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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Crystal Wooly Bugger
Crystal Wooly Bugger A classic fly for us here at Dakota Angler & Outfitter. We have used this fly for many years for black hills trout, bass, carp, and panfish....
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Bunny Dun
Bunny Dun This comparadun style of fly is quicker to tie than its deer hair winged cousin. The snowshoe rabbit hair floats well and has a great texture. Use it...
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CDC Midge Emerger II
CDC Midge Emerger II This is a hybrid between a palamino midge and a morgan's midge. A versitle fly to have in a midge hatch, it can imitate an emerger...
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Tape Wing Caddis
Tape Wing Caddis This fly takes a bit of extra time to construct, but it is worth it. The combination of the tape wing and CDC legs make this an...
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How to Tie Soft Hackle Flies
Soft Hackle Soft hackles have been around for a long, long time. In the video I say a hundred years; well I looked it up, try 500 years! There must...
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CDC Midge Emerger
CDC Midge Emerger The CDC Midge Emerger is a dynamite small pattern originated by Shane Stalcup. Tied by Hans Stephenson of Dakota Angler & Outfitter in Rapid City, South Dakota....
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Tying the Klinkhammer Special
Fly Tying Video Klinkhammer Special Here is a great dry fly from tyer Hans Van Klinken. It works great as a caddis emerger, but we use it more often as...
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Tying the CDC Mayfly Dun
CDC Mayfly Dun The CDC Mayfly Dun is an awesome all purpose mayfly dun imitation. This pattern is an easy and quick fly to tie but very effective. I use...
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Carp Flies- Hans' Carp Nymph
Carp Flies- Hans' Carp Nymph Tied by Hans Stephenson of Dakota Angler & Outfitter. An all purpose nymph for tailing carp. To be fished along the bottom. This fly works...
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Tying the Hunchback Scud
Hunchback Scud The Hunchback Scud, a great scud pattern from Michael McLellan. The Hunchback Scud features a superb profile and weighted enough to get down deep. This is a relatively...
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Bubble Back Midge
Bubble Back Midge Learn to tie the bubble back midge fly in this fly tying video. This fly is one of our best all purpose droppers. Trail it behind another...
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Tying the F-Fly
Fly Tying Videos- Tying the F-Fly How to tie a F-fly. A great, simple to tie dry fly. Don't be fooled by this fly- it might look too simple to...
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Tying the Czech Nymph
Czech Nymph This is the classic Czech Nymph. For use in the increasingly popular European or Czech nymphing styles. These are great patterns for getting down to the fish in...
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