Pink Ants
Don't know if it was just a test to see if we were looking at the articles, but what's the deal with the pink ant in the cutthroat? Never heard of pink ants, has anybody else? Just like a regular ant but tied with pink foam? Or were they just teasing us?
shh be quiet. don't let anybody know pink is magic
Can't say much about trout, but crappie love pink. Bass will hit it too.
Skip
Bass lures that are pink are called "bubble gum"...cuz...well...I guess that sounds more appetizing and edible than PINK?
Anyway...I haven't experimented with a LOT of pink flies, but pink SJW's certainly work really well. When I use(d) spinning gear for crappies, my go-to lure was a pink jighead with a white tube jig body.
Pink absolutely works, for lots of species.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Originally Posted by FishnDave
A pink SJW is a "match the hatch" type scenario, pink ant's I think must fall in the category of Royal Coachman/Wulff flies. I would like to see a recipe.
Bass lures are probably called bubblegum because a "good ole boy" is a lot more comfortable asking for a bubblegum trick worm than a pink trick worm. You ask for something pink in some places and you are asking for some wise acorn to make a remark.
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Pink can be a very productive color. For trout tishing on rivers, my guides use pink SJW all the time and during hopper season, like right now, pink hoppers can be very productive. The Pink Amex is a great nymph. Not to mention an old time fly, the Pink Lady. For salmon a pink streamer is great fly. Steelheads love pink, heck, I bet any fish will hit a pink fly.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Last Saturday on the spring creek there were four or five different varieties of spinner mayflies on the water, one of which was a size 14, squat-bodied pink spinner. Never seen them before.
kelly.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
hmmm thinking pink put a whole new spin on skinny dipping
Ghost
Don't forget that important Boise River (among other western rivers) hatch of the Pink Albert Mayfly, Epeorus albertea. MAy be what you saw Kelly?
Last edited by maodiver; 09-14-2010 at 08:40 PM.
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WOW! Pink foam popping floaters are even the deal in Alaska this year for Cohos.
Did anybody say anything about fads?
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