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Trigger Flies
Color
For most trigger flies I consider the size, shape, and movement principle,s and then make the flies in four or five colors. I believe color is the single most important factor in fish strikes with streamers.
Finding the color the fish are keying in on should always be your first objective. Establish the color and then go to your favorite trigger fly. You may find, as I have, that color is more important than the fly type. Here’s an example: If the fish are on yellow, you’ll probably find that a yellow sculpin or a bucktail work equally well.
Try blending two or three different patterns to create a totally new one. There is no limit to the types or styles of streamers you can create. Just remember a few basics--size, color, movement--then let the fish decide whether you have found the newest trigger.
Kelly Galloup is the former owner of the Troutsman fly shop in Traverse City, Michigan, and now owns and operates the Slide Inn on Montana's Madison River with his wife, Penny.
This article originally appeared in the May 2007 issue of Fly Fisherman. For more fly-tying how-to from Kelly Galloup, see "Spinner Cripples."
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