Trapper's Hit & Run
Hook: Tiemco 2457, 2xs Scud hook
Size: 16-20
Bead: 2 mm, gold
Thread: 8/0 brown
Tail: Hungarian Partridge
Underbody: Halographic tinsel, red
Overbody: 3X tippet wound brassy style-butting each wrap to the previous one
Thorax: Hare's Ear, light brown
Wingcase: Hungarian Partridge
Legs: Hungarian Partridge
Notes: After taking many photos of aquatic insects I noticed that many Mayflies had a red tinge to them. I liked John Barr's Copper John, but it was often too heavy for slow moving tailwaters like the Missouri and didn't drift naturally as well as hung the bottom too often. This fly is lighter and moves better and is a killer just prior to PMD hatches. The 3x tippet gives it segmentation, translucency and durability.
This fly pattern is excerpted from Fly Fishing Montana's Missouri River.