Stimulator patterns needed

[bear-kodiak 0]

Hello List: Merry Christmas, looking for some patterns for a rubber leg

stimulator. Used them out west this summer but never got the pattern. Any

patterns with tying instructions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in

advance...jim z.

 

[Guest]

You might have been fishing with the Madam X.

 

Here is the pattern from the FTF Pattern Database:

http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?act=flyshow&showid=7

[flytire 0]

Since you probably already know how to tie a Stimulator fly pattern, just add rubber legs of your choice.

 

You can find the Stimulator pattern recipe online using GOOGLE and type in the search box "stimulator fly pattern recipe".

[Joe Hard 0]

stimi chew toy. Its just a stimulator with your choice of rubber leg material tied in at the thorax.

[Hoppers77 0]

It is true what they say, a stimulator with rubber legs is just a "stimulator with rubber legs". But here is how I tye them for the cutties out west.

0) Tie in a few strands of elk, deer for tail (measure butts and cut at 1/2 up shank),torq down the rest with thread

1) tie in hackle for abodomen rib

2) dub abodomen (orange, yellow, dull yellow)

3) palmer hackle forward to 1/2/ to 3/4 up shank

4) Tie in a few strands of crystal flash, be sure to extend just past the bend

5) Tie in your elk or deer wing, measure the butts to the eye (this gives you a base to tie thorax and gives more support to wing)

6) Tie in hackle again for thorax

7) Tie in rubber legs (I use one strand per side, tying it in the middle of the rubber forces both sides to "v" out making two legs) repeat for other side

8) Dub thorax carefully, this allows you to set the legs where you want them

9) Palemer hackle forward, tie off, and whip finish

10) Trim legs to desired length, (the cutties like rubber so I make sure they are about a shank length). Shorter is stiffer and stiffer is better, and long legs tend to sink just beneath the surface tension.

 

Good Luck