The Flexo Crab: A Permit Crab for Any Fish That Eats Them
Mike Cline's Flexo Crab on the Firehole 826: an open mesh body over dumbbell eyes that sinks fast but lands soft, with his tips for tying it.
The CW Anchor Stone: A Stonefly Built to Get Down Fast
Chris Williamson's anchor stonefly on the Firehole 523: the design, five colors, the recipe and all fourteen tying steps.
The October Fly Box: Fourteen Ambassador Flies
Fourteen flies from our ambassadors in October, from a Tennessee sow bug to Icelandic char jigs. Each one links to its full recipe in the Firehole Fly Box.
The Firehole Demon: A Big Hole Classic, Rebuilt as a Woolly Bugger
Mike Cline's take on the Big Hole Demon: a flash body and badger or furnace hackle, built for tea-colored water.
Predators, Prey and Angler Safety
A barbless hook shortens every bad minute of an inshore release, for the fish and for your fingers.
The Pine Squirrel Bugger: One Streamer for Leech, Sculpin and Salmonfly Nymph
Leeches, sculpins and salmonfly nymphs are in the river every month of the year. This is one fly for all three.