Kelly Galloup streamers are designed to target large trout.
Kelly Galloup owns and operates the Slide Inn fly shop on the Madison River in southwest Montana. Galloup is an innovative fly angler and fly tier with a focus on streamer patterns used to hunt trophy-sized trout. Galloup has designed several successful streamer patterns for aggressive anglers. The streamers range in complexity, with most requiring at least a medium skill level to tie the fly. The Woolly Sculpin is among the simpler patterns.
Instructions
1. Clamp the hook in the vise. Start the 3/0 thread at the hook eye, and wrap it to the hook bend. Cover the entire hook shank with an even thread base.
2. Select a marabou feather, and measure it slightly longer than the hook shank. Hold the feather on the hook bend with measured tips extended as a long tail. Wrap the thread 10 times to secure the marabou at the bend, and wrap the thread down the hook shank to cover the base of the feather. Return the thread to the hook bend.
3. Cut a 1-foot piece of brown chenille from a spool, and hold one end on the hook bend. Make 10-thread wraps to secure the chenille.
4. Select a cream saddle hackle feather, and stroke fibers against the natural direction to expose the tip of the feather. Make 10-thread wraps to secure the tip immediately next to the chenille. Wrap the thread three-fourths of the way down the hook shank.
5. Grab the chenille, and wrap it consecutively over the hook shank until you reach the thread. Make 10-thread wraps to secure the chenille. Cut the excess chenille off the hook.
6. Hold the base of the hackle feather, and wrap the feather in an evenly spaced, diagonal pattern. Wrap the feather from the bend to the thread, and make 10-thread wraps to secure it in place. Cut the excess hackle feather off the hook.
7. Cut a large chunk of deer hair from a hide. Comb the base of the hair with your fingers to remove broken pieces and underfur. Place the hair in a stacker, tips first. Tap the stacker on a hard surface to align the tips. Remove the hair from the stacker.
8. Measure the hair with the tips at the one-half point on the hook shank. Place the hair on top of the hook at the thread. Apply slight pressure downward to cover the entire circumference of the hook with the hair. Make 10-thread wraps to hold the deer hair collar on the hook.
9. Push a razor blade against the bottom of the wild base hairs to trim the hair flat. Bend the razor between your fingers, and push it against the sides and top of the hair to shape a round head.
10. Hook the thread with each end of a whip finish tool. Hold the tool by the handle, and rotate the thread around the hook eye to secure it in a permanent position. Cut the thread flush to the hook shank.
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