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Easy pattern for Pinks?

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#1 ·
Anyone have an easy to tie pattern for Pinks? Yeah yeah, I know Pinks will eat all sorts of stuff. But I'm looking for a bit more of a specific suggestion here. I'm not much of a fly tier and I'm not much of a salmon fisherman. But with my interest in cutthroat flies, I'm going to be tying more. And with my interest in getting my father in law out somewhere that doesn't require a mile hike to some random creek, I'm going to see about fishing for pinks this summer. I'll mostly be in the rivers I expect with perhaps some beach salt if necessary.

So I'm looking for something fairly easy for an inexperienced idiot to tie that has a decent chance of getting the attention of pinks. The more specific you can be, hook size/materials/instructional links/etc, the better. Like I said, I'm an idiot when it comes to tying.
 
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Hook: Mustad 34011 size 6
Tail: Pink marabou (keep it short and sparse)
Body: Pink Glo-Bug Yarn (yes, wrapped tightly)
Upper Wing: Krystal Flash
Lower Wing: Flashabou

Smother the dumbell eye and head of the fly with a good amount of head cement.

It's an easy and quick tie with readily available materials. :thumb:
 
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