StreameradvancedRocky Mountain West
Zoo Cougar
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Available Sizes#2 - #2/0 (articulated)
Color Variations
Natural Deer HairOlive/WhiteBlack/Olive
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Signature tierStrong match
Rocky Mountain Fly Design
Matched on Rocky Mountain West, streamer flies, trout. Colorado tier and shop lead for Rocky Mountain trout, bass, and predator patterns.
Rocky Mountain Weststreamer fliestrout
Visit sourceSignature tierStrong match
Stillwater Fly Fishing Store
Matched on Rocky Mountain West, streamer flies, trout. Specialist stillwater source for balanced leeches, chironomids, and lake-trout logic.
Rocky Mountain Weststreamer fliestrout
Visit sourceRegional shopStrong match
Taos Fly Shop
Matched on Rocky Mountain West, streamer flies, trout. New Mexico/Southwest trout shop lead for Rio Grande, San Juan, Pecos, and high desert water.
Rocky Mountain Weststreamer fliestrout
Visit sourceBroad sourceStrong match
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
streamer fliestroutstreamer
Visit sourceBroad sourceStrong match
Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
streamer fliestroutstreamer
Visit sourceKelly Galloup designed the Zoo Cougar for one purpose: catching brown trout that have outgrown their willingness to eat insects. This is a fly for fish that eat other fish, and it does not apologize for what it is. The spun deer hair head pushes water and dives on the strip, the rabbit strip body undulates with predatory suggestion, and the articulated shank gives it the segmented movement of a wounded sculpin making its last swim. You fish it with a heavy rod and heavier expectations, and when a twenty-four-inch brown materializes behind it, you will understand why some people spend entire seasons doing nothing else.
Quick Facts
TypeStreamer
Difficultyadvanced
SeasonsSpring, Fall
Target SpeciesBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Sizes#2 - #2/0 (articulated)
Best LocationsMadison River, MT; Yellowstone River, MT; Missouri River, MT
Where to Fish It
Madison River
MT · Freestone River
Yellowstone River
MT · Freestone River
Missouri River
MT · Tailwater
Map unavailable. Locations for Zoo Cougar: Madison River, MT; Yellowstone River, MT; Missouri River, MT
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