When we’re all out guiding every day in the summer, we’re always experimenting with dozens of different flies that are fresh off our vises. After a few weeks or months, a few of them make their way to the top of the pile and earn more or less permanent spots in our fly boxes. We’ve been […]
This is the time of year that I start restocking my boxes for the summer, but I often get sidetracked by tying flies for nearly immediate use. My usual MO is to decide I’m going to go fishing, and sit down and tie a frantic half dozen of this or that, even though I probably have […]
The weather is hot, but the fish don’t seem to mind! The water flows on Rapid Creek have dropped to 125 cfs, which is a nice improvement. 150 was fine, but the extra 25 cfs missing makes the fish considerably more likely to come up to the surface. There are a zillion hoppers around, especially in the basin! […]
Here’s a bunch of new fly tying videos. We have had these filmed for a while, but haven’t had a chance to publish them yet. We will get materials lists and each video categorized soon. In the mean time check out the latest and greatest. We are always working on new ideas for videos, however […]
With warm weather upon us, fishing season is getting going a bit earlier than normal. Hatches have picked up in the past week. Midges and Baetis are the hatching daily. Little Black Stoneflies are hatching here and there. Nymphing has been good to excellent. If you’re willing to cover water and chuck a streamer, you […]
We’re firing back up our Saturday morning fly tying demos, where tiers can come enjoy a cup of coffee and learn a few new flies from us at the shop! They will run from roughly 10-12 each Saturday. If you have any suggestions on what to add to our current demos, or what you’d like […]
Tricos are the most prolific mayfly hatches of the summer. In the Black Hills the most reliable hatches of Tricos are found on Rapid Creek. Typically the hatches are thickest nearer Rapid City, however occaisionally there are fishable hatches above Pactola in the Silver City area. We also see hatches of tricos on Spring Creek, […]
Fly Tying with Hans- Parachute Adams Dry Fly from Dakota Angler & Outfitter on Vimeo. Tying the Parachute Adams Dry Fly Learn to tie the Parachute Adams Dry Fly. This pattern is indispensable- tie it in sizes 12-22 and you can match just about any hatch. The Parachute Adams is primarily used as a mayfly […]
