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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Fly Tying with Hans- Tungsten San Juan Worm
Spring time is worm season. When stream flows are up, aquatic worms are stirred into the current stream. Even the most picky and selective trout can't resist a worm imitation...
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Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymph
Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymph The Red Fox Squirrel Nymph has caught fish nearly everywhere I have been and is a staple in my box. I usually tie these in...
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Jig Hook Clouser Minnow
Jig Hook Clouser Minnow This is a great fly for smallmouth bass. We have used it extensively on the Missouri River system. It has accounted for several of our biggest...
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Tying a Parachute Dry Fly
Parachute Fly- Parachute Style Dry Parachute style dry flies are some of the most versatile patterns in a fly fishers arsenal. Tie them in a few colors and sizes and...
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Tying the Copper John Nymph
Black Copper John Part 1: Part2: A great all purpose nymph from John Barr. This is one of our favorite flies to fish as an attractor nymph. For some reason...
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Chewee Scud Pattern
Chewee Scud Pattern This is a pattern that I have tied for quite some time, but it has been updated with a new material- UV Chewee Skin. Big fish love...
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Chewee Worm
Worm Fly Patterns- Chewee Worm Let's face it, worm patterns can work well. Extremely well. Here is another pattern to add to the worm pile. It looks good and is...
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Tying the Chewee Black Fly Larvae
Chewee Black Fly Larvae Black Fly Larvae are often overlooked as a food source for trout. Most of the streams in our area have an abundance of Black Flies. This...
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Fish Skull Streamer
Fish Skull Streamer Wow. These fish skulls are the ticket, useful on a variety of streamer patterns. In this video, we feature them on a zonker style minnow pattern. Fish...
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Frosty the Snowman Nymph
Attractor Nymph Patterns- Frosty the Snowman I started tying this over sized lightning bug/north fork hybrid this past fall and had some great results. Seemed to work well on aggressive...
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Midge Patterns- Sipper Midge
Fly Tying Video- Sipper Midge Our take on the bighorn river classic. Despite its simple tying procedure, this is a midge pattern that packs a punch. The Sipper Midge due...
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Midge Patterns- Pinkie Midge
Midge Patterns- Pinkie Midge This fly tying video features the Pinkie Fly, but not the pinkie of Bighorn River fame. This fly came about after seeing small pink worms in...
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Tungsten Undertaker Nymph
Tungsten Undertaker This is a great little nymph that I started fishing about a year ago. It works well as a dropper behind a larger offering. I typically fish it...
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