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South Fork Castle Creek

Report at a Glance

General Region	Black Hills
Specific Location	Castle Creek near inlet of Deerfield Reservoir
Dates Fished	July 12-14, 2011
Time of Day	Afternoon
Fish Caught	Rainbows, Rock Bass, & 1 brook trout
Conditions & Hatches	Overcast. A few midges were hatching.

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Bioprofsd

Mitchell, SD

Posts: 4

Bioprofsd on Jul 24, 2011July 24th, 2011, 5:22 pm EDT

I caught about 6 hatchery rainbows up to about 13 inches on olive wooly buggers near the footbridge over the inlet of Deerfield Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The water was high and a little off-color, so I swithched to a prince nymph which has a little white on it and caught a wild brook trout and a wild rainbow (both small). Lots of rock bass in the lake and didn't have a boat, so I fished mainly above the reservoir in the creek. Sorry, no pictures.

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