Pat S Rubber Legs Recipe

Pat s rubber legs should need no introduction.

Pat s rubber legs recipe.

A very simple but effective fly is the pat s rubber legs a stonefly pattern. 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. Simple yet very effective. January 5 2017 december 7 2019 blogflyfish.

Pat bennet is credited for creating this rock solid fly pattern to represent the many stone fly species found in his local rivers and around the world. Pat s stone is it. I ve tied and tried many stonefly nymphs in an effort to find a go to pattern. 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.

There are a few tricks however in this video that might make the process a bit easier. 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. Since then i ve learned to tie my own flies. 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.

I m amazed by how easy it is to tie the pat s. It fishes great year round. I have tied thousands of these commercially and learned a few tricks along the way. I think this fly has become popularized for.

The pat s rubber leg is my go to nymph.