Black Hills Fishing Report October 28th, 2026
Late October in the Black Hills means low, clear water and fish that are getting more selective by the day. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s all week...
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Black Hills Fishing Report October 28th, 2026
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Chernobyl Ant Fly Tying Video
This is a great all around summer attractor or hopper imitation. This color scheme has been a great all purpose color for me. The Chernobyl Ant seems to imitate a...
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Engle's Sunken Trico Fly Tying Video
Engle's Sunken Trico Fly is is an excellent and unique pattern. The pattern is featured in Ed Engle's book Tying Small Flies. Ed developed this fly while fishing trico hatches...
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CDC Emerging Mayfly Nymph Fly Tying Video
This has been a very successful pattern for imitating emerging late summer yellow mayflies, especially pale evening duns. It has fooled many selective fish on our tailwater. The body and...
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CDC Extended Body Dun Fly Tying Video
This video features an extended body technique I came up with several years ago. It has worked quite well to imitate Baetis mayflies and PMDs. Change the color of the...
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Bottom Tickler Tungsten Jig Fly Tying Video
The Bottom Tickler Tungsten Jig Fly is a Czech-Eastern European style jig fly. This color scheme of tungsten jig is tremendously effective. Fish this fly as the bottom fly on...
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Czech Quill Body Nymph Fly Tying Video
Learn to tie the Czech Quill Body Nymph in this fly tying video. This nymph is a play on a thread bodied nymph with a hot spot. Most eastern European...
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Fly Tying Video- Fish Skull Articulated Minnow
The Fish Skull Articulated Streamer is an articulated streamer pattern tied with the new articulated shanks from Flymen. The articulated shanks can be used to join the trailing hook via...
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Fly Tying Video- Chewee Caddis Larva Pattern
Chewee skin is a great material for adding realistic bodies to fly patterns. In this video UV Chewee skin is used to create a simple to tie, but realistic looking...
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Fly Tying Video-Blood Midge Pupa
A fly tying video demonstrating a simple and effective blood midge pupa. Featuring the Daiichi 1273 red hook. Materials: Hook: Daiichi 1273 size 16-18 Thread: Ultra Thread 70 Tail: White...
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Fly Tying Video- How to tie the WD-40 nymph
Learn how to tie the WD-40 nymph. A great fly for beginning fly tyers. This simple mayfly nymph imitation is a fish catching machine. Tie it in a variety of...
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How to Apply Dubbing
How to apply dubbing? Dubbing is a technique that is often done poorly, resulting in shabby looking flies. When fly tier's learn how to apply dubbing correctly the shape and...
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Chewee Cranefly Larva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjSkDAR4Pfw Craneflies are under represented in most fly angler's boxes. In my local streams cranefly larva are incredibly effective, especially in the spring when water flows rise. This chewee skin...
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Tying the Murdich Minnow
Learn to tie the Murdich Minnow Fly Pattern The Murdich Minnow originated as a pattern for striped bass, but has proved itself as a fantastic freshwater fly for smallmouth bass,...
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