Michigan Flies

Flies / Streamer

Butt Monkey

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Kelly Galloup

A Galloup articulated streamer with a rabbit-strip body and a deer-hair collar, a slimmer cousin of the Sex Dungeon from the Michigan streamer school. The notes did not find a Michigan source naming it; fish it as you would a Zoo Cougar in the April to May and late September to November streamer windows.

#2–4YellowOliveWhiteBlack
What the pattern looks like
Reference photos of the Butt Monkey tied by others, shared by their photographers. Not our flies; our own product photos replace these as they are shot.

Photo © Rainy's Flies, used with permission

Season
Months this pattern is in play across Michigan, derived from what it imitates.
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
Imitates

Forage

  • Sculpin (slimy and mottled)
  • Dace and other coarse minnows
Fish it for
Brown troutRainbow trout (resident)

Setups

  • Streamers