfly duns. By changing the size and color of the pattern, it is easy to...

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  • Rapid Creek Brown Trout Black Hills Fly Fishing

    Black Hills Fishing Report 7/3/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 7/3/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner, Adams, Upright Callibaetis Spinner Streamers Hot...

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  • Black Hills Fishing Flies

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/25/12

    Black Hills Fishing Report 6/25/12 Hot Patterns: Dries Yellow Stimulator, Snowshoe Sally, Foam Beetle, CDC PMD Thorax Dun, Elk Hair Caddis, Organza Trico Spinner Streamers Hot Bead Crystal Buggers, White...

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  • Foam Beetle

    Foam Beetle

    The foam beetle fly pattern is easy to tie, but remains one of my top producers during the summer months. Trout love to eat beetles (and ants) that are blown...

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