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I ran across this fly while cleaning out my old American Fly Fishing mags. It is named for three rivers in Massachusetts. I just have to give it a try since it is so similar to some patterns I love for caddis.

RIMG1455 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Hook-Dai Riki 070 #12
Thread-UTC 70 Black
Body-Gray Rabbit Dubbing
Hackle-Partridge
Head-Peacock

I have Gray rabbit. Tying some of those up.

Great looking pattern

Well done Bill!
Simple pattern but very deadly during a Caddis hatch.
The Deerfield, Swift and the Millers rivers , hence the name DSM.

Lou

Variant wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:01 pm Simple pattern but very deadly during a Caddis hatch.
Lou

I will fish it on a three fly cast with my similar flies tied with black or brown ostrich.

I can hear this one calling…”Here fishy! Here fishy!”

Great pattern Bill. Thank you for sharing.

How did I miss this one. I am so stealing it. Great pattern, Good Sir, thanks for sharing it.

Here is the other size suggested in the article. A #16 tied with a Peacock eye herl.

RIMG1460 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Double cool!

Variant wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:01 pm Well done Bill!
Simple pattern but very deadly during a Caddis hatch.
The Deerfield, Swift and the Millers rivers , hence the name DSM.

Lou

I love, love, love the Deerfield. The Millers is great with the right water conditions; and completely overlooked. The Swift is way too crowded for my taste. Being a tailwater close to Boston, it's a popular river. I don't get down that far south much anymore to fish any of those rivers. I may have to now.

I really like this pattern. Nice tie, Bill.