La Saguay (The Saguay)

La Saguay (The Saguay)

Philippe Desfossés Originator

Bass Fly

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag – Oval silver tinsel

Tip – Fluorescent green and burnt orange floss or uni stretch

Tail – Red floss

Butt – Black ostrich herl

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – Fluorescent burnt orange and green floss or uni stretch

Wing - A few chartreuse green bucktail hairs, under a few orange-dyed bucktail hairs, under a few chartreuse green deer tail hairs, under some chartreuse-green Krystal Flash fibers.

Collar - Chartreuse green hen hackle

Head - Black with red ring in its center

 

It was in 1990 that Desfossés invented the "Saguay", a streamer for fishing bass. "I wanted to create a fly using a lot of fluorescent materials: I believe that bass are attracted to what is very visible. I named this streamer "Saguay" in honor of Saguay Lafond, the son of a cousin living in Shawinigan." "Saguay" is an Indian word meaning: "the beginning of a river". This streamer, Philippe Desfossés usually throws it into the rapids and lets it drift, before bringing it back by jerks when it passes near the rocks, where the bass are on the lookout for prey.