Excellent for trout steelhead and smallmouth bass.
Pat s rubber legs fly.
Detailed instructions for tying pat s rubber legs.
I first fished this at the upper madison above reynold s pass.
Since then i ve learned to tie my own flies.
There are a few tricks however in this video that might make the process a bit easier.
Also known as jimmy legs.
A very simple but effective fly is the pat s rubber legs a stonefly 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.
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Pat s rubber legs should need no introduction.
Rubber legs is often the difference between action and flogging the water.
Do not be fooled by other cheap imitations out there as these are the original color combinations created by pat bennett and it really does make a difference.
The super floss rubber legs move like crazy in the turbid waters that stoneflies inhabit and trout seem to take notice.
It s easy to tie and it is very effective.
I m amazed by how easy it is to tie the pat s.
Pat s rubber legs has been used as an attractor and a stonefly nymph.
While to the untrained eye the pat s rubber legs aka the pickle look like little more than a pipe cleaner with legs it looks like a big juicy steak floating down the river to a trout.
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.
Pat s rubber legs is our favorite stonefly nymph on the planet and one that we swear by on the madison.
Pat s rubber legs is a well known stonefly nymph pattern.
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.
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 ve caught many browns on this fly continue reading.
Used as a solid nymph imitation covering a host of stonefly species the rubber legs flail and jump like those of a displaced nymph trying to get back down to.
