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Fly Tying Video: Kelly Galloup’s Bottoms Up

Brian Wise — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:13:21 +0000

It may sound kind of funny since the Bottoms Up is probably the most underrated and least known of all of Galloup's streamers....but I caught my first big brown on an articulated pattern with this fly. I-DIG-IT! Just as good for smallmouth as it is big browns this thing will literally stand on it's head on the bottom of the river (as seen in the underwater footage at the beginning of this video).....Video set to John Denver, wait, WHAT?

Kelly Galloup's Bottoms Up

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Rear Hook:

Hook: Gamakatsu B10s #2

Tail: Marabou

Body: Foam Popper Heads

Hackle: Schlappen

Legs: Crazy Legs

Articulated Connection: Beadalon

Front Hook:

Hook: TMC 8089 #2

Body: Cactus Chenille

Hackle: Schlappen

Eyes: Pre-Painted Dumbell (because WHO wants to paint dumbell eyes???)

Head: Deer Hair

Trimmed with a double edged flexible razor blade found HERE

Fly Tying Video: Kelly Galloup’s Articulated Peanut Envy

Brian Wise — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:44:01 +0000

Rolling on through the awesome Galloup line of streamers, the Articulated Peanut Envy is somewhat of the little brother of the Circus Peanut. It is a little smaller, a little lighter, but still fishes tremendously well. I personally like this fly drifted on a twitch as much as anything, it has a great sink rate which isn't too fast and isn't too slow and it moves like crazy in the water. I do a slight modification compared to the commercially tied fly in the fact that I tie mine on keeled hooks (a bent shanked hook) to get this fly to ride hook point up in the water without having to add dumbell eyes.

The Articulated Peanut Envy.....

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Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:02:54 +0000

We are from the country....we really are. But the North Woods and a GPS don't always agree........

Fishadelic Foto Friday......RECALCULATING edition.

Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:00:07 +0000

Kyle Kosovich with a demon of a Driftless Region brown....crazy teeth on that thing's tonuge.

Fishadelic Foto Friday.....Demon Brown Trout Edition

Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:45:05 +0000

To be dead honest with you.....I hated to even mess with this photo. Aaron Scott shot one of the best sillouhette against a sunset photos I have ever seen and messing with genius can equal bad stuff........sometimes.

Fishadelic Foto Friday.....one awesome photo edition.

2011 Greatest Hits Video.

Brian Wise — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:57:53 +0000

2011 brought with it some pretty epic adventures. From massive flooding that all but killed the Spring guiding season, to incredible water after the floods, monstrous fish chasing streamers, and a trip north in search of (vainly in search of) Musky. I couldn't have dreamed up a better year--period.

Thank you guys so much for watching these videos, fishing with me, and hopefully having a great time right along with me as I flew through this year....you are the reason I guide, shoot video, and have this blog.

2011 Greatest Hits......

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Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:12:20 +0000

Fishadelic Foto Friday....evening boat ride edition.

Fishadelic Foto Friday!!

Brian Wise — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:05:45 +0000

Musky - Are - Big......

Fishadelic Foto Friday...I think we're going to need a bigger boat edition.

Also, see me STANDING 'IN' this net on the Lake Vermilion Video here...

Fall, 2011 Video

Brian Wise — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:51:23 +0000

Looking back what can I say about Fall.....I thought we were shot, dead. The main culprit, LOW water. You see, there are two different distinct portions of the Fall season-what we call "Pre-Spawn" and what we call "Post Spawn." Pre-Spawn is obviously early Fall where we are coming out of Summer, Summer generally means little to no rain so we have low, dead clear water.......and this is the time when 90% of people book guide trips. The Fall colors 'are' really pretty but man, fishing can be uber tough! The leaves drop, as do temps, as do guide trips, and then we usually start to get rain......rain, our saving grace. BOOM fishing comes back, this is our Post-Spawn fishing. This is a two-fer; with rain we have obviously better water, and post-spawn fish are trying to come back from a hard spawn--that is a double whammy that we LOVE....and exactly what happened this Fall.

As I type this the river is slowly coming down from a GREAT rise and I am getting ready to pound the banks with Justin Spencer from Sunburst.....the Winter is looking very promising.

Here you go guys, Fall 2011....a video for the ages (ok, not really)

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Fly Tying Video: Galloup’s Articulated Butt Monkey

Brian Wise — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:04:59 +0000

In the second video of the "series" I show you Galloup's Articulated Butt Monkey. This is one of my favorite flies in the Galloup line of big streamers. The materials allow movement within the fly without the fisherman imparting any movement at all. Most of the other flies in his line rely on the fisherman moving the fly to get their CRAZY awesome action--this fly can stand alone.....and when the fisherman 'does' start to move it, it basically comes alive as you will see in the underwater footage at the beginning of the video. I kind of want to give it a treat and pat it on the head like a dog.....

Again, without further ado....Galloup's Articulated Butt Monkey (full material list below)

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(if possible watch in HD in full-screen....and don't be scared of the beard, it is gone now in a horrible trimming accident)

Rear Hook: Mustad 34011 #4
Thread: Black
Undertail: Marabou
Body: Estaz
Overtail/Body: Rabbit Zonker (in this case barred)

Articulation: Beadalon
Spacers: Glass Beads

Lead Hook: Gamakatsu B10s #2
Eyes: Painted Lead Eyes (attached to the UNDER side of the hook)
Body: Estaz

Over-Body: Rabbit Zonker (again, barred this time)

Gills: Lazer Dub
Head: Wool