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.
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.
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.
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?
WOW! Pink foam popping floaters are even the deal in Alaska this year for Cohos.
Did anybody say anything about fads?
You know, the sad part about this, is that I knew that, but my half-heimers must have kicked in. We have a strong hatch of Epeorus albertea on the South Fork of the Snake. Pink Alberts, duh. My bad. Thanks for jogging my memory. It’s just that I’ve never seen them on the spring before, although it is quite close to the main stem Snake.
kelly.
Karen, I was fishing my favorite new stillwater last week when I ran into a late-evening explosion of winged ants in a size 20 and they were an amber/pink combo between body segments and legs. Also sporting a med. dun colored wing.
kelly.
The Pink Squirrel is recognzied as one of THE flies on the Wisconsin Spring Creeks
The pollywog - both the original deer hair and now foam varieties - have been around for a number of years now.
I had good luck with the pink SJW worm this year, and have heard good things about the pink hopper, but it never occurred to me that there would be any response from the fish to a pink ant. Going to try one with part pink dubbing, part pink foam and Kelly’s dun hackle - ought to drive them crazy. Oh, and some rubber legs, Kelly Galloups “ant acid” has been good to me. May stick something amber on it, too.
I whupped up on the crappie during spawn with a pink over white beadchain Clouser. It’s become a staple in my box!
Back when I used spinning gear… humm longer ago than i care to remember… a pink standup jig and nightcrawler were THE ticket to the best pike,Pickerl n muskie action on the creeks and streams of central Pa! Any other jig color just didn’t get it done… Your guess is as good as mine why that was… but it sure was the case.
And then there is the immortal Pink Pookie:
http://www.hatchfinders.com/FlyFishingWithPookie.asp
It’s almost at the bottom of the site, but there’s plenty of other interesting information to read, too.
Regards,
Scott
In New Zealand there’s a fly called the “disco doll”, which is tied with flurescent red (i.e. hot pink) cheneil, a white tail, and white hackles (one tied min-body, one at the head).
- Jeff