Pat S Rubber Legs Fly Recipe

Tie off whip finish and trim thread.
Pat s rubber legs fly recipe. Lead free wire 12 20 wraps of 025. Wrap chenille forward with tight turns moving legs out of the way. Rubber leg nymph aka pat s rubber legs aka turd colors. It s a guide style fly that works just about anywhere.
I have tied thousands of these commercially and learned a few tricks along the way. Tfs 5263 sizes 4 8 thread. On the smith and the blackfoot these rubber leg nymphs are must haves in your fly box. An excellent freestone river stonefly nymph pattern.
Wiggly buggy and fish love em. I think this fly has become popularized for two reasons. Move thread forward a few turns and repeat tying in the last legs segments. Ultra tying thread 8 0 camel body weight.
Black brown darker or brown orange lighter. Deep nymph them off a strike indicator or drop them 1 to 2 off a chubby chernoble or pmx. 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 week we are tying a pat s rubber leg.
Go with whatever length looks right to you. Move thread to bead. Lay the loop on top of the hook shank and take thread wraps to secure it all the way back to the start of the bend. It fishes great year round.
Pat s rubber legs is a well known stonefly nymph pattern. Double over one end of the material to create a small loop with inch and a half long legs. The pats rubberlegs is very similar to the girdle bug a throw back thursday fly i posted awhile ago. If you re fishing and start to see shucks like this attached to rocks you ll be very glad to have a box full of pat s rubber legs.
Author phil monahan posted on june 15 2016 june 16 2016 categories fly fishing tags fly fishing videos fly tying recipes fly tying videos tightline productions 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. Known by names such as superfloss rubberlegs pat s rubberlegs knotty girls and the stupid fly. This is one of the most productive nymph patterns ever and is one that should be in everyones fly box. I like the legs to be as long as the hook shank but it s a matter of personal preference.
For the tails of the fly i prefer small black round rubber as opposed to flexi floss or the like as on the original pat s. 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. Use different color chenille to imitate.