I had a nice phone conversation last week with top trout guide Kelly Galloup, who also owns the Slide Inn Lodge on the Madison River in Montana.

I told him I wanted to get some info from him about his streamer fishing system.

Kelly has been sharing his knowledge of streamer fishing for trout in moving water for years now.

First, he has lots of great instructional DVDs. He recomends his "Advanced Streamer Fishing" @ $29.95 if you are getting just one.

His leader system is simple: 12" 20# (butt) and 18" of 12# (tippet).


Has developed his own special streamer flies that are now commercially available now too.

http://www.slideinn.com/blog/

He worked this year with Scientific Angler to develop some special Master series Streamer Expess 50' head lines for throwing big streamers for trout in rivers.

http://buy.scientificanglers.com/lin...ress-long.html

He also worked with St.Croix this year to develop a couple of rods that are suited for this type of fly fishing, the 'Bank Robber' series. They have a #6 weight and a 7 weight rod in 9' in 4 piece.

http://www.affta.com/media-center/ne...bber-fly-rods/

We will have all of Kelly's products available at our fly shop in Sacramento.

As far as teaching serious streamer fishing for trout in rivers goes, Kelly Galloup is the man....