From the Bench

From the Bench is Firehole's fly tying learning center. Practical, evergreen lessons on hooks, beads, materials, and technique, each one built to answer a real question at the vise and make you a better tyer.

October Caddis dry fly tied on a Firehole Sticks 718 by Freddy Block
Patterns

October Caddis: The Pattern, the Hatch, and How to Fish It

The biggest dry fly of the fall, a hatch that happens on the bank instead of in the current, and why the fish either eat it with everything they have or ignore it completely.

Aug 27, 2026