The evolution of articulated streamer fishing (informational)

As time has progressed, people have always tried to find new and innovative ways to catch fish. Streamers have always been a consistent producer, but as the sport of fly fishing has progressed, streamers have changed durasitcaly. In the 80's and 90's, flies like mudlers, clousers, wooly buggers, and marabou leeches were game changing. They were big, aggressive, and fish loved them! Now while these flies still fish well to this day, a new breed of flies has evolved. Around the same time that the aforementioned streamers were killing fish, a small group of guys in Michigan were looking to push the envelope. They came up with the idea of putting hooks together to create a bigger profile and more movement. The ma behind this idea was named Kelly Galloup, and he is now considered the godfather of modern day streamer fishing. His first fly that really made waves was the zoo cougar, a sculpin imitation. From there, he started cranking out bigger and more aggressive flies with names to match. Some of the most popular ones are the sex dungeon, butt monkey, T&A, golden shower, barely legal, and fat head. These flies have accounted for more giant trout than anyone can count, and many believe that it is thanks to the articulated style. Many other tiers have jumped on as well and have lots of big aggressive streamers. Mike Schmidt, Oskar Haglein, Andreas Anderson, Rich Strolis, and Matt Grajewski are a few that immediately come to mind when I think of big fly designers, and their flies have accounted for tons of huge trout. Along with the big flies, the gear had to be changed as well. 6, 7, and 8wt fly rods became the norm, and floating lines were swapped out for heavy sink tips and full sink lines. Leaders and tippet became reduced to a few feet of 20lb test to a few feet of 12lb, and overall, everything became more aggressive and heavy duty. Here in Colorado, big streamers account for most of my big fish, including bass, pike, trout, and even an occasional carp. As this sport evolves further, I'm sure that big streamers will become more and more advanced, and I'm very excited to see where it will go!