Adventures Afield has a real nice list of fly tying and fly fishing info – this is one. A typical streamer, the Retriever can be swung, stripped, and some prefer to fish it under an indicator. It’s easy to tie too, and requires many basic skills that make it a great first fly to tie.
In my own testing of this fly, I have found it deadly on stocked and holdover trout. In fact, this fly, apart from woolley buggers and the kreelex, is often the first and only fly I tie on when fishing for meat, or simply bullying stocked trout for the fun of it.
The keys to this fly are the red underbody and the pulsating estaz or cactus chenille. Make sure you lay a solid base of red threat on the wire core, wrap the eztaz creating even gaps wide enough to let the underbody show through, and palmer the chenille while wrapping to ensure all of the material angles backwards and none is trapped by your forward wraps. All materials can be purchased at Mossy Creek Fly Fishing, or via their online store. Tie a few up in peach (below), purple, root beer, and green, and have at it!
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