Pat S Rubber Legs Recipe

I first fished this at the upper madison above reynold s pass.

Pat s rubber legs recipe.

I think this fly has become popularized for. It fishes great year round. 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. It s easy to tie and it is very effective.

Since then i ve learned to tie my own flies. I have tied thousands of these commercially and learned a few tricks along the way. I m amazed by how easy it is to tie the pat s. 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.

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. 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. A very simple but effective fly is the pat s rubber legs a stonefly pattern. I ve tied and tried many stonefly nymphs in an effort to find a go to pattern.

There are a few tricks however in this video that might make the process a bit easier. The pat s rubber leg is my go to nymph. Pat s stone is it. Simple yet very effective.

Pat s rubber legs is a well known stonefly nymph pattern.