In this video Jay Nicholas ties a classic attractor pattern resembling the Renegade. Jay’s version will float and fish like a traditional dry or swing down and across as a wet. The Guide Secret pattern includes simple, but proven fish catching materials.
Hook: TMC 5262 #12,14
Thread: Uni 8/0 Black or Danville 6/0
Tail: Red Hackle Fibers
Rib: copper wire
Hackle: Brown and Grizzly Whiting Undersized
Rear Body: Red Peacock, reverse copper wire, brown Whiting Hackle
Middle Body: Gold Lagartun Oval Small
Front Body: Peacock, reverse copper wire rib, Whiting Grizzly Hackle
I’ve been salivating over that fly ever since I saw it as an illustration in Jay’s wonderfully written reminiscence about Prince Helfrich, but since I’d say rather than “resembling the Renegade” that it “resembles two Griffith’s Gnats of different species doing things that shouldn’t be done between species, particularly if one of them has been on a steady diet of nothing but habañeros for months with unfortunate digestive system results,” the names I’ve been using for it are far less family-friendly than Guide Secret.