Slide Inn Q&A #15 - Eyes on Streamers with Kelly Galloup
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- In this Q&A segment Fred Palmer asks:
"Can you please discuss the different options you use for the eyes on your streamers? In particular, what is the best way to attach the eyes to the streamer, taking into consideration the various materials used to build them? Finally, do you have a go to eye or type of eye that you prefer to use for your streamers?"
Thanks for taking the time to do these tutorials. It really helps! Hope to get up to the Slide some day.
Glad you're enjoying them Chris and hope to see you out this way as well
Awsome videos Kelly. Watched them all. Coming to big sky in July, and i will come see you. No more no more Dan Bailey, Bud Lilly lol. I grew up in beaver pond and powder horn. Can't wait to see your shop!
Kelly, I totally agree with you - eyes are more than decoration - they are an important trigger. If you have ever hunted you know how often you notice the eye of the rabbit before you actually "see" the rest of it. QUESTION: I noticed the Tear Mender on your table but you never mentioned it - have any comments about it?? Brammer is using it to attach this eyes all the time now. Thanks for the videos!! Hank
My God you got really good videos on your channel. The footage and quality is impressive! I got some crazy fishing videos myself and I should learn more from you guys. Thank you!
Thanks Frank and we appreciate the positive feedback
Good video gents. I’ve a brief question if you don’t mind. Using the types of streamers you do what set up would you typically use? 6/7Wt Rod, similar reel with a slow sinking intermediate line? Just curious as I’m surmising those types of flies would outweigh what I would typically use
We are generally running a 7wt rod with a 250grn full sinking line. Our leader set up is about 18" of 20lb ultra green Maxima to about 18" of 12lb ultra green Maxima.
TheSlideinn Gentleman thank you for that.
I come from West Virginia where our trout fishing system is very poor and Fly fishing can be very difficult and frustrating in my area where The streams are stocked once a month. When I can’t fish our Wild trout streams what do you suggest for stubborn stocked Trout.
Awesome video. Love your tying area. I can only dream.
Hi Kelly, I'm a somewhat new fly fisherman I started fly fishing last springs and I have a hard time detecting strikes without an indicator. Could you go through some tips and techniques for detecting strikes on wet flys? Is using an indicator necessary when using wet flys? love your videos and they have helped me a great deal with understanding the sport.
Good question Eddie. Dont worry about the indicator in the beginning its a tool. Start leading it(pulling it down stream) not so much that you pull the flies just enough so you start to feel as well as see the hit. On the wet flies (if you mean classic wets) you generally are swinging the flies thru the run down and across, so you feel absolutely everything because you are static to the bug, the bigger problem with wet fly swings is not feeling it but you feel to much and tend to strike to quickly. Slip striking helps, you hold a foot or so loop between your finger and the reel and let it go when you feel the strike. Takes a little getting used to but it will help. I will do a video on it when the water gets down a touch, we are getting pretty big flows now. Thanks for watching , KG
Great video, always love these!!
Hi kelly, great Video. question, have you thought about using feathers for eyes , like the Europeans do on there flies?
Robert, I love to use Jungle cock feathers but they are a bit pricey but man do they make a sexy fly
@@kellygalloup6073 Lol , yes they do. thanks for the reply back. Robert
from southbend In. cheers kelly!!
Looking at the bottle of tear mender there. Thought you were going to bust that out.
Love the videos wish you could do a video on how to tie that fly smaller or just that fly and recommend the smaller hooks to tie it smaller
The smaller version of this fly is the regular T&A Bunker www.slideinn.com/product/galloups-ta-bunker/
Great job Kelly.
Do you use the tear mender to attach your eyes to your heads?
You can for sure. Our buddy Gunnar Brammer has a little video on that as well... I can't remember the title of that video though unfortunately.
I'm new to fly fishing what is your favorite fly for rainbow trout.
White T&A or the Barely legal olive and white. good luck, Kelly
Great video. I didn't know clear cure goo went out of business. Sad really, I have their light so I guess I will have to find an uv epoxy that cures with that light. Deer creek doesn't cure with it. I have a small deer creek light too. ( don't need flies, love to have a hat. Do you sell them?) Too late for a question. All the best, Sean
Thanks, and they did have some of the coolest eyes. As for the hat we do sell them right here...
www.slideinn.com/store/clothing/hats-belts/
I think plastic dumbbell eyes would be a more durable solution. A google search gets very few hits though..........
Pal- Clear Cure had plastic dumbbell eyes that looked really good on the finished product, but they pretty much exploded after you hit the head against the rock...I'm guessing that's why a lot of companies didn't follow up on that Idea.
And he rubs his eyes after handling chemicals. Sort of like he licks his feathers. LOL
Yup, at this point I'm not sure Kelly can do any more damage to himself
I use clothes pegs to set eyes so I don't stick or burn myself