I am not sure of the source of this fly but I have had the recipe in my system for a long time and certainly before the onslaught of Google and internet searching. In the interest of full disclosure I decided to get some history on the fly and so searched ‘patriot fly’. That search gave me hits on a red and blue bodied dry fly but nothing on an olive green wet fly. Despite trying other search options I am none the wiser in relation to this fly. Even though it worked well I dropped it from my fly box because it incorporates bead chain eyes and they are illegal in competition fly fishing. If you not into competition fly fishing its a useful fly. Keep it on hand for use as a deep water search pattern. I am sure that the same pattern would work equally well in black or brown colour also.

Materials

Process

A	Wind thread along the first 1/3 of the hook shank and then return the thread half way back to the eye of the hook. Tie in a set of bead chain eyes using figure of eight wraps or horizontal wraps. [member Link=”p=573″ Title=”Tying in bead chain type eyes”] Take the thread down to  above the point of the hook and tie in a short tail of rabbit fur.

B	If your going to add additional weight do it now by wrapping the desired amount of lead along the hook shank directly behind the eyes. [member Link=”p=2372″ Title=”Adding weight to a fly”] Return the thread to behind the eyes and tie in a bunch of deer hair  that extend just a little shorter than the tail.

C	Rotate the hook in the vice and tie in additional bunches of rabbit fur until a complete body is formed.

D	Create a dubbing loop and load it with rabbit fur. [member Link=”p=1639″ Title=”The loop method of dubbing”]

E	Twist the loaded dubbing loop into a rope.

F	Take a couple of turns of the dubbing loop rope behind the eyes and then a figure of  eight wrap of the rope around the eyes and tie it off in front of the eyes. Trim the excess dubbing loop rope. Build up a net head of thread in front of the eyes, whip finish and varnish the thread.