Patriot

Charlie Meck developed an attractor pattern called the Patriot.  It was so named because a friend of his noticed that the pattern consisted of white, red and blue colors.  At first Charlie fished this fly by itself but later turned it into his number one fly to fish with a method he called tandem fishing which is commonly known now as “dry-dropper”.  He uses the Patriot as the top fly followed by either a nymph or emerger attached to the bend of the Patriot by 18″-24″ of tippet material.  Charlie states that the Patriot is his number one attractor fly and he uses it when there’s no hatch on the water.

Hook :     Dry fly #19-18

Thread  : Red

Wing :     White calf tail tied upright and divided

Body :     Smolt blue krystal flash wrapped as the body ( I use several strands)

Wrap some red thread in the center of the body material

Tail :       Brown hackle fibers

Hackle : Brown

John Lazar

Fly tied by John Lazar