Bright Pink Grizzly Chickaboo Body Marabou Patch

Bright Pink Grizzly Ewing Chickabou Marabou Body Patch

Bright Pink Grizzly is hot pink with black bars. You get the visibility of pink with the realism of barring. In winter steelhead water, it’s one of the most effective collar colors there is. On the Gulf Coast, it’s a speckled trout favorite.

Bright Pink Grizzly Ewing Chickabou gives you barred pink fibers for Intruder hackles, shrimp patterns and baitfish accents.

Steelhead, salmon, speckled trout, redfish and sea-run cutthroat.

Recipe 1: Bright Pink Grizzly Chickabou Intruder

• Shank: 40–50 mm Intruder shank with a trailing #2 hook on Intruder wire
• Thread: Pink or black 140-denier
• Rear hackle: Bright Pink Grizzly Ewing Chickabou, 2–3 turns, over a dubbing ball
• Flash: Pink and pearl Flashabou
• Front body: Pink Ice Dub
• Front hackle: Bright Pink Grizzly chickabou, 3 turns, with a few strands of black ostrich
• Eyes: Medium lead or bead-chain eyes

Tying: The dubbing ball behind each hackle helps the chickabou stand out and keeps the fly’s profile big without adding weight.

How to fish: On a heavy sink-tip, swing it through winter steelhead runs. Cast at 45 degrees, mend to sink the fly, then let it swing slowly. When you feel a pull, keep the rod low and let the fish turn before lifting.

Recipe 2: Bright Pink Grizzly Chickabou Speckled Trout Clouser

• Hook: Saltwater #1–#2
• Eyes: Medium chrome dumbbell eyes
• Thread: Pink 6/0
• Belly: White bucktail
• Flash: Pink and silver Krystal Flash
• Back: Bright Pink Grizzly Ewing Chickabou

Tying: A standard Clouser with a chickabou back. Tie the back short so the fly doesn’t foul on a cast.

How to fish: Around grass flats and channel edges on the Gulf Coast, cast it out, let it sink, and use a jigging retrieve: two quick strips, then a pause. Speckled trout eat it on the drop. Fish it under a popping cork when they’re shallow.