Articulated Circus Peanut

Published on Aug 15. 2014 - 10 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

A articulated version of Russ Madden's Circus Peanut. A most killing fly that Kelly Galloup sights as "one of the most successful articulated streamer patterns of all time".
Here Fly Fishing Podcast ties the Yellow version a good change colure and one that can get those sly old ones to take.

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