Michigan Flies
Circus Peanut reference photoReference photo, not our tie

Photo © Quinn, used with permission

Shop / Two Hearted River box

Circus Peanut

A
StreamerRuss Maddin, Troutsman fly shop, Traverse City, about 2000

$9.50 each

Developed around 2000 by Russ Maddin while at Galloup's Troutsman shop, the articulated fly that 'ushered in the age of articulated streamers,' used on the Au Sable and Manistee for big browns. Streamside sells it in Root Beer, a crayfish-brown that fishes in average flows on sunny or stained days. Strip it with a jerk-strip retrieve in April, May and the pre-spawn fall.

6 × $9.50 = $57.00

Reserve this fly

Sends us an email with your selection. No payment until checkout opens.

Checkout opens when the first batch is tied. Prices shown are provisional. Hand-tied to order in Michigan.

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River
Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for rainbow trout (resident), steelhead.
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.