Kaufmann's Rubber Leg Stone, Holsinger's Fly Shop

This weeks video is here thanks in part to one of my customers. I was asked to tie a version of the Kaufmann's Stone with rubber legs. His pattern was really nice but I'm a bead head kinda guy so I thought I'd add a bead to the video. My client prefers the flex floss for the rubber legs because it creates a ton of action under the water. These are a great pattern for chasing fall and winter steelhead, which will be upon us soon. In the video I tied it rather large on a size 8. I wanted some bigger ones for my box, but the majority of my person flies like this are tied on 10's and 12's. I would prefer a different hook like a Firehole 718 for smaller versions due to its larger hook gap.

Like always guys, this pattern is to be used as a base pattern and is intended to be tied in different sizes and colors. If your going to carry stone flies I suggest tying them in at least three different colors, Yellow, Black and Brown. That can be very productive especially when steelhead fishing. One thing I have found in the past is when the fish stop hitting on a pattern often times is you just change the color of the pattern it will trigger hits.

If you need the materials to tie this fly or any of the others videos I have, pleas go to our website, https://www.holsingersflyshop.com or click on any of the materials links listed below. Thanks for watching. -Shawn

Materials List:

Daiichi 1870 Size 8
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NS Tungsten Bead, 4.6mm Black Nickel
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.020 Lead Wire
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140 Denier Black Thread
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Flex Floss Brown
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Thin Skin Mottled Oak Natural
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Stretch Tubing Micro Blackhttps://www.holsingersflyshop.com/sho...

SLF Pattern Blend, Brown Stone Nymph
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Turkey Tail
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Solarez Thick
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