Slide Inn Q&A #4- Streamer Design with Kelly Galloup 

Your vids are always great ! Keep em' goin

First of all thank you for amazing videos. I have a question about streamers on smaller streams. What are your preferred streamers and sizes for smaller streams? What retrieve do you use? Swing? Quick retrieves? Figure 8? Jigging? Thank you. Btw videos on vises and reels were my favorite. Cutting through a lot of bull there...

Thanks for sharing your hard-won wisdom, it is deeply appreciated!

I'm glad that in this video, the point was made about the lighter wire gauge hooks, the Partridge universal predator, or Aberdeen bend style of hook is useful, because it doesn't impede the movement actions that he wants to get from the streamer, or sculpin pattern. I was trying to understand what was the attraction of the Aberdeen bend hooks for streamers. As I mentioned, we do use this type of hook in smaller sizes, on the larger lakes for fishing from drifting boats on large rolling waves, on the surface. That is, the heavier wire gauge hook was avoided for a reason in that instance also.

Thanks Kelly this is all very informative to someone starting to tie and fish real streamers. "An eight is not a streamer by the way... it's a wet fly." Got it! :-)

Hello Kelly , My Question : Will you / or Do you ever come to The Cincinnati Tavel and Boat Show & RV Convention and do your presentations ? I hope to see you in our area sometime. P/S I'm still learning about fly fishing at 53 years old ..., and I love to watch your Demonstrations & Videos . Hope to catch some fish this Spring. Thank you

I observed that even in the little size eighteen hares ear even, that the dry fly hook wire gauge, in preference to the nymph hook heavier wire gauge was preferred by Mr Galloup. That is, even down at size eighteen, the lighter wire hook on the dropper for the split shot technique was desirable, and tungsten, or brass beads, or leaded hooks were avoided in that approach too. There is consistency in the logic, even across different styles of fishing.

Favorite quote “this is for research”

I ended up in the emergency room after trying to eat my own flies based on the advice from this video. Who should I send the bill to?

Great tips! Thx!

Hi I was wondering when and when not you use mallard feathers draped over the body. Also, could you give a list of materials for the fly at 1:55? Thanks again, great video

I'm glad I found wool I have less deer hair in my carpet

Enjoying the wisdom on the video until he said the Madison and my jaw dropped. We are practically neighbors! Where are you fishing with those big, articulated streamer patterns? I wanted to try my hand at some but was unsure of the usefulness of them here in Montana. Also, do you use a heavier weight rod/reel setup, or will my old 5wt do the trick?

One of the most useful videoseries I ever played. Thing is you still have more hair than you deserve so as an older gentleman I find that a bit ditracting

Thank you

what kind of wire do you use to connect the back portion of the Fly to the front fly?

how true here. i've seen guys ty with so much crap i can't keep up. without a whole bunch of materials it can still look like something and catch fish. just look at what they eat? basic head eyes body tail.

Just you saying to tell people its research...great reason for a wife thats trying to get you to clean 😆

research!!!! should work on the wife!

My wife tells me that my research costs $300 per month and that I need another hobby. Is fly fishin' more expensive than marriage?