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Zoo Cougar

A
StreamerKelly Galloup, Manistee River (Troutsman fly shop), mid-1990s

$9.50 each

Developed by Kelly Galloup in the mid 1990s for the Manistee, a neutrally buoyant deer-hair sculpin that dives and darts on a sink tip. The original is a mellow sulphur yellow; Galloup's rotation runs white, black, tan, olive, yellow and chartreuse, with light colors on bright days, olive or gray under clouds and tan when the river 'turns yellow' in late afternoon. Fish #2 to #4 hardest in April and May and late September through November, and #6 through summer at dawn and dusk.

6 × $9.50 = $57.00

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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 brook trout, rainbow trout (resident).
  1. Jan
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.