Kelly Galloup has spent the last three decades rewriting the playbook on streamer fishing for trout. Based on the Madison River in Montana, where he owns and operates The Slide Inn lodge and guide service, Galloup developed a system for targeting large, predatory brown trout with articulated streamers fished on sinking lines and aggressive retrieves. His fly patterns, particularly the Dungeon and Sex Dungeon, have become staples in fly shops across the country. He is the author of "Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout" and has produced instructional DVDs that codified techniques like the strip-set and the downstream swing that are now standard practice. Galloup's approach changed how a generation of anglers thinks about big-trout fishing, moving the focus from matching the hatch to triggering predatory strikes.
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Three lines designed with Kelly Galloup for big-river streamer fishing: the Top Shelf (floating, 37-foot head, 170-255 gr), Rock Bottom (40-ft Type 6 sinking head, 6-7.5 ips), and Dungeon 30 (30-ft Type 6 sinking head, 230-330 gr). Rock Bottom's longer head keeps flies in the zone through full retrieves; the Dungeon 30's shorter head loads faster for bankside casting. All use Cortland's Reinforced Tungsten Technology on sinking heads with braided nylon cores.
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Galloup's
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Articulated streamer pattern by Kelly Galloup, approximately 4.5 inches long, tied with a marabou tail, webby hackle over a dubbed body, rubber legs, and a spun deer hair head with dumbbell eyes. Uses a two-hook articulated connection for added length and movement. Effective for large trout, bass, and pike in both moving and still water. A Mini Sex Dungeon (roughly 2.5 inches) is also in production.
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Galloup's
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Articulated streamer designed by Kelly Galloup, tied on size 2 front and size 4 rear hooks with a spun deer hair head, lead dumbbell eyes, marabou, rubber legs, and webby hackle. The deer hair head displaces water and creates a throbbing action on the retrieve, while the two-hook articulated shank adds length and movement. One of the foundational modern articulated streamer patterns, primarily fished for large predatory trout in big-water river systems.
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Airflo
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Weight-forward sinking fly line with a 40-foot Type 6 (6-7 ips) head and intermediate running line, designed with Kelly Galloup for casting large articulated streamers. Available in WF6/7 at 200 gr, WF7/8 at 250 gr, and WF8/9 at 300 gr. PVC-free polyurethane coating with Ridge 2.0 micro-ridges over a low-stretch Power Core.
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Skwala
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Founded in Bozeman, Montana in 2022 by industry veterans including Kevin Sloan (formerly Orvis, Sitka, MeatEater). The RS Wader uses a 4-layer waterproof-breathable laminate with dense polyester microfiber face, C6 DWR, and 4mm neoprene stockingfoot, weighing 55.6 oz in a large. The Carbon Wader uses a 4-layer nylon-face laminate at 40.9 oz for higher-output days. Both use fully glued and taped construction with anti-microbial interior treatments.
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