This is the size 2 flexo crab that has been a trigger-fooling pattern since its inception. Permit are also big fans of these crabs.

Triggers have extremely strong chompers, so be prepared to go through a pile of these flies if you are targeting triggers. It is not uncommon to see the trigger tipping onto your fly, feeling nothing when you try to strip set the fly into the trigger's mouth, and the fly is completely mangled when you check on it. Triggers suck the fly in and crunch on it before you even know what is happening.

This fly has a slightly thinner hook diameter than the trigger flexo - but this does allow you to sink the point into the hard mouth more easily.

Just because a flexo pattern is touted as a "trigger" fly does not mean that it is the only flexo pattern that will work. I have had clients hook hundreds of triggers on this fly as well as the smaller micro flexo crab. Bigger is not always better.

Over our ten years of hosting trips to CXI - we spend 4-5 weeks there each year with 16 people each week, we have had the opportunity to test out all of the types of flexo crabs on the market. The Fulling Mill flexo crabs of all sizes and colors have been the #1 pattern for fooling picky triggers. We suggest that you take a variety of colors and sizes. Big heavy crabs do not do well on calm days or on days when the tide is low and the water is skinny. Best to have standard, micro, and trigger flexos.

Flexo Crab