Mighty Pink Thing

Fly: Ken Driedger, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Salmon 2/0-6
Thread: Unithread 6/0, Wine
Tail: Whole blood marabou plume, Hot Pink
Body: Cactus chenille: large, fuschia, wrapped full over the blood plume stalk, and fibers stroked rearwards each turn, permitting close, tight wraps with no entrapment of the chenille
Hackle #1: Webby hot pink schlappen, folded
Hackle #2: Jumbo orange Guinea Fowl, tip-tied, folde

This pattern was originated for the Pinks, and the Sockeyes, but takes Steelhead in the last of the fall in the stable, slow water swims. Rogue Steelhead take them in the warmer times, while angling for Pinks.

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