Wow!!! That's a really awsome crocheted soaker. You don't need a pattern. I've tried several patterns and I liked the shape of the one that I made off the top of my head best (the watermelon colored one in my siggy). But I think I like yours even better.

I vote for dying it. If I can ever get myself to do another fisherman's, it's gonna be ORANGE. But I'll never get around to it if I don't stop buying all the pretty yarn I see.
J.