Jujubee Midge by Charlie Craven
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2019
- I developed my Jujubee Midge over twenty years ago when I was guiding on the South Platte River. Thread midges and the like are productive patterns in Cheesman Canyon, but I needed an edge for these ultra-selective fish. The Jujubee came about quite by accident one day. I was tying braided barracuda flies for an upcoming saltwater trip using SuperHair for the bodies when I looked at the SuperHair in a different way. What if I wrapped it around a hook to form a midge body, rather than tying it on in hanks as for the Cuda fly? I dug out a few smaller hooks and went to town mixing and matching the SuperHair colors to create different color patterns with contrasting ribs. The result is what you see here today. The SuperHair material is very easy to work with, inexpensive, and quite durable. I have a couple different methods for tying the Jujubee. The method I show here is to tie the abdominal section using white thread, then whip finish and clip the white and start the black thread at the front of the abdomen for the completion of the thorax. Another method that you can use is to stick with the white thread all the way through, but color a few inches of it with a black Sharpie marker before building the thorax and head. either way works well, but I find that when tying a larger batch, it is easier to go through and tie all the abdomens with white thread first, then come back and complete the fly with black thread. Tie up a few Jujubees and stash them in your box. Midge larva and pupae are so prevalent that it is never a bad bet to start off with one on your day astream. I find Jujubees particularly effective in the winter and spring but have had several mid-summer trips saved by my old reliable Juju. And because I’m sure you’re wondering, the Jujubee got its name from my daughter, Julie, who I’ve called Jujubee since birth. It all starts to make sense now…
MATERIALS:
HOOK: #16-22 TMC 2488
THREAD: WHITE TMC 16/0 OR WHITE VEEVUS 14/0
ABDOMEN: TWO STRANDS OF CHARTREUSE COLOR SUPERHAIR AND ONE STRAND OF BLACK
THORAX: BLACK 8/0 UNI-THREAD
WING CASE: WHITE FLUORO FIBRE
Without a doubt, Mr. Craven is one of the VERY BEST at fly tying and explaining the details to a beginner. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills you have
Small tip. Instead of running the thread forward, I leave it at the bend of the hook. I then put the body wraps behind the hanging thread. The thread acts to hold the body materials back and acts like a third hand. If the body wrap gets out of line a bit, I loosen up my hold on the material and use the hanging bobbin thread as a way to push the body material back down the previous wrap. Very fast and makes perfect bodies. This is a great go to midge pattern - killer invention Charlie - you're the best. You've caught me a lot of fish with this one and your scud and the mole is killer as well. come to think of it - a lot of your stuff is my "go to" stuff.
“ RIGHT - ON, RIGHT - ON, RIGHT - ON !!!! “
Thanks for the Ideal Tutorial Charlie C 🌟🎣✨
This pattern of yours Charlie is without a so it a fish catcher.i have fished them with great success.thanks for sharing
I got lucky and found an auction of like 30 packs of various super hair for cheap. I have noticed a few of them are thicker and easier to work with. No labels on those ones unfortunately so dunno the brand, might just by older. I wish they were all like that, but I can make the thinner stuff work. I got so much super hair now though😆
Great instruction and tips, Nice to know how the name came about, lol, I thought the name came from the jujubes candy that sticks to your teeth - a fly that sticks in a fish's teeth.
Thanks for all the great patterns and tutorials!
Amazing fly
Good job Mr Craven!
Great video, Charlie. Can’t wait to see you do a jumbo juju version.
They are money in the bank , just used then on the Missouri this week . Midges everywhere 🦟
Nice pattern I will have to tie some and give them a try
I need to keep working with the Super Hair since it’s not working for me like this. 😅
Charley, have you ever epoxied that wing case and body like on a copper john?
wyomingtrout I’ve tried it, but if you epoxy over the fluoro-fiber it pretty much disappears.
Nice video. Can you use this fly for stillwater too when midges area hatching? Thank you from Norway for this very good videos.
Trygve Stærkær a variation of this pattern, called the Jumbo Juju Chironomid, would likely be a better bet but if you’re fishing small patterns in your waters I’m sure this would do it too.
Hard to count Floro fibers.
Charlie - I have supreme hair. Is that the equivalent to Super Hair?
Absolutely. Exact same stuff.