I have such good luck with that fly but seldom see other people using it. Just curious if many keep a supply in their box.
I think it’s an excellent dry fly
attractor especially in smaller size’s
just like the bivisible. With hackle
fore and aft they float great and
you have to like a fly with peacock
herl. Good choice I would say.
… IDAHO.
I have fished the renegade quite a bit, although not so much the past couple years just because of the kind of fishing I have been doing. It is an easy fly to tie, reasonably durable, and very effective. And it can be fished just about anyway you want to fish it - dry, wet, on the swing. I do have a small number of Renegades in my dry fly box as a matter of course.
John
I always have some renegades in my fly box. I fish them most often when there is no hatch. They are easy to see and can fished dead drift or twitched and will work as a wet fly.
I have a few and use them at times, they work great.
Holy Crap! Have you fished Henry’s Lake? That is a must fly. I use variations everywhere!
well, let’s see, I would say that about 60% of my dry fly fishing takes place with a renegade. It works amazingly well for sippers a few inches off the bank at the Deschutes…never mind, I’ve said too much…
here’s one such fish from last spring:
There is a Renegade here on FAOL as Fly of the Week (FOTW) I think it is by the Beatty’s…with a note that Al and Gretchen say it is their favorite fly.:lol:
The Renegade and it’s cousin the bear paw are two of my favorite dry flies.
Where can i find the bear paw? And I did make some renegades for this season to try.
The bear paw, to my understanding, is a renegade without a tag and two brown hackles instead of one white and one brown. You can add a touch of royalty to either with a red floss waistband. Very effective fly.
my royal renegade
Like others I have used the Renegade with good success. I have tied it with and without the tag and it doesn’t seem to make any difference to the fish. Also someplace I found a pattern similiar the the renegade that used grizzly hackles fore and aft. It has also producted especially on still water.
Tim
I don’t leave home without them!
I havent tyed/used the Renegade for many years. It was the only fly in my arsenal that used White dry fly hackle. The Griffith Gnat,and the Dead Chicken (larger variation of the Griffith Gnat) to me, work aswell. I do tie a pattern that uses Grizzly Hackle instead of White on the “Renegade”, but I dont remember the actual name of the pattern. To me, a Renegade must have a White Hackle to be called a Renegade, but thats just me. 
I like that “royal renegade”…looks like I have a little fly tying to do.
Great fly,
When I was learning almost 5 years ago my son went fishing with me and I had one tied to the fly line but was using my spinning gear. He picked up the fly rod and clumsily started using it and nailed the bluegill’s. Needless to say that night he wanted to go buy a flyrod for himself.
Fatman
From my old pattern book the grizzly and peacock pattern was called the Grey Ugly. The pattern I have also calles for a grizzly tail and a silver tip.
I carry a few Renegades with me but I personally consider them more effective for places north of Salt Lake City.
I wouldn’t be without them!
My better half agrees!
I carry a lot of flies with me even on a short trip so I have many choices when fishing gets slow or dies completely. Of those many flies I carry, seven or eight are Renegades, mostly in smaller sizes. The Renegade is not my first choice fly if there is any hatch to match or even my first choice for a searching fly. I usually fish it when the parachutes in different sizes and colors are not working and the EHC hasn’t done much. I like the Renegade because it has a different look than most other dry flies I fish. It’s a good fly but generally not my first choice. If it works for you and gives you confidence, its a great fly! 8T