Tom,
Thank you for the reply and suggestion. I changed the patch size as shown below and now the vertical alignment of the symbol and the text are thrown off. I try to adjust for this using the Indents/Classes option which moves the entire row. When the text left aligns the alignment of the symbols becomes less then desired. I would prefer the symbols be vertically centered.
While I understand the fill area could become crowded out with a thicker line, which I've experienced in ArcMap, I wish there was another option than converting the legend to graphics. I avoid converting the legend to graphics as much as possible. If I had my druthers, I would go with a crowded fill in the legend like ArcMap than the outcome here. Perhaps additional options can be offered to get the best of both methods.
Thanks
Brian
Increase in patch size
Change in classes indent value