I have tied thousands of these commercially and learned a few tricks along the way.
Pat s rubber legs recipe.
It s just one of those flies you have to have but many people avoid tying them because securing the rubber legs can be a remarkably frustrating affair.
There are a few tricks however in this video that might make the process a bit easier.
Pat s rubber legs is a well known stonefly nymph pattern.
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The pat s rubber legs was created by guide pat bennett of hyde outfitters in island park idaho building on other big stonefly patterns such as the girdle bug.
I think this fly has become popularized for.
A very simple but effective fly is the pat s rubber legs a stonefly pattern.
I first fished this at the upper madison above reynold s pass.
Pat s stone is it.
It s easy to tie and it is very effective.
I ve tied and tried many stonefly nymphs in an effort to find a go to pattern.
The pat s rubber leg is my go to nymph.
In this video tutorial i instruct you how to tie the pat s rubber legs stone another in our video series of easy to tie tried and true fly patterns every fly fisher should know how to tie and always have in your fly box.
It fishes great year round.
Since then i ve learned to tie my own flies.
This particular color pattern black and coffee is a particular favorite of guides throughout the rockies and they ll fish it year round as a searching pattern.
I m amazed by how easy it is to tie the pat s.