Pat S Rubber Legs Recipe

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 rubber legs recipe.

Pat s rubber legs is a well known stonefly nymph pattern. I first fished this at the upper madison above reynold s pass. Pat s stone is it. January 5 2017 december 7 2019 blogflyfish.

Since then i ve learned to tie my own flies. 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. 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.

Pat s rubber legs should need no introduction. I think this fly has become popularized for. A very simple but effective fly is the pat s rubber legs a stonefly pattern. I m amazed by how easy it is to tie the pat s.

I have tied thousands of these commercially and learned a few tricks along the way. There are a few tricks however in this video that might make the process a bit easier. 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 leg is my go to nymph.

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.