Ever notice how much tiers push for innovations and a new look? We get bored, creative, lost and from that comes perfection and the same old.  Sometimes, maybe often, the old, old unadorned patterns work equally well, but seem boring? Pull out the old shoes from the back of the closet and give them yet another try. I know…you are itching to put a rib on that fly.

Three Rivers Special by Elwood "Woody' Combs

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“The Three River’s Special (Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin)
was Woody’s best fly. I’ve been assured by guys who
remember the fly it was and still is a real killer–particularly deadly
for large brown trout in the deep holes just downstream of
Varney Bridge on the Madison.”